The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.37.25

6.37.25

pakṣāntaramāha -- anye tviti | anye ūhāpohakauśalahīnāḥ | tuśabdena pūrvoktebhyo vilakṣaṇāḥ evaṃ pūrvoktaprakāramajānanto'nyebhya ācāryebhyaḥ śrutvā ātmano nirviśeṣabrahmacaitanyarūpatvaṃ tadupāsanāmārgaṃ cādhigatya upāsate yathoktaprakāreṇa dhyāyanti te'pi ca mṛtyuṃ saṃsāraṃ tarantyeva | apiśabdātpūrvaślokoktāstarantītyatra,kimāścaryamiti gamyate | evaśabdātteṣāṃ mukhyakramābhāve'pi taraṇe saṃśayo nāsti | yataste śrutiparāyaṇāḥ śrutiḥ śravaṇaṃ tadeva param ayanaṃ mokṣasādhanaṃ yeṣāṃ te tathā | dhyāne pravṛttyatiśayānna teṣāṃ cittaśuddhyarthaṃ karmāpekṣā | vedoktatattve dṛḍhaniścayāccāsambhāvanānivṛttyarthaṃ śravaṇamananāpekṣeti bhāvaḥ | ayaṃ ca brahmasākṣātkāraḥ saṃvādibhramarūpa iti kecit | pramārūpa ityanye | tathāhi yathā kaścinmaṇiprabhāṃ maṇibuddhyā paśyan bhrānta eva tathāpi tadgrahaṇakāle maṇiṃ labhate'taḥ sa saṃvādibhramaḥ | evaṃ tvampadārthaṃ tatpadārthamaṇiprabhābhūtaṃ tatpadārthabuddhyā bhāvayan vyavahārato bhrānta eva tathāpi tatsākṣātkārakāle tadananyasya tatpadārthasya sākṣātkāro'pi saṃvādibhramanyāyena jāyata iti | tathā ca vasiṣṭhaḥ “asatye satyatā sādho śāśvatī paridṛśyate | śūnyena dhyānayogena śāśvataṃ prāpyate padam” iti | vyavahārato nirviśeṣasvarūpatvenāsatye ātmani tatra nirviśeṣatvabhāvanaṃ śūnyo nirviṣayo'yaṃ dhyānayogo yoṣityagnidhyānavat tathāpi tena śāśvatī satyatā prāpyate dṛśyata iti vasiṣṭhavākyārthaḥ | kalpadrumācāryāstu “vedāntavākyajadhyānabhāvanājā'parokṣadhīḥ | mūlapramāṇadārḍhyena bhramatvaṃ pratipadyate” iti prāhuḥ ||