The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.31.1

6.31.1

pūrvādhyāyānte yo māṃ bhajate sa me yuktatamo mata ityuktam | tatra kīdṛśaṃ pūrvoktaniṣkāmakarmayogāpekṣayā vilakṣaṇaṃ tava bhajanaṃ kena vā guṇena pūrvayogāpekṣayā tasya yuktatamatvamityetāmarjunasyāśaṅkāṃ svayameva pariharan bhagavānuvāca - mayīti | kaścidrājāśrayo dhanamānāsaktamanā bhavati | ayaṃ tu madāśrayeṇa māmeva paramapuruṣārthabhūtaṃ prāptumicchannityarthaḥ | īdṛśo yogaṃ yuñjansamādhimanutiṣṭhan tvampadārthavivekakāle yadyapi sārvajñyamasti ‘sarvabhūtasthamātmānam’ ityādivacanāttathāpi svasmādanya īśvaro'sti naveti pātañjalakāpilayostārkikamīmāṃsakayorvā seśvarānīśvarayormatabhedātsaṃśayaḥ kāraṇājñānāccāsamagraṃ tatsārvajñyamiti matvā āha - asaṃśayaṃ samagramiti | māṃ tatpadārthamīśvaraṃ yathā jñāsyasi tat taṃ prakāraṃ śṛṇu | atra vakṣyamāṇarītyā sarvaṃ brahma vāsudevātmakamiti bhajane vailakṣaṇyaṃ kāraṇajñātṛtvamasya yoginaḥ pūrvayogyapekṣayādhikyamiti bhāvaḥ ||