Mahabharata · Chapter 6.39

ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam /
chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit //

adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ /
adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke //

na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā /
aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūla- masaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chitvā //

tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ /
tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī //

nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ /
dvadvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasañjñai- rgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat //

na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ /
yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama //

mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ /
manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati //

śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ /
gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt //

śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca /
adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate //

utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vā'pi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam /
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ //

yatanto yoginaścainaṃ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam /
yatanto'pyakṛtātmāno nainaṃ paśyantyacetasaḥ //

yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate'khilam /
yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi mārmakam //

gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayamyahamojasā /
puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ //

ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ dehamāśritaḥ /
prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṃ caturvidham //

sarvasya cāhaṃ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanaṃ ca /
vedaiśca sarvairahameva vedyo vedāntakṛdvedavideva cāham //

dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca /
kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate //

uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudāhṛtaḥ /
yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ //

yasmātkṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ /
ato'smi loke vede ca prasthitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ //

yo māmevamasammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam /
sa sarvavidbhajati māṃ sarvabhāvena bhārata //

iti guhyatamaṃ śāstramidamuktaṃ mayā'nagha /
evadbuddhvā buddhimānsyātkṛtakṛtyaśca bhārata //