Markandeya Purana · Chapter 38

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe pitāputrasaṃvāde ātmaviveko nāma saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
aṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
jaḍa uvāca
dattātreyaṃ tato vipraṃ praṇipatya sa pārthivaḥ /
pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ praśrayāvanato vacaḥ

samyak prapaśyato brahman ! mama duḥ khaṃ na kiñcana /
asamyagdarśinā magnāḥ sarvadaivāsukhārṇave

yasmin yasminmamāsaktā buddhiḥ puṃsaḥ prajāyate /
tatastataḥ samādāya duḥ khānyeva prayacchati

mārjārabhakṣite duḥ khaṃ yādṛśaṃ gṛhakukkuṭe /
na tādṛṅmamatāśūnye kalaviṅke 'tha mūṣike

so 'haṃ na duḥ khī na sukhī yato 'haṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ /
yo bhūtābhibhavo bhūtaiḥ sukhaduḥ khātmako hi saḥ

dattātreya uvāca
evametannaravyāghra ! yathaitadvyāhṛtaṃ tvayā /
mameti mūlaṃ duḥ kasya na mameti ca nirvṛteḥ

matpraśnādeva te jñānamutpannamidamuttamam /
mameti pratyayo yena kṣiptaḥ śālmalitūlavat

ahamityaṅkurotpanno mameti skandhavān mahān /
gṛhakṣetroccaśākhaśca putradārādipallavaḥ

dhanadhānyamahāpatro naikakālapravardhitaḥ /
puṇyāpuṇyāgrapuṣpaśca sukhaduḥ khamahāphalaḥ

tatra muktipathavyāpi mūḍhasamparkasecanaḥ /
vidhitsābhṛṅgamālāḍhyo kṛtyajñānamahātaruḥ

saṃsārādhvapariśrāntā ye tacchāyāṃ samāśritāḥ /
bhrāntijñānasukhādhīnāsteṣāmātyantikaṃ kutaḥ

yaistu satsaṅgapāṣāṇaśitena mamatātaruḥ /
chinno vidyākuṭhāreṇa te gatāstena vartmanā

prāpya brahmavanaṃ śītaṃ nīrajaskamakaṇṭakam /
prāpnuvanti parāṃ prājñā nirvṛtiṃ vṛttivarjitāḥ

bhūtendriyamayaṃ sthūlaṃ na tvaṃ rājanna cāpyaham /
na tanmātramayāvāvāṃ naivāntaḥ karaṇātmakau

kaṃ vā paśyāmi rājendra ! pradhānamidamāvayoḥ /
yataḥ paro hi kṣetrajñaḥ saṅghāto hi guṇātmakaḥ

maśakoḍumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhasāṃ yathā /
ekatve 'pi pṛthagbhāvastathā kṣetrātmanornṛpa !

alarka uvāca
bhagavaṃstvatprasādena mamāvirbhūtamuttamam /
jñānaṃ pradhānacicchakti-vivekakaramīdṛśam

kintvatra viṣayākrānte sthairyavattvaṃ na cetasi /
na cāpi vedmi mucyeyaṃ kathaṃ prakṛtibandhanāt

kathaṃ na bhūyāṃ bhūyaśca kathaṃ nirguṇatāmiyām /
kathañca brahmaṇaikatvaṃ vrajeyaṃ śāśvatena vai

tanme yogantathā brahman ! praṇatāyābhiyācate /
samyag brūhi mahāprājña ! satsaṅgo hyupakṛnnṛṇām