The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.37.17

6.37.17

etadevopapādayatyardhena -- avibhaktaṃ ceti | “eka eva tu bhūtātmā bhūte bhūte vyavasthitaḥ | ekadhā bahudhā caiva dṛśyate jalacandravat” iti śruterbhūteṣu kāryakāraṇasaṅghātāpanneṣu jalapātreṣu candrasyeva brahmaṇaḥ pratibimbā jīvāste coktarītyā bimbādananyā iti tadrūpeṇa bhūteṣvavibhaktaṃ ca vibhāgamaprāptamapi jñeyavastu mūḍhadṛṣṭyā vibhaktamiva dūradeśasthamiva cādvibhinnamiva ca sthitam | evaṃ tarhi candrādudapātrāṇāmiva bhūtānāṃ pṛthaksattvāpattirityāśaṅkyāha -- bhūtabhartṛ ceti | adhiṣṭhānatvena sarvāṇi bhūtāni dhārayatīti na tatasteṣāṃ pṛthaksattāsti rajjuta iva tadadhyastānāṃ sarpadaṇḍadhārādīnāmityarthaḥ | etadevāha -- grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca | yathā rajjustattvajñānadaśāyāṃ sarpādīn grasati, ajñānadaśāyāṃ ca tāneva prasūte tadvat jñātaṃ brahma sarvabhūtāni grasiṣṇu grasanaśīlamajñātaṃ ca sarvabhūtānāṃ prabhaviṣṇu utpādanaśīlam ||