The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.30.14

6.30.14

evamāsane upaviṣṭena yatkartavyaṃ tadāha - praśāntātmeti | yogayukto yogī brahmacārivrate bhaikṣacaryāyāṃ sthitaḥ sannyāsītyarthaḥ | maccito mayi parame cittaṃ yasya sa evambhūto mayyeva manaḥ saṃyamya matpara āsīta sa praśāntātmā bhūtvā vigatabhīrbhavatīti yojanā | bhavati hi kaścidātmano'nyamīśvaraṃ matvā taccittastamevārādhyatvenābhigataḥ tatraiva ca manasaḥ saṃyamaṃ karoti na tu sa tatparastameva paramapuruṣārthatayā prāpyatvena manyate kintu tatprītyānyadeva phalaṃ kāmayate ayaṃ tu maccitto mayyeva manaḥ saṃyamya matparo māmeva sarvāntaraṃ pratyagadvayaṃ kāmayata iti | yato matparo'taeva praśāntātmā prakarṣeṇa bāhyābhyantaraviṣayatyāgena samādhisukhāsvādatyāgena ca śānta uparataḥ ātmā cittaṃ yasya so'smitāmātrāvaśeṣo vigatabhīrbhavati | iyamevāvasthā sattvapuruṣānyathākhyātiriti brahmasākṣātkāra iti ca vikalpyate | sarvathā tasyāṃ siddhāyāṃ puruṣaḥ paramapuruṣārthabhāgbhavati ||