Mahabharata · Chapter 6.67
vāsudevo mahadbhūtaṃ sarvalokeṣu kathyate /
tasyāgamaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ ca jñātumicche pitāmaha //
bhīṣma uvāca /
vāsudevo mahadbhūtaṃ sarvadaivatadaivatam /
na paraṃ puṇḍarīkākṣāddṛśyate bharatarṣabha //
śrutaṃ me tāta rāmasya jāmadagnyasya jalpataḥ / nāradasya ca devarṣeḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya ca /
asito devalaścāpi vālakhilyāstapodhanāḥ //
mārkaṇḍeyaśca govinde kathayatyadbhutaṃ mahat /
sarvabhūtādibhūtātmā mahātmā puruṣottamaḥ //
āpo vāyuśca tejaśca trayametadakalpayat /
sa sṛṣṭvā pṛthivīṃ devīṃ sarvalokeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ //
apsu vai śayanaṃ cakre mahātmā puruṣottamaḥ /
sarvadevamayo devaḥ śayānaḥ śayane sukham //
mukhataḥ so'gnimasṛjatprāṇādvāyumathāpi ca /
sarasvatīṃ ca vedāṃśca manasaḥ sasṛje'cyuta //
eṣaka lokānsasarjādau devāṃśca ṛṣibhiḥ saha /
amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuṃ ca prajānāṃ prabhavāpyayau //
eṣa dharmaśca dharmajño varadaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ /
eṣa kartā ca kāryaṃ ca āderādiḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ //
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca pūrvametadakalpayat /
ubhe sandhye divaḥ khaṃ ca niyamāṃśca janārdanaḥ //
ṛṣīṃścaiva hi govindastapaścaivābhyakalpayat /
sraṣṭāraṃ jagataścāpi mahātmā prabhuravyayaḥ //
agrajaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sankarṣaṇamakalpayat /
śeṣaṃ cākalpayaddevamanantamiti taṃ viduḥ //
yo dhārayati bhūtāni dharāṃ cemāṃ saparvatām / dhyānayogena viprāśca taṃ vidanti mahaujasam /
karṇasrotobhavaṃ cāpi madhuṃ nāma mahāsuram //
tamugramugrakarmāṇamugrāṃ buddhaiṃ samāsthitam . harantaṃ brahmaṇo vedāñjaghāna brahmaṇaḥ pitā /
brahmaṇopacitiṃ kurvanmahātmā puruṣottamaḥ //
tasya tāta vadhādeva devadānavamānavāḥ /
madhusūdanamityāhurṛṣayaśca janārdanam //
varāhaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca trivikramamiti prabhum /
eṣa dhātā vidhātā ca sarveṣāṃ prāmināṃ hariḥ //
paraṃ hi puṇḍarīkākṣānna bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati /
mukhataḥ sosṛjadviprānbāhubhyāṃ kṣatriyāṃstathā //
vaiśyāṃścāpyūruto rājañśūdrānpadbhyāṃ tathaivaca /
tapasā niyataṃ devaṃ nidhānaṃ sarvadehinām //
brahmabhūtamamāvāsyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tathaiva ca /
yogabhūtaṃ paricarankeśavaṃ mahadāpnuyāt //
keśavaḥ paramaṃ tejaḥ sarvalokapitāmahaḥ /
evamārhurhṛṣīkeśaṃ munayo vai narādhipa //
evamenaṃ vijānīhi ācāryaṃ pitaraṃ gurum /
kṛṣṇo yasya prasīdeta lokāstenākṣayā jitāḥ //
yaścaivainaṃ bhayasthāne keśavaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajet /
sadā naraḥ paṭhaṃścedaṃ svastimānsa sukhī bhavet //
ye ca kṛṣṇaṃ prapadyante te na muhyanti mānavāḥ /
bhaye mahati magnāṃśca pāti nityaṃ janārdanaḥka //
sa taṃ yudhiṣṭhiro jñātvā yāthātathyena bhārata / sarvātmanā mahātmānaṃ keśavaṃ jagadīśvaram /
prapannaḥ śaraṇaṃ rājanyogānāṃ prabhumīśvaram //
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