The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.27.17

6.27.17

evamīśvareṇa vedayajñapūrvakaṃ jagaccakraṃ pravartitamajñairadhikṛtairanuvartitavyamityuktam | asyānanuvartane ca mahānpratyavāya uktaḥ | sa brahmavidamapi spṛśediti sambhāvitāmāśaṅkāṃ pariharati - yastviti | ātmanyeva ratiḥ prītiryasya natu stryādau sa tathā | nanvātmani prītiḥ prāṇimātrasyānaupādhikyasti pratyuta tadarthatvenaiva stryādiṣvapi prītirbhavatītyata uktam - ātmatṛpta iti | ātmanaiva paramānandarūpeṇa tṛpto na miṣṭānnādinā | nanu mandāgnirapi stryādau na ramate nāpi miṣṭānnena tṛpyatyata uktam ‘ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭa’ iti | mandāgnirhi dhātuvṛddhiṃ jāṭharoddīpanaṃ ca kāmayamāna auṣadhādyarthamitastato dhāvati natvātmanyeva tuṣyati vidvāṃstu ratitṛptituṣṭīrātmanaivānubhavati na stryannadhanādibhiriti tasya kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ kimapi nāsti | kriyāprāpyasya kasyacidapyarthasyābhāvāt ||