The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.42.1

6.42.1

asyāmaṣṭādaśādhyāyyāṃ prathame upoddhātitānāṃ dvitīye sūtritānāṃ śeṣairvyutpāditānāmarthānāṃ kārtsnyenopasaṃhārārtho'yamantimo'dhyāya ārabhyate | tatra pūrvādhyāyānte'śraddhayā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ vyarthamityuktam | tatra phalāvaśyambhāvaniścayaḥ śraddhā | sā ca phalavatāṃ karmaṇāmevāṅgaṃ na tu karmaviraharūpasya sannyāsasya bhāvarūpaphalavarjitasya | abhāvādbhāvotpatterayogāt | tasmācchraddhāsāpekṣakarmāpekṣayā śraddhānapekṣaḥ sannyāsaḥ śreyān | na cāsyaivaṃrūpasya śraddhātraividhyaprayuktaṃ sāttvikādibhedena traividhyaṃ sambhavati | yena phale tāratamyaṃ syāt | tatphalasya dṛṣṭavikṣepanivṛttirūpasya sarvatra tulyatvāt | sa ca sannyāso yadi karmatyāga eva tarhi siddhaṃ naḥ samīhitam | yadi tu tau bhinnau tarhi tayorvailakṣaṇyaṃ vicāryamityāśayenārjuna uvāca -- sannyāsasyeti | he mahābāho, he hṛṣīkeśa, he keśiniṣūdaneti bahukṛtvaḥ sambodhayan jijñāsite'rthetyādaraṃ darśayati | sannyāsasya tattvaṃ yāthātmyaṃ tyāgātpṛthagbhūtaṃ veditumicchāmi | tyāgasya yāthātmyaṃ sannyāsātpṛthagbhūtaṃ veditumicchāmīti cakāreṇānuvartyate ||