The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.39.1

6.39.1

pūrvādhyāyānte sukhasyaikāntikasya pratiṣṭhā parākāṣṭhāhamityuktaṃ tatra kiṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tatsukhaṃ kena vā āvṛtaṃ kena vā sādhanenāsyāvaraṇabhaṅgaḥ kena vādhikāriṇā tatprāpyamityādivarṇayituṃ pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ ārabhyate -- ūrdhvamūlamiti | “ānandāddhyeva khalvimāni bhūtāni jāyante” iti śrutiprasiddhaṃ mānuṣānandamārabhyottarottaraśataguṇavivṛddhānandasopānapaṅkterupari sthitaṃ paramānandādvayaṃ vastu ūrdhvaṃ tadeva mūlaṃ mūlakāraṇamasya saṃsārāśvatthasya tamūrdhvamūlam | adhaḥśākham ūrdhvādadho'dhaḥ sopānasthānīyāḥ śākhā iva śākhāḥ avyaktamahadahaṅkārapañcatanmātrāṣoḍaśavikārahiraṇyagarbhavirāṭprajāpatisuragandharvāsuranaratiryaksthāvararūpā yasya so'dhaḥśākhastam | na śvo'pi sthātuṃ yogyamanṛtatvādaśvatthaṃ saṃsāravṛkṣam | tathāpyavyayaṃ mūḍhānāmanādyanantaṃ prāhurvedāḥ | “ūrdhvamūlo'vākśākha eṣo'śvatthaḥ sanātanaḥ” ityādayaḥ | chandāṃsi vedāstadupalakṣitā yajñādayasta eva parṇāni parṇasaṅghātavacchobhāhetavo yasya tarostamaśvatthaṃ yo veda mithyātvena sa eva vedavit viditavedya ityarthaḥ | atrāśvattharūpakeṇa saṃsāro varṇyate ||