Aphorisms on Brahman 9.103

9.103

yaccāsyehāsti yacca nāsti sarvaṃ tadasmin samāhitam asmin kāmāssamāhitāḥ eṣa
ātmā'pahatapāpmā vijaro vimṛtyurviśoko vijighitso'pipāsassatyakāmassatyasaṅkalpaḥ
so'nveṣitavyassa jijñāsitavya iti | śvetāśvatare - na tasya kaścitpatirasti loke na
ceśitā naiva ca tasya liṅgam | sa kāraṇaṃ karaṇādhipādhipo na cāsya kaścijjanitā na
cādhipaḥ tamīśvarāṇāṃ paramaṃ maheśvaraṃ taṃ devatānāṃ paramaṃ ca daivatam ||
patiṃ patīnāṃ prathamaṃ parastādvidāma devaṃ bhuvaneśamīḍyam ityādinā
sarvajñatvasarvaniyāmakatvasarvādhiṣṭhānatvasarvopāsyatvāni maheśvarasya
parabrahmaṇaśśrūyante | athāto brahma jijñāsā ityārabhya jijñāsyasya brahmaṇaḥ
sarvaśaktimatvena sarvakāraṇatvādidharmānnirdiśya īkṣaternāśabdam ityādinā
pradhānasya jagatkāraṇatvavādimataṃ nirasya brahmaṇaśśivasyaiva svaśaktisaṅkocena
nirguṇatvaṃ śaktivikāsena saguṇatvaṃ ca prasādhitam |