Mahabharata · Chapter 13.18
sarve vedāḥ sarvavedyāḥ saśāstrāḥ sarve yajñāḥ sarva ityaśca kṛṣṇaḥ /
viduḥ kṛṣṇaṃ brāhmaṇāstatvato ye teṣāṃ rājansarvayajñaḥ samāptaḥ //
jñeyo yogī brāhmaṇairvedatatvai- rāraṇyakaiḥ saiṣa kṛṣṇaḥ prabhutvāt /
sarvānyajñānbrāhmaṇānbrahma caiva vyāpyātiṣṭhaddevadevastriloke //
sa eṣa devaḥ śakramīśaṃ yajānaṃ prītyā prāha kratuyaṣṭāramagryam
na mā śakro vedavedārthatatvā- dbhakto bhaktyā śuddhabhāvapradhānaḥ //
mā jānante brahmaśīrṣaṃ variṣṭhaṃ viśve viśvaṃ brahmayoniṃ hyayonim /
sarvatrāhaṃ śāśvataḥ śāśvateśaḥ kṛtsno vedo'gnirnirguṇo'nantatejāḥ //
sarve devā vāsudevaṃ yajante tato buddhyā mārgamāṇāstanūnām /
sarvānkāmānprāpnuvante viśālāṃ- strailokye'sminkṛṣṇanāmābhidhānāt //
kṛṣṇo yajñairijyate yāyajūkaiḥ kṛṣṇo vīryairijyate vikramadbhiḥ /
kṛṣṇo vākyairijyate sammṛśānaiḥ kṛṣṇo muktairijyate vītamohaiḥ //
vidyāvantaḥ somapā ye vipāpā iṣṭvā yajñergocaraṃ prārthayante /
bhavagānuvāca /
sarvaṃ krāntaṃ devalokaṃ viśāla- mante gatvā muktilokaṃ bhajanti //
evaṃ sarve tvāśramāḥ suvratā ye māṃ jānanto yānti lokānadīnān /
ye dhyānadīkṣāmudvahanto vipāpā
jyotirbhūtvā devalokaṃ bhajanti //
pūjyante māṃ pūjayantaḥ prahṛṣṭā māṃ jānantaḥ śraddhayā vāsudevam /
bhaktyā tuṣṭo'haṃ tasya sattvaṃ prayacche satvaspṛṣṭo vītamoho'yameti //
dvaipāyana uvāca /
jyotīṃṣi śuktāni ca yāni loke trayo lokā lokapālāstrayaśca /
trayo'gnayaścāhutayaśca pañca sarve devā devakīputra eva //
bhīṣma uvāca /
vyāsasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā madrarājaḥ saharṣibhiḥ /
vyāsaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca vidhivatprītātmā pratyapūjayat //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
kaviḥ prayātastu maharṣiputro dvaipāyanastadvacanaṃ niśamya /
jagāma pṛthvīṃ śirasā mahātmā namaśca kṛṣṇāya cakāra bhīṣmaḥ //
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