The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.37.2

6.37.2

tamevaṃlakṣaṇamupādhito niṣkṛṣṭaṃ kṣetrajñaṃ cātkṣetramapi māṃ parameśvaramevobhayarūpeṇa santaṃ viddhi | “tattvamasyahaṃ brahmāsmi” “brahmaivedaṃ sarvaṃ sarvaṃ khalvidaṃ brahma” iti śāstrāt | yasmādubhayātmāhaṃ tasmātkṣetrakṣetrajñayoryajjñānaṃ kṣetrasya bādhyatvena kṣetrajñasya sarvabādhāvadhibhūtatvena ca yajjñānamāparokṣyeṇa tattvaniścayastadeva jñānaṃ mama madviṣayaṃ samyagjñānam etayoreva jñānaṃ brahmajñānamiti mataṃ niścitaṃ brahmavidbhiḥ “neha nānāsti kiñcana” iti kṣetrasya bādhāt “nānyoto'sti draṣṭā” iti kṣetrajñādanyasya draṣṭurniṣedhācca | yadyapi sarvasya brahmābhinnatvādyatkiñcidapi jñānaṃ tatsarvaṃ brahmaviṣayameva bhavati | tathāpi rajjuṃ sarpātmanā paśyato na tu rajjuviṣayaṃ sarpaviṣayaṃ vā samyagjñānamasti | nāpi tasya jñānasya rajjuvyatirekeṇa viṣayāntaraṃ vāstavamasti | kintu yadā sarpabādhena rajjutattvamadhigacchati tadaiva sarpaṃ mithyāyamiti samyagjānāti rajjuṃ ca | tadvadihāpyubhayavideva samyagjñānītyarthaḥ | nahyanyatarasya tattve jñāte kṛtakṛtyatāsti | na hi sāṅkhyo nirviśeṣātmavidapi prapañcamabādhamānaḥ śūnyavādī vā prapañcaṃ tucchatvena paśyannadhiṣṭhānaṃ brahma nāstīti bruvāṇaḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhavatīti vaktuṃ yuktam | ato dvayorapi tattvaṃ bodhyameva ||