The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.33.6

6.33.6

ślokadvayokte'rthe dṛṣṭāntamāha -- yatheti | yathā loke ākāśe sthito nityaṃ sadā vāyuḥ sarvatragaḥ parimāṇataśca mahān, tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni sarvagate mayi asaṃśleṣeṇaiva sthitānītyevamupadhārayeti prāñcaḥ | kintadbrahmeti praśnasyottaramuktam akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahmeti | akṣarasañjñaṃ śuddhastvampadārtha eva nirupādhikaṃ brahmetyuktam | tatra nirupādhikaṃ brahma ślokadvayena vyākhyātam | idānīṃ tasya kṣarākhyena jīvenābhedaṃ sadṛṣṭāntamāha -- yatheti | vāyuḥ sūtrātmā “vāyurvai gotama tatsūtram” itiśruteḥ | sarvatraga iti samaṣṭiliṅgatvāttasya sarvagatatvam | mahāniti bāhyavāyuvyāvṛttyartham | sa yathā ākāśasthitaḥ avyākṛtākāśe svakāraṇe sthitaḥ | nityamiti kālatraye'pi tasyākāśasambandha uktaḥ | sarvāṇi bhūtānyupādhiniṣkṛṣṭatvampadārtharūpī cetanavargaḥ | bahutvaṃ lokābhiprāyeṇa | yathā kāryaṃ sarvamutpatteḥ prāk nāśādūrdhvaṃ madhye ca svakāraṇa evābhedena tiṣṭhati | evaṃ sarvo'pi jīvavarga upādhyutpatteḥ prāk tannāśādūrdhvaṃ madhye vā ghaṭākāśo mahākāśādiva parasmādbrahmaṇaḥ kālatraye'pi nātiricyata ityarthaḥ | etena jīvabrahmābhedakathanena ‘svabhāvo'dhyātmamucyate’ iti yatprāguktaṃ brahmaiva jīva iti tadvivṛtam ||