Devishataka 87

87

he devi, tava bhavatyāśceṣṭayā vyāpāreṇa śravaṇacintanādhyayanalakṣaṇena indriyādiniyamena vā | yata eṣaiva vāgīśāyāśceṣṭā | yata uktam- 'manasyuparataṃ kuryādakṣagrāmaṃ bahiḥ sthitam | cittaṃ buddhau vinikṣipya sā buddhirjñānagocare || jñānabhāvanayā karma kuryādvā pāramārthikam |' iti | ata eva tayā ceṣṭayā sphītaṃ vikasitaṃ yaccetaḥ avahitaṃ ca sāvadhānaṃ saṃyataṃ manaḥ ata evodāravasu paramanaśvaraṃ dhanaṃ tacceto mudā harṣeṇopalakṣitaṃ sat dhāmato jyotiḥsthānānmokṣalakṣaṇātsthānāt ravasudhāṃ śabdāmṛtaṃ yāti prāpnoti | śabdabrahmodayaṃ labhata ityarthaḥ | yaduktam- 'omityekākṣaraṃ brahma |' tathā copaniṣatsu- 'etadevākṣaraṃ brahma etadevākṣaraṃ param | etadevākṣaraṃ jñātvā yo yadicchati tasya tat ||' gomūtrikābandho'yaṃ yamakaśca | prastārastvekadā darśitaḥ |