The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.38.1

6.38.1

pūrvādhyāyānte bhūtaprakṛtimokṣaṃ ca ye viduste paraṃ yāntītyuktaṃ, tatra kā vā bhūtaprakṛtiḥ kimāśrayeṇa tasyā bhūtajanakatvaṃ kathaṃ vā bandhakatvaṃ kathaṃ ca tato mokṣaḥ kiñca muktānāṃ lakṣaṇamityetadarthajātaṃ vivarītuṃ caturdaśo'dhyāya ārabhyate | tatra rucyutpādanārthaṃ paraṃ jñānaṃ stuvan śrībhagavānuvāca -- paramiti | paraṃ sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ brahmaviṣayatvāt jñānaṃ bhūyaḥ punaḥ asakṛduktamapi pravakṣyāmi | kiṃ tatsvarūpam āha | jñānānāmamānitvādīnāṃ yajñādīnāṃ jñānasādhanānāṃ madhye yaduttamaṃ mokṣaphalatvādantaraṅgaṃ tadeva tat | ahaṃ ghaṭaṃ jānāmītyatrāhamarthasya ghaṭākāravṛtterghaṭasya ca jñānamastīti viṣayabhedāt jñānatrayamasti | tatrādyadvayaṃ nāntarīyakaṃ, yacca uttamaṃ caramaṃ ghaṭaprakāśaphalarūpaṃ jñānaṃ tadeva paraṃ brahmetyarthaḥ | yathoktaṃ vārtikakāraiḥ “parāgarthaprameyeṣu yā phalatvena sammatā | saṃvitsaiveha jñeyo'rtho vedāntoktipramāṇataḥ” iti | yat jñānaṃ jñātvā vedāntavākyajanyayā dhīvṛttyā aparokṣīkṛtya parāṃ siddhiṃ mokṣamitaḥ saṃsārātsaṃsāraṃ vihāya gatāḥ prāptāḥ ||