The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.42.65

6.42.65

tadeva guhyatamaṃ hitamāha -- manmanā iti | ahaṃ pratyagātmānandaikaghanaḥ paripūrṇastadākāraṃ mano yasya sa manmanāḥ bhava | etena brāhmātmābhedo'pi sākṣātkaraṇīya ityuttaraṣaṭkārtha uktaḥ | kathamevaṃvidhā jñānaniṣṭhā labhyate'ta āha -- madbhakto bhava | etena bhagavadupāsanātmako madhyamaṣaṭkārtha uktaḥ | kathamalpapuṇyasya bhaktirudeṣyatītyata āha -- madyājī bhagavadarthakarmakaraṇaśīlo bhava | etena karmapradhāna ādyaṣaṭkārtho vivṛtaḥ | nanu yasya bhagavadyājitvaṃ na sambhavati dārirdyātstryādyabhāvādvā tasya bhagavadbhaktidaurlabhyādbrahmākārā cetovṛttirdurlabhataretyāśaṅkyāha -- māṃ namaskuru | prākṛtabhaktyaiva pratimādau bhagavantaṃ sarvopacārasamarpaṇena namaskārādinā samyagārādhayetyarthaḥ | tathācāśvalāyano namaskārasyaiva yajñatvamudāharati “yo namasā svadhvaraḥ” iti “yajño vai nama iti hi brāhmaṇaṃ bhavati” iti ca | evamuktasya sopānatrayārūḍhasya phalamāha -- māmiti | māmeva tatpadārthaṃ sarvajagatkāraṇaṃ sarveśvaraṃ sarvaśaktimakhaṇḍaikarasaṃ tvam eṣyasi prāpsyasi bimba iva pratibimbam, ghaṭākāśa iva mahākāśam | asminnarthe śapathaṃ karoti | te tava puraḥ satyam abādhitārthabhūtaṃ pratijāne pratijñāṃ karomi māmevaiṣyasīti | priyo'si me yatastvaṃ me mama priyo'si ataḥ pratāraṇānarhe tvayi satyamevāhaṃ bravīmītyarthaḥ ||