The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.42.12

6.42.12

evambhūtasya tyāgasya phalamāha -- aniṣṭamiti | aniṣṭaṃ narakatiryagādirūpam, iṣṭaṃ devatādirūpam, miśraṃ mānuṣabhāva iti karmaṇaḥ karmajātīyasya phalaṃ trividhaṃ pretya maraṇānantaramatyāgināṃ pūrvoktamukhyasannyāsahīnānāṃ bhavati | mukhyasannyāsināṃ tu na kvacittadbhavati | teṣāṃ kartṛtvābhimānābhāvāt | anye tu gauṇasannyāsināmevāyaṃ karmālepa ityāhuḥ | tathā ca vyākhyātaṃ ‘kāryamityeva yatkarma’ ityatra | anyathā sannyāsināṃ gauṇasannyāsināṃ ca viśeṣo na syāt | na caivaṃ mukhyasannyāsināṃ gauṇasannyāsināṃ cāviśeṣāpattiriti vācyam | ubhayeṣāmuttarakarmāśleṣasāmye'pi pūrvakarmadāhādāhakṛtasya viśeṣasya sattvāt | gauṇasannyāsināṃ janmāntarādikamapi pūrvakarmabhireva bhaviṣyati āpastamboktāmranidarśanena yogabhraṣṭagativannāntarīyakaṃ vā na tu tasya pradhānaṃ phalaṃ svargādi bhavitumarhatyanuddiṣṭatvāditi ||