The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.31.8

6.31.8

nanvevaṃ prapañcaparamātmanormaṇisūtravadupādānopādeyabhāvo'pi na syāt | nahi upādānaṃ cānanuvṛttaṃ ceti ghaṭate mṛddhaṭādāvadarśanādityāśaṅkya svapnamāyendrajālarajjūragatulyatvaṃ prapañcasyopapādyobhayamapyaviruddhamityupadiṣṭaṃ cedayamakasmādudvigno bhaviṣyatīti matvā dṛṣṭāntāntarairevānuvṛttiṃ vyāvṛttiṃ cijjaḍayordarśayati - rasa iti | yathā raso'psu ekamapyapparamāṇumaparityajyānusyūto dṛśyate'to rasarūpe mayi āpaḥ protāḥ evaṃ prabhāyāṃ candrādayaḥ protāḥ praṇave sarve vedāḥ protāḥ “tadyathā śaṅkunā sarvāṇi parṇāni santṛṇṇānyevamoṅkāreṇa sarvā vāk santṛṇṇā” iti vāṅmātre praṇavānusyūtiśravaṇāt | santṛṇṇāni saṅgrathitāni | evamākāśe śabdaḥ sārabhūtastasminmayi khaṃ protam | sarvapuruṣeṣu sāraṃ pauruṣaṃ śauryardhairyādirūpaṃ tatra puruṣāḥ protāḥ | evamagre'pi draṣṭavyam ||