Verses on Sāṃkhya 3.2

3.2

kadācidindrādīnāṃ devānāṃ kalpa āsīt / kathaṃ vayamamṛtā abhūmeti vicāryyāmuṃ yasmādvayamapāma somaṃ pītavantaḥ somaṃ tasmādamṛtā abhūma amarā bhūtavanta ityarthaḥ kiṃca aganma jyotiḥ gatavato labdhavato jyotiḥ svargamiti / avidāma devān divyān viditavantaḥ / evaṃ ca kinnūnamasmān kṛṇavadarātiḥ nūnaṃ niścitaṃ kiṃ arātiḥ śatrurasmān kṛṇavat kartteti kimu dhūrttiramṛtamartyasya dhūrttirjarā hiṃsā vā kiṃ kariṣyati amṛtamartyasya / anyacca śrūyate ātyantikaṃ phalaṃ paśuvadhena / sarvvaṃllokāñjayati mṛtyuṃ tarati pāpmānaṃ tarati brahmahatyāṃ tarati yo yo 'śvamedhena yajata iti / ekāntātyantike eva vedokte apārthe 'vajijñāsā iti na / ucyate /

Once, a deliberation arose among Indra and the other gods: “How have we become immortal?” Having deliberated, [they said:] “Because we have drunk soma—we drank soma—therefore we have become immortal, that is, deathless.” Furthermore: “we have reached the light,” we have attained, reached the light, namely heaven; “we have found the gods,” we have known the celestials. And likewise: “What now could an enemy do to us?” Surely, with certainty, what could an enemy, a foe, do to us? “What harm can a mortal do to an immortal?” What will harm—old age or violence—do to an immortal? And another absolute result is heard [in scripture] through animal slaughter: “He conquers all worlds, crosses beyond death, crosses beyond sin, crosses beyond the murder of a brāhmaṇa, whoever sacrifices with the horse sacrifice.” Since these two [qualities, certainty and absoluteness,] indeed belong to what is taught in the Veda, the desire to know [Sāṃkhya] is useless—no! It is said: