Mahabharata · Chapter 6.32
kiṃ tadbrahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottam /
adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate //
adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'sminmadhusīdana /
prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ //
śrībhagavānuvāca /
akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo'dhyātmamucyate /
bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasañjñitaḥ //
adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam /
adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara //
antakāle ca māmeva smaranmuktvā kalevaram /
yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṃ yāti nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ //
yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram /
taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ //
tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu māmanusmara yudhya ca /
mayyarpitamanobuddhirmāmevaiṣyasyasaṃśayaḥ //
abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā'nānyagāminā /
paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan //
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāra- maṇoraṇīyāṃsamanusmaredyaḥ /
sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa- mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt //
prayāṇakāle manasā'calena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva /
bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samya- ksa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam //
yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ /
yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ sangraheṇa pravakṣye //
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca /
mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇāṃ //
omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran /
yaḥ prayāti tyajandeṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim //
ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ /
tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ //
māmupetya punarjanma duḥkhālayamaśāśvatam /
nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ //
ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna /
māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate //
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ /
rātriṃ yugasahasrāṃ tāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ //
avyaktādvyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame /
rātryāme pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasañjñake //
bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate /
rātryagame'vaśaḥ pārthata prabhavatyaharāgame //
parastasmāttu bhāvo'nyo vyakto'vyaktātsanātanaḥ /
yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣuka naśyatsu na vinaśyati //
avyakto'kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim /
yaṃ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama //
puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā /
yasyāntasthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṃ tatam //
yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ /
prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha //
agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam /
tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ //
dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmasā dakṣiṇāyanam /
tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate //
śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate /
ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayā'vartate punaḥ //
naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana /
tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna //
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam /
atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam //
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