Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) · Chapter 4.10
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate //
yat pṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ
ekasyāpi na paryāptaṃ tasmāt tṛṣṇāṃ parityajet //
yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam
samadṛṣṭes tadā puṃsaḥ sarvāḥ sukhamayā diśaḥ //
yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ
tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ saṃtyajet prājñaḥ sukhenaivābhipūryate //
jīryanti jīryataḥ keśā dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ
dhanāśā jīvitāśā ca jīryato 'pi na jīryataḥ //
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ me viṣayāsaktacetasaḥ
tathāpy anudinaṃ tṛṣṇā mamaiteṣv eva jāyate //
tasmād etām ahaṃ tyaktvā brahmaṇy ādhāya mānasam
nirdvandvo nirmamo bhūtvā cariṣyāmi mṛgaiḥ saha //
pūroḥ sakāśād ādāya jarāṃ dattvā ca yauvanam
rājye 'bhiṣicya pūruṃ ca prayayau tapase vanam //
diśi dakṣiṇapūrvāyāṃ turvasuṃ praty athādiśat
pratīcyāṃ ca tathā druhyuṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ tato yadum //
udīcyāṃ ca tathaivānuṃ kṛtvā maṇḍalino nṛpān
sarvapṛthvīpatiṃ pūruṃ so 'bhiṣicya yayau vanam //
Original text: Viṣṇupurāṇa · Edition: The Critical Edition of the Viṣṇupurāṇam, critically edited by M. M. Pathak. Vadodara : Oriental Institute 1997-1999 · Data entry Peter Schreiner · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0