The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.38.22

6.38.22

tatrādyasyottaramāha -- prakāśamiti | prakāśapravṛttimohāḥ sattvarajastamasāṃ kāryāṇi | vyutthānāvasthāyāṃ tāni samyak pravṛttāni | sāmānye napuṃsakam | tānsampravṛttānna dveṣṭi | nāpi samādhyavasthāyāṃ tāni nivṛttāni santi kāṅkṣati | so'yaṃ nityasamādhistho brahmavidvariṣṭhaḥ yaṃ prakṛtya śrībhāgavate smaryate “dehaṃ ca naśvaramavasthitamutthitaṃ vā siddho na paśyati” iti | atra vāsiṣṭhe saptayogabhūmaya uktāḥ “jñānabhūmiḥ śubhecchākhyā prathamā samudāhṛtā | vicāraṇā dvitīyā tu tṛtīyā tanumānasā | sattvāpattiścaturthī syāttato'saṃsaktināmikā | padārthābhāvanī ṣaṣṭhī saptamī turyagā smṛtā” iti | tatra yathoktā sādhanasampat mumukṣāntā prathamā | śravaṇamananākhyavicārātmikā dvitīyā | nididhyāsanarūpā tṛtīyā | etāḥ sādhanabhūmayaḥ | sattvāpattirbrahmasākṣātkārarūpā caturthī phalabhūtā | yasyāṃ yogī kṛtārtho'pi jīvanmuktisukhaṃ puṣkalaṃ nānubhavati | parāstisro jīvanmukteravāntarabhedāḥ | tatrāpi pañcamyāṃ bhūmau svayaṃ sthitaḥ svayameva vyuttiṣṭhati | ṣaṣṭhyāṃ paraprayatnena saptamyāṃ tu na svataḥ parato vā vyuttiṣṭhati | so'yaṃ nityasamādhisthaḥ prakāśamityanena ślokenoktaḥ ||