The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.23.16

6.23.16

tuṣṭiḥ santoṣaḥ | puṣṭirupacayaḥ | dhṛtirdhairyam | dīptirjyotiḥ | yayā kāntyā candrādityau vardhete atyantaṃ kantimantau bhavataḥ vakṣyati ca - 'yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate'khilam | yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam |' iti | 'yena sūryastapati tejaseddhaḥ' iti śrutiśca | paraṃ cinmātraṃ brahmaivetyarthaḥ | bhūtiḥ aiśvaryaṃ bhūtimatāṃ maheśvarādīnām | 'eṣā'sya paramā sampat' iti śruterbrahmarūpaiva | saṅkhye samyak khyānaṃ prakāśanaṃ yatra tasminnātmānātmavivekarūpe samādhau siddhairjīvanmuktaiścāraṇairājānasiddhaiśca vīkṣyase'nubhūyase pratyagātmatvena tadevamākāraviśeṣopahitaṃ brahmābhidhyātaṃ sat sarvā mokṣādarvācīnā rājyavijayādisiddhiḥ prayacchatīti pradarśitam | tadeva vakṣyati bhagavān - 'ye'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ | te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam | labhante ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitān hi tān' iti ca | tathā mahatī vimokṣākhyā siddhirapi sarvākārānupahitabrahmajñānādeva bhavatīti pratipādanāya gītāśāstramārīpsamānena tatra viśvāsotpattyarthaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakaraṃ devīstotraṃ kurviti niyukto'rjuno devīṃ pratyakṣato dṛṣṭvā jātapratyayo gītāsvapi śraddhāṃ badhnīyādityāśayavatā bhagavatā etaduktamiti praghaṭṭakārthaḥ | evameva vede'pi kārīryādīnāṃ sadyovṛṣṭyādiphalānāṃ karmaṇāṃ vidhānamadṛṣṭārtheṣu karmasu śraddhotpādanārthameveti nirṇītaṃ pūrvācāryaiḥ ||