Mahabharata · Chapter 14.28
sankalpadaṃśamaśakaṃ śokaharṣahimātapam /
mohāndhakāratimiraṃ lobhavyādhisarīsṛpam //
viṣayaikātyayādhvānaṃ kāmakrodhakirātakam /
tadatītya mahādurgaṃ praviṣṭosmi mahadvanam //
brāhmaṇyuvāca /
kva tadvanaṃ mahāprājña ke vṛkṣāḥ saritaśca kāḥ /
kiyantaḥ parvatāścaiva kiyatyadhyani tadvanam //
brāhmaṇa uvāca /
naitadasti pṛthagbhāvaḥ kiñcinadyattataḥ sukham /
naitadastyapṛthagbhāvaḥ kiñcidduḥkhataraṃ tataḥ //
tasmāddhrasvataraṃ nāsti na tatosti mahattaram /
nāsti tasmādduḥkhataraṃ nāstyanyattatsamaṃ sukham //
na tatrāviśyi śocanti na prahṛṣyanti ca dvijāḥ /
na ca bibhyati kebhyaścinnaibhyo bibhyati kecana //
tasminvane sapta mahādrumāśca phalāni saptātithayaśca sapta /
saptāśramāḥ sapta samādhayaśca dīkṣāśca saptaitadaraṇyarūpam //
pañcavarṇāni divyāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca /
sṛjantaḥ pādapāstatra vyāpya tiṣṭhanti tadvanm //
suvarṇāni dvivarṇāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca /
sṛjantaḥ pādapāstatra vyāpya tiṣṭhanti tadvanam //
śaṅkarāṇi trivarṇāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca / sṛjantaḥ pādapāstatra vyāpya tiṣṭhanti tadvanam
surabhīṇi dvivarṇāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca /
sṛjantaḥ pādapāstatra vyāpya tiṣṭhanti tadvanam //
surabhīṇyekavarṇāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca /
sṛjantaḥ pādapāstatra vyāpya tiṣṭhanti tadvanam //
bahūnyavyaktavarṇāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca /
visṛjantau mahāvṛkṣau tadvanaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhataḥ //
eko vahniḥ sumanā brāhmaṇotra pañcendriyāṇi samidhaścātra santi /
tebhyo vṛkṣāḥka sapta phalanti dīkṣā guṇāḥ phalānyatithayaḥ phalāśāḥ //
ātithyaṃ pratigṛhṇanti tatra sapta maharṣayaḥ /
arciteṣu pralīneṣu teṣvanyadrocate vanam //
prajñāvṛkṣaṃ mokṣaphalaṃ śānticchāyāsamanvitam /
jñānāśrayaṃ tṛptitoyamantaḥkṣetrajñabhāskaram //
ye'dhigacchanti tatsantasteṣāṃ nāsti punarbhavaḥ /
ūrdhvaṃ cādhaśca tiryakca tasya nānto'dhigamyate //
sapta striyastatra caranti satyā- stvavāṅmukhā bhānumatyo janitryaḥ /
ūrdhvaṃ rasānādadate prajābhyaḥ sarvānyathā nityamanityatā ca //
tatraiva pratitiṣṭhanti punastatrodayanti ca /
sapta saptarṣayaḥ siddhā vasiṣṭhapramukhaiḥ saha //
yaśo varco bhagaścaiva vijayaḥ siddhatejasaḥ /
etamevānuvartante sapta jyotīṃṣi bhāskaram //
ṛṣayaḥ parvatāścaiva santi tatra samāsataḥ /
nadyaśca parito vāri vahantyo brahmisambhavam //
nadīnāṃ saṅgamaścaiva vaitāne samupahare /
svātmatṛptā yato yānti sākṣādeva pitāmaham //
kṛśāśāḥ suvratāḥ śāntāstapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ /
ātmanyātmānamāveśya brāhmaṇāstamupāsate //
śamimapyatra śaṃsanti vidyāraṇyavido janāḥ /
tadaraṇyamabhipretya yathātatvamajāyata //
etadevedṛśaṃ puṇyamaraṇyaṃ brāhmaṇā viduḥ /
viditvā cānutiṣṭhanti kṣetrajñenānudarśinā //
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