Mahabharata · Chapter 12.372
vivasvato gacchati paryayeṇa voḍuṃ bhavāṃstaṃ yathamekacakram /
āścaryabhūtaṃ yadi tatra kiñci ddṛṣṭaṃ tvayāśaṃsitumarhasi tvam //
nāga uvāca /
āścaryāṇāmanekānāṃ pratiṣṭhā bhagavānraviḥ /
yato bhūtāḥ pravartante sarve trailokyasammatāḥ //
yasya raśmisahasreṣu śākhāsviva vihangamāḥ /
vasantyāśritya munayaḥ saṃsiddhā daivataiḥ saha //
yato pāyurviniḥsṛtya sūryaraśmyāśrito mahān /
vijṛmbhatyambare tatra kimāścaryamataḥ param //
vibhajyaṃ taṃ tu viprarṣe prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā /
toyaṃ sṛjati varṣāsu kimāścaryamataḥ param //
yasya maṇḍalamadhyastho mahātmā paramatviṣā / 12-372-6 dīptaḥ samīkṣate'lokānkimāścaryamataḥ param //
śukro nāmāsitaḥ pādo yaśca vāridharo'mbare /
toyaṃ sṛjati varṣāsu kimāścaryamataḥ param //
yo'ṣṭamāsāṃstu śucinā kiraṇenokṣitaṃ payaḥ /
pratyādatte punaḥ kāle kimāścaryamataḥ param //
yasya tejoviśeṣeṣu svayamātmā pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
yato bījaṃ mahī ceyaṃ dhāryate sacarācaram //
yatra devo mahābāhuḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
anādinidhano vipra kimāścaryamataḥ param //
āścaryāṇāmivāścaryamidamekaṃ tu me śṛṇu /
vimale yanmayā dṛṣṭamambare sūryasaṃśrayāt //
purā madhyāhnasamaye lokāṃstapati bhāskare /
pratyādityapratīkāśaḥ sarvataḥ samadṛśyata //
sa lokāṃstejasā sarvānsvabhāsā nirvibhāsayan /
ādityādhimukho'bhyeti gaganaṃ pāṭayanniva //
hutāhutiriva jyotirvyāpya tejomarīcibhiḥ /
anirdeśyena rūpeṇa dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ //
tasyābhigamanaprāptau hastau dattau vivasvatā /
tenāpi dakṣiṇo hasto dattaḥ pratyarcitārthinā //
tato bhittvaiva gagana praviṣṭo raśmimaṇḍalam /
ekībhūtaṃ ca tattejaḥ kṣaṇenādityatāṃ gatam //
tatra naḥ saṃśayo jātastayostejaḥ samāgame /
anayoḥ ko bhavetsūryo rathastho yo'yamāgataḥ //
te vayaṃ jātasandehāḥ paryapṛcchāmahe ravim /
ka eṣa divamākramya gataḥ sūrya ivāparaḥ //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0