Mahabharata · Chapter 14.48
kecidbrahmamayaṃ vṛkṣaṃ kecidbrahmamayaṃ vanam / kecitparamamavyaktaṃ kecitparamanāmayam /
manyante sarvamapyetadavyaktaprabhavāvyayam //
ucchvāsamātramapi cedyo'ntakāle samo bhavet /
ātmānamupasaṅmya somṛtatvāya kalpate //
nimeṣamātramapi cetsaṃyamyātmānamātmani /
gacchatyātmaprasādena viduṣāṃ prāptimavyayām //
prāṇāyāmairatha prāṇānsaṃyamya sa punaḥpunaḥ /
daśadvādaśabhirvāpi caturviṃśātsamantataḥ //
evaṃ pūrvaṃ prasannātmā labhate yadyadicchati /
avyaktātsatvamudriktamamṛtatvāya kalpate //
satvātparataraṃ nānyatpraśaṃsantīha tadvidaḥ / anumānādvijānīmaḥ puruṣaṃ satvasaṃśrayam /
na śakyamanyathā gantuṃ puruṣaṃ dvijasattamāḥ //
kṣamā dhṛtirahiṃsā ca samatā satyamārjavam /
jñānaṃ tyāgotha sannyāsaḥ sātvikaṃ vṛttamiṣyate //
etenaivānumānena manyante vai manīṣiṇaḥ /
satvaṃ ca puruṣaścaiva tatra nāsti vicāraṇā //
āhureke ca vidvāṃso ye jñāne supratiṣṭhitāḥ /
kṣetrajñasatvayoraikyamityetannopapadyate //
pṛthagbhūtastathā nityamityetadavicāritam /
pṛthagbhāvaśca vijñeyaḥ sahajaścāpi tattvataḥ //
tathaivaikatvanānātvamiṣyate viduṣāṃ nayaḥ /
maśakodumbare caikyaṃ pṛthaktvamapi dṛśyate //
matsyo yathā'nyaḥ syādapsu samprayogastathā tayoḥ /
sambandhastoyabindūnāṃ parṇaiḥ kokanadasya ca //
gururuvāca /
ityuktavantaste viprāstadā lokapitāmaham /
punaḥ saṃśayamāpannāḥ papracchurmunisattamāḥ //
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