The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.27.16

6.27.16

bhavatvevaṃ tataḥ kiṃ phalitamityata āha evamiti | bhūtānāmādau vedādhigamastataḥ karmānuṣṭhānaṃ tato devānāṃ tṛptistato vṛṣṭistato'nnaṃ tato bhūtāni teṣāṃ vedādhigama ityevaṃrūpaṃ cakramiva cakraṃ nirantaramāvartamānaṃ jagadyātrānirvāhakaṃ nānuvartayati nānutiṣṭhati so'ghāyuḥ pāpajīvanaḥ indriyārāmo na tu dharmārāma ātmārāmo vā moghaṃ vyarthaṃ daṃśamaśakādivajjīvati | yastvetadanuvartayati sa jagadupakārako dhanya iti bhāvaḥ | tathā ca śrutiḥ “atho ayaṃ vā ātmā sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ lokaḥ sa yajjuhoti yadyajate tena devānāṃ loko'tha yadanubrūte tena ṛṣīṇāmatha yatpitṛbhyo nipṛṇāti yatprajāmicchati tena pitṝṇāmatha yanmanuṣyānvāsayate yadebhyo'śanaṃ dadāti tena manuṣyāṇāmatha yatpaśubhyastṛṇodakaṃ vindati tena paśūnāṃ yadasya gṛheṣu śvāpado vayāṃsyāpipīlikābhya upajīvanti tena teṣāṃ lokaḥ” iti ||