The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.33.1

6.33.1

pūrvādhyāye kintadbrahmetyādisaptapraśnyām akṣaraṃ brahma paramamityādinā saṅkṣipya vyākhyātāyāṃ tajjñānasya pṛthakprayojanākāṅkṣāyāṃ karmavida ādhibhautikaṃ dhūmādimārgaprāpyaṃ sthānamiti nirūpaṇena prāpyaprāpakādivibhāgo darśitaḥ | tena karmādhibhūte vyākhyāte | tathā sūtrāntaryāmiṇorupāsakasyārcirādimārgeṇa kramamuktisthānaprāptirityuktaṃ tenādhidaivādhiyajñau vyākhyātau | omityekākṣaramityādinā antakāle kathaṃ jñeyo'sītyasyottaraṃ vyākhyātam | tadevaṃ dhyeyabrahmavidyā sāṅgā nirūpitā, pariśiṣṭamādyaṃ jñeyabrahmaviṣayaṃ praśnadvayaṃ kiṃ tadbrahma kimadhyātmamiti, tadvivaraṇāya navamo'dhyāya ārabhyate | na kevalamarcirādigatiprāpyā kālāntara eva muktirasti, kintvihaiva sadyomuktirastīti viśeṣaṃ vaktuṃ śrībhagavānuvāca -- idaṃ tu te iti | idaṃ vakṣyamāṇaṃ tu pūrvasmāddhyeyādvilakṣaṇaṃ jñeyaṃ te tubhyaṃ guhyatamamatigopyaṃ pravakṣyāmi | anasūyave asūyā guṇeṣu doṣāviṣkaraṇaṃ tadrahitāya | jñānaṃ jñaptimātrasvarūpaṃ brahma | vijñānenānubhavena sahitaṃ natu kevalaṃ pārokṣyeṇa | yajjñānaṃ jñātvā sākṣātkṛtya aśubhātsaṃsārānmokṣyase | atra yatsaptamādau ‘jñānaṃ te'haṃ savijñānamidaṃ vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ’ iti pratijñātaṃ, yasya ca vijñānāya śākhācandranyāyenopalakṣaṇībhūtaṃ jagatkāraṇaṃ brahma tatraiva nirūpitam, yadvijñāne'dhikārasampattyarthaṃ tasyaiva saguṇasyopāsanamuktaṃ, tadiha sarvaśeṣībhūtaṃ brahma vaktavyamiti tathaiva pratijānīte vacanamātreṇaivātrāparokṣaṃ jñānaṃ jāyata iti | tacca tatraiva vyutpāditaṃ na vismartavyam ||