The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.29.3

6.29.3

nanu pratyakṣaḥ karmayogināṃ vikṣepaḥ sannyāsināṃ tu sa nāstīti kathamucyate ‘karmayogo viśiṣyata’ ityāśaṅkyāha - jñeya iti | yo rāgadveṣarahitaḥ sa karmasu svarūpatastyakteṣvatyakteṣu vā nityaṃ sannyāsyeva | etena sādhanabhūtayoḥ sāṅkhyayogayoḥ rāgadveṣarāhityakṛtaṃ sāmyamuktam | phalabhūtayostu sarvavikalparāhityarūpasāmyamanantaraślokābhyāmucyate | tathāpi cittasvābhāvyātkadā citsannyāsino rāgodaye pātāśaṅkāsti netarasyeti sa eva śreyāniti bhāvaḥ | yadyapyevaṃ tathāpi hi prasiddhaṃ nirdvandvo dvandvaṃ satyānṛtayorātmānātmanormithunaṃ parasparādhyāsastadrahitaḥ sāṅkhyo rāgādyudayahetorajñānasyātyantocchedāt | sukhaṃ karmakaraṇāyāsaṃ vināpi bandhātsaṃsārātkevalajñānenaiva mucyate na karmāṇyapekṣate | yadvā nirdvandvo “dvandvaṃ vai mithunaṃ tasmādvandvānmithunaṃ prajāyate” iti śruterdvandvaṃ strīpuṃsayormithunaṃ tadrahitaḥ stryādityāgī sannyāsī anāyāsena mucyate | rāgādijayasyobhayatra tulyatvāt | atraca kuṭumbabharaṇavaiyagryābhāvātsukhaṃ mucyata ityarthaḥ ||