Mahabharata · Chapter 13.47

ṛṣirāsītkṛte tāta taṇḍirityeva viśrutaḥ /
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tena devaḥ samādhinā //

ārādhito'bhūdbhaktena tasyodarkaṃ niśāmaya /
sa dṛṣṭavānmahādevamastauṣīcca stavairvibhum //

[iti taṇḍistapoyogātparamātmānamavyayam /
cintayitvā mahātmānamidamāha suvismitaḥ //

yaṃ paṭhanti sadā sāṅkhyāścintayanti ca yoginaḥ / paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣamadhiṣṭhātāramīśvaram /

utpattau ca vināśe ca kāraṇaṃ yaṃ vidurbudhāḥ /
devāsuramunīnāṃ ca paraṃ yasmānna vidyate //

ajaṃ tamahamīśānamanādinidhanaṃ prabhum /
atyantasukhinaṃ devamanaghaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraje //

evaṃ bruvanneva tadā dadarśa tapasānnidhim /
tamavyayamanaupamyamacintyaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam //

niṣkalaṃ sakalaṃ brahma nirguṇaṃ guṇagocaram /
yogināṃ paramānandamakṣaraṃ mokṣasañjñitam //

manorindrāgnimarutāṃ viśvasya brahmaṇo gatim् /
agrāhyamacalaṃ śuddhaṃ buddhigrāhyaṃ manomayam //

durvijñeyamasaṅkhye duṣprāpamakṛtātmabhiḥ /
yoni viśvasya jagatastamasaḥ parataḥ param //

yaḥ prāṇavantamātmānaṃ jyotirjīvasthitaṃ manaḥ / taṃ devaṃ darśanākāṅkṣī bahūnvarṣagaṇānṛṣiḥ /
tapasyugre sthito bhūtvā dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭāva ceśvaram // ]
taṇḍiruvāca /

pavitrāṇāṃ pavitrastvaṃ gatirgatimatāṃvara //

atyugraṃ tejasāṃ tejastapasāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ /
viśvāvasuhiraṇyākṣapuruhūtanamastṛta //

bhūrikalyāṇada vibho paraṃ satyaṃ namostu te /
jātīmaraṇabhīrūṇāṃ yatīnāṃ yatatāṃ vibho //

nirvāṇada sahasrāṃśo namaste'stu sukhāśraya /
brahmā śatakraturviṣṇurviśvedevā maharṣayaḥ //

na vidustvāṃ tu tattvena kuto vetsyāmahe vayam /
tvattaḥ pravartate sarvaṃ tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam //

kālākhyaḥ puruṣākhyaśca brahmākhyaśca tvameva hi /
tanavaste smṛtāstisraḥ purāṇajñaiḥ surarṣibhiḥ //

adhipauruṣamadhyātmamadhibhūtādhidaivatam /
adhilokādhivijñānamadhiyajñastvameva hi //

tvāṃ viditvā'tmadevasthaṃ durvidaṃ daivatairapi /
vidvāṃso yānti nirmuktāḥ paraṃ bhāvamanāmayam //

anicchatastava vibho janmamṛtyuranekataḥ /
dvāraṃ tu svargamokṣāṇāmākṣeptā tvaṃ dadāsi ca //

tvaṃ vai svargaśca mokṣaśca kāmaḥ krodhastvameva ca /
satvaṃ rajasmamaścaiva adhaścordhvaṃ tvameva hi //

brahmā bhavaśca viṣṇuśca skandendrau savitā yamaḥ /
varuṇendū manurdhātā vidhātā tvaṃ dhaneśvaraḥ //

bhūrvāyuḥ salilāgniśca khaṃ vāgbuddhiḥ sthitirmatiḥ /
karma satyānṛte cobhe tvamevāsti ca nāsti ca //

indriyāṇīndriyārthāśca prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṃ dhruvam /
viśvāviśvaparo bhāvaścintyācintyastvameva hi //

yaccaitatparamaṃ brahma yacca tatparamaṃ padam /
yā gatiḥ sāṅkhyayogānāṃ sa bhavānnātra saṃśayaḥ //

nūnamadya kṛtārthāḥ sma nūnaṃ prāptāḥ satāṃ gatim /
yāṃ gatiṃ prārtayantīha jñānanirmalabuddhayaḥ //

ayo mūḍhāḥ sma suciramimaṃ kālamacetasā /
yanna vidmaḥ paraṃ devaṃ śāśvataṃ yaṃ vidurbudhāḥ //

seyamāsāditā sākṣāttvadbhaktirjanmabhirmayā /
bhaktānugrahakṛddevo yaṃ jñātvā'mṛtamaśnute //

devāsuramunīnāṃ tu yacca guhyaṃ sanātanam /
guhāyāṃ nihitaṃ brahmi durvijñeyaṃ munerapi //

sa eṣa bhagavāndevaḥ sarvakṛtsarvatomukhaḥ /
sarvātmā sarvadarśī ca sarvagaḥ sarvaveditā //

dehakṛddehabhṛddehī dehabhugdehināṃ gatiḥ /
prāṇakṛtprāṇabhṛtprāṇī prāṇadaḥ prāṇināṃ gatiḥ //

adhyātmagatiriṣṭānāṃ dhyāyināmātmavedinām /
apunarbhavakāmānāṃ yā gatiḥ so'yamīśvaraḥ //

ayaṃ ca sarvabhūtānāṃ śubhāśubhagatipradaḥ / ayaṃ ca janmamaraṇe vidadhyātsarvajantuṣu /
ayaṃ saṃsiddhikāmānāṃ yā gatiḥ soyamīsvaraḥ /

bhūrādyānsarvabhuvanānutpādya sadivaukasaḥ /
dadhāti devastanubhiraṣṭābhiryo bibharti ca //

ataḥ pravartate sarvamasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam /
asmiṃśca pralayaṃ yāti ayamekaḥ sanātanaḥ //

ayaṃ sa satyakāmānāṃ satyalokaḥ paraṃ satām /
apavargaśca muktānāṃ kaivalyaṃ cātmavedinām //

ayaṃ brahmādibhiḥ siddhairguhāyāṃ gopitaḥ prubhuḥ /
devāsuramanuṣyāṇāmaprakāśo bhavediti //

taṃ tvāṃ devāsuranarāstattvena na vidurbhavam / mohitāḥ khalvanenaiva hṛdisthenāprakāśinā

ye cainaṃ pratipadyante bhaktiyogena bhāvitāḥ /
teṣāmevātmanātmānaṃ darśayatyeṣa hṛcchayaḥ //

yaṃ jñātvā na punarjanma maraṇaṃ cāpi vidyate /
yaṃ viditvā paraṃ vedyaṃ veditavyaṃ na vidyate //

yaṃ labdhvā paramaṃ lābhaṃ nādhikaṃ manyate budhaḥ /
yāṃ sūkṣmāṃ paramāṃ prāptiṃ gacchannavyayamakṣayam //

yaṃ sāṅkhyā guṇatattvajñāḥ sāṅkhyaśāstraviśāradāḥ / sūkṣmajñānatarāḥ sūkṣmaṃ jñātvā mucyanti bandhanaiḥ

yaṃ ca vedavido vedyaṃ vedānte ca pratiṣṭhitam /
prāṇāyāmaparā nityaṃ yaṃ viśanti japanti ca //

onkārarathamāruhya te viśanti maheśvaram /
ayaṃ sa devayānānāmādityo dvāramucyate //

ayaṃ ca pitṛyānānāṃ candramā dvāramucyate /
eṣa kāṣṭhā diśaścaiva saṃvatsarayugādi ca //

divyādivyaḥ paro lābha ayane dakṣiṇottare /
enaṃ prajāpatiḥ pūrvamārādhya bahubhiḥ stavaiḥ //

prajārthaṃ varayāmāsa nīlalohitasañjñitam /
kragbhiryamanuśāsanti tattve karmaṇi bahvṛcāḥ //

yajurbhiryattridhā vedyaṃ juhvatyadhvaryavo'dhvare /
sāmabhiryaṃ ca gāyanti sāmagāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ //

ṛtaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ brahma stuvantyātharvaṇā dvijāḥ /
yajñasya paramā yoniḥ pariścāyaṃ paraḥ smṛtaḥ //

rātryahaḥ śrotranayanaḥ pakṣamāsaśirobhujaḥ /
ṛtuvīryastapodhairyo hyabdaguhyorupādavān //

mṛtyuryamo hutāśaśca kālaḥ saṃhāravegavān /
kālasya paramā yoniḥ kālaścāyaṃ sanātanaḥ //

candrādityau sanakṣatrau grahāśca saha vāyunā /
dhruvaḥ saptarṣayaścaiva bhuvanāḥ sapta eva ca //

pradhānaṃ mahadavyaktaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ savaikṛtam /
brahmādistambaparyantaṃ bhūtādi sadasacca yat //

aṣṭau prakṛtayaścaiva prakṛtibhyaśca yaḥ paraḥ /
asya devasya yadbhāgaṃ kṛtsnaṃ samparivartate //

etatparamamānandaṃ yattacchāśvatameva ca /
eṣā gatirviraktānāmeṣa bhāvaḥ paraḥ satām //

etatpadamanudvignametadbrahma sanātanam /
śāstravedāṅgaviduṣāmetaddhyānaṃ paraṃ padam //

iyaṃ sā paramā kāṣṭhā iyaṃ sā paramā kalā /
iyaṃ sā paramā siddhiriyaṃ sā paramā gatiḥ //

iyaṃ sā paramā śāntiriyaṃ sā nirvṛtiḥ parā /
yaṃ prāpya kṛtakṛtyāḥ sma ityamanyanta yoginaḥ //

iyaṃ tuṣṭiriyaṃ siddhiriyaṃ śrutiriyaṃ smṛtiḥ /
adhyātmagatiriṣṭānāṃ viduṣāṃ prāptiravyayā //

yajatāṃ kāmayānānāṃ makhairvipuladakṣiṇaiḥ /
yā gatiryajñaśīlānāṃ sā gatistvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ //

samyagyogajapaiḥ śāntirniyamairdehatāpanaiḥ /
tapyatāṃ yā gatirdeva paramā sā gatirbhavān //

karmanyāsakṛtānāṃ ca viraktānāṃ tatastataḥ /
yā gatirbrahmisadane sā gatistvaṃ sanātana //

apunarbhavakāmānāṃ vairāgye vartatāṃ ca yā /
prakṛtīnāṃ layānāṃ ca sā gatistvaṃ sanātana //

jñānavijñānayuktānāṃ nirupākhyā nirañjanā /
kaivalyā yā gatirdeva paramā sā gatirbhavān //

vedaśāstrapurāṇoktāḥ pañca tā gatayaḥ smṛtāḥ /
tvatprasādāddhi labhyante na labhyante'nyathā vibho //

iti taṇḍistaporāśistuṣṭāvesānamātmanā /
jagau ca paramaṃ brahma yatpurā lokakṛjjagau //
upamanyuruvāca /

evaṃ stuto mahādevastaṇḍinā brahmavādinā /
uvāca bhagavāndeva umayā sahitaḥ prabhuḥ //

brahmā śatakraturviṣṇurviśvedevā maharṣayaḥ /
na vidustvāmiti tatastuṣṭaḥ provāca taṃ śivaḥ //

akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva bhavitā duḥkhavarjitaḥ /
yaśasvī tejasā yukto divyajñānasamanvitaḥ //

ṛṣīṇāmabhigamyaśca sūtrakartā sutastava /
matprasādāddvijaśreṣṭha bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ //

kaṃ vā kāmaṃ dadāmyadya brūhi yadvatsa kāṅkṣase /
prāñjaliḥ sa uvācedaṃ tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhā'stu me //
upamanyuruvāca /

etāndattvā varāndevo vandyamānaḥ surarṣibhiḥ /
stūyamānaśca vibudhaistatraivāntaradhīyata //

antarhite bhagavati sānuge yādaveśvara /
ṛṣirāśramamāgamya mamaitatproktavāniha //

yāni ca prathitānyādau taṇḍirākhyātavānmama mānāni mānavaśreṣṭha tāni tvaṃ śṛṇu siddhaye //

daśa nāmasahasrāṇi deveṣvāha pitāmahaḥ /
sarvasya śāstreṣu tathā daśa nāmaśatāni ca //

guhyānīmāni nāmāni taṇḍirbhagavato'cyuta /
devaprasādāddeveśaḥ purā prāha mahātmane //