The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.38.27

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viṣayapradarśanadvārā vicāraṇākhyāṃ dvitīyāṃ bhūmimāha -- brahmaṇo hīti | brahmaṇo vedasya pratiṣṭhā tātparyeṇa paryavasānasthānamahameva | amṛtasya karmabrahmobhayadarśanadvārā'mṛtasādhanasya | avyayasya anāditvādanantatvāccāpauruṣeyatvenāprāmāṇyaśaṅkākalaṅkaśūnyasya | svataḥpramāṇabhūtasyetyarthaḥ | etenopakramopasaṃhārādiparyālocanayā vedāviruddhatarkopakaraṇayā kṛtsnasya vedasya tātparyaṃ maddarśanakāmena nirṇetavyamiti vicāraṇākhyā dvitīyā bhūmiruktā | hetuphalopadarśanamukhena śubhecchākhyāṃ prathamāṃ bhūmimāha -- śāśvatasyeti | kāmyadharmavatphaladānena nāśābhāvāt bhagavatyarpito nityo dharmaḥ śāśvataḥ | vividiṣādipāramparyeṇa mokṣākhyaśāśvataphalahetutvāt | śāśvatasya ca dharmasya pratiṣṭhā paramaṃ prāpyaṃ phalamahameva | tathā aikāntikaṃ viṣayasaṅgajanyasukhavyabhicāri svarūpabhūtaṃ mokṣasukhaṃ tasyāpi pratiṣṭhā parākāṣṭhā ahameva | evaṃ niṣkāmadharmeṇa viśuddhacittasyaikāntikasukhecchā bhavati seyaṃ śubhecchākhyā prathamā bhūmiḥ | atra parāṃ parāṃ bhūmimāroḍhumaśaktasya pūrvā pūrvā bhūmirupadiśyate | yathā dhyānenātmani paśyantītyatra nididhyāsanāśaktasya sāṅkhyanāmā vicārastatrāpyaśaktasya karmayoga upadiśyate tadvat ||