Mahabharata · Chapter 14.41
avyaktātpūrvamutpanno mahānātmā mahāmatiḥ /
ādirguṇānāṃ sarveṣāṃ prathamaḥ sarga ucyate //
mahānātmā matirviṣṇurjiṣṇuḥ śambhuśca vīryavān / buddhiḥ prajñopalabdhiśca tatā khyātirdhṛtiḥsmṛtiḥ /
paryāyavācakaiḥ śabdairmahānātmā vibhāvyate /
taṃ jānanbrāhmaṇo vidvānpramohaṃ nādhigacchati //
sarvataḥpāṇipādaṃ ca sarvatokṣiśiromukham /
sarvataḥśrutimalloke sarvaṃ vyāpyavatiṣṭhati //
mahāprabhāvaḥ puruṣaḥ sarvasya hṛdi niṣṭhitaḥ /
aṇimā laghimā prāptirīśāno jyotiravyayaḥ //
tatra buddhimatāṃ loke sadbhāvaniratāśca ye /
dhyānino nityayogāśca satyasandhā jitendriyāḥ //
jñānavantaśca ye kecidalubdhā jitamanyavaḥ /
prasannamanaso dhīrā nirmamā nirahankriyāḥ //
vimuktāḥ sarva evaite mahattvamupayāntyuta /
ātmano mahato veda yaḥ puṇyāṃ gatimuttamām //
ahaṅkārātprasūtāni mahābhūtāni pañca vai /
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam //
teṣu bhūtāni yujyante mahābhūteṣu pañcasu /
te śabdasparśarūpeṣu rasagandhakriyāsu ca //
mahābhūtavināśānte pralaye pratyupasthite /
sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ dhīrā mahadutpadyate bhayam //
sa dhīraḥ sarvalokeṣu na mohamadhigacchati /
viṣṇurevādisargeṣu svayambhūrbhavati prabhuḥ //
evaṃ hi yo veda guhāśayaṃ prabhuṃ paraṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ viśvarūpam /
hiraṇmayaṃ buddhimatāṃ parāṃ gatiṃ sa buddhimānbuddhimatītya tiṣṭhati //
ya utpanno mahānpūrvamahaṅkāraḥ sa ucyate /
ahamityeva sambhūto dvitīyaḥ sarga ucyate //
ahaṅkāraśca bhūtādirvaikārika iti smṛtaḥ /
tejasaścetanā dhātuḥ prajāsargaḥ prajāpatiḥ //
devānāṃ prabhavo devo manasaśca trilokakṛt /
ahamityeva tatsarvamabhimānaḥ sa ucyate //
adhyātmajñānatṛptānāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām /
svādhyāyakratusiddhānāmeṣa lokaḥ sanātanaḥ //
ahaṅkāreṇāharato guṇānimā- nbhūtādirevaṃ sṛjate sa bhūtakṛt /
vaikārikaḥ sarvamidaṃ viceṣṭate svatejasā rañjayate jagattathā //
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