Vedārthasaṃgraha · Verses 144-145

yat tu sarvaṃ paravaśaṃ duḥkham ityuktaṃ tatparamapuruṣavyatiriktānāṃ parasparaśeṣaśeṣibhāvābhāvāt tadvyatiriktaṃ prati śeṣatā duḥkham evetyuktam / sevā śvavṛttir ākhyātety atrāpy asevyasevā śvavṛttir evetyuktam / sa hy āśramaiḥ sadopāsyaḥ samastair eka eva tv iti sarvair ātmayāthātmyavedibhiḥ sevyaḥ puruṣottama eka eva / yathoktaṃ bhagavatā --
māṃ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate /
sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate //
itīyam eva bhaktirūpā sevā brahmavid āpnoti param -- tam evaṃ vidvān amṛta iha bhavati -- brahma veda brahmaiva bhavatītyādiṣu vedanaśabdenābhidhīyata ityuktam / yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhya iti viśeṣaṇād yam evaiṣa vṛṇuta iti bhavagatā varaṇīyatvaṃ pratīyate / varaṇīyaś ca priyatamaḥ / yasya bhagavaty anavadhikātiśayā prītir jāyate sa eva bhagavataḥ priyatamaḥ / tad uktaṃ bhagavatā --
priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham ahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ /
iti / tasmāt parabhaktirūpāpannam eva vedanaṃ tattvato bhagavatprāptisādhanam / yathoktaṃ bhagavatā dvaipāyanena mokṣadharme sarvopaniṣadvyākhyānarūpam --
na saṃdṛśo tiṣṭhati rūpam asya na cakṣuṣā paśyati kaścanainam /
bhaktyā ca dhṛtyā ca samāhitātmā jñānasvarūpaṃ paripaśyatītīha //
dhṛtyā samāhitātmā bhaktyā puruṣottamaṃ paśyati -- sākṣātkaroti -- prāpnotītyarthaḥ / bhaktyā tv anannyayā śakya ityanenāikārthyāt / bhaktiś ca jñānaviśeṣa eveti sarvam upapannam /

sārāsāravivekajñā garīyāṃso vimatsarāḥ /
pramāṇatantrāḥ santīti kṛto vedārthasaṅgrahaḥ //