The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.30.30

6.30.30

asyātmaikatvadarśanasyāpi phalamāha yo māmiti | sarvatrāsmacchabdaḥ pratyagātmaparaḥ | yo yogī ātmānaṃ sarvatra paśyati sarvaṃ cātmani paśyati tasya yogino jñāta ātmā na praṇaśyati adarśanaṃ na gacchati | jñāta ātmā na punastirobhavati | sakṛnnaṣṭasya mūlājñānasya bījābhāvena punarudayāsambhavādityarthaḥ | nanu kāryakāraṇasaṅghātābhimāninā śuktirūpyavadbrahmaṇyadhyastena tadabhimānatyāgapūrvakaṃ jñātaṃ svādhiṣṭhānabhūtaṃ brahma mā tirodhāyi buddhestattvapakṣapātitvāt | brahmadṛṣṭyā tu muktajīvasya niranvayocchedo bhavatītyāśaṅkyāha - sa ca me na praṇaśyatīti | sa ca vidvānme mama na praṇaśyati na tirobhavati madabhinnatvāt | bhavedetadevaṃ yadi jīvo mayyadhyasto vā mama vikāro vā bhavettadā niranvayocchedaṃ prāpnuyāt | ahameva tu saḥ | “tattvamasi”, “ahaṃ brahmāsmi”, “ayamātmā brahma” ityādiśāstrāt | tasmādyuktamuktaṃ ‘sa ca me na praṇaśyati’ iti ||