Narasimha Purana · Chapter 15

śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ tāta sāṃprataṃ munibhiḥ saha
saṃsāravṛkṣaṃ sakalaṃ yenedaṃ parivartate //

vaktum arhasi me tāta tvayaitat sūcitaṃ purā
nānyo vetti mahābhāga saṃsāroccāralakṣaṇam //

sa putreṇaivam uktas tu śiṣyāṇāṃ madhyagena ca
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prāha saṃsāratarulakṣaṇam //

śṛṇvantu śiṣyāḥ sakalā vatsa tvaṃ śṛṇu bhāvitaḥ
saṃsāravṛkṣaṃ vakṣyāmi yena cedaṃ samāvṛtam //

avyaktamūlaprabhavas tasmād agre tathotthitaḥ
buddhiskandhamayaś caiva indriyāṅkarakoṭaraḥ //

mahābhūtaviśākhaś ca viśeṣaiḥ pattraśākhavān
dharmādharmasupuṣpaś ca sukhaduḥkhaphalodayaḥ //

ājīvyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ brahmavṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ
etad brahma paraṃ caiva brahma vṛkṣasya tasya tat //

ity evaṃ kathitaṃ vatsa saṃsāravṛkṣalakṣaṇam
vṛkṣaṃ enaṃ samārūḍhā moham āyānti dehinaḥ //

saṃsarantīha satataṃ sukhaduḥkhasamanvitāḥ
prāyeṇa prākṛtā martyā brahmajñānaparāṅmukhāḥ //

chittvainaṃ kṛtino yānti no yānti brahmajñāninaḥ
karmakriye mahāprājña nainaṃ chindanti duṣkṛtāḥ //

enaṃ chittvā ca bhittvā ca jñānena paramāsinā
tato 'maratvaṃ te yānti yasmān nāvartate punaḥ //

dehadāramayaiḥ pāśair dṛḍhaṃ baddho 'pi mucyate
jñānam eva paraṃ puṃsāṃ śreyasām abhivāñchitam
toṣaṇaṃ narasiṃhasya jñānahīnaḥ paśuḥ pumān //

āhāranidrābhayamaithunāni samānam etat paśubhir narāṇām
jñānaṃ narāṇām adhikaṃ hi loke jñānena hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ //