The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.42.66

6.42.66

evaṃ namanayajanabhajanamananakrameṇa sāṅkhyaniṣṭhā uktā yā pūrvaṃ dhyānenātmani paśyantītyanena ślokena darśitā | idānīṃ ‘anye tvevamajānantaḥ śrutvānyebhya upāsate | te'pi cātitarantyeva mṛtyuṃ śrutiparāyaṇāḥ’ iti kevalopāstiniṣṭhā yogākhyoktā tāmāha -- sarveti | sarveṣāṃ varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ dehendriyabuddhīnāṃ ca dharmānagnihotrādīn sukhaduḥkhādīṃśca tyaktvā māmekaṃ sarveśvaraṃ sarvaśaktiṃ sopādhiṃ nirupādhiṃ vā'khaṇḍaikarasamānandaghanaṃ paramātmānam | śaraṇaṃ śṛṇāti hinastyavidyādīnkleśādīn śaraṇamāśrayaḥ parāyaṇaṃ gaccha prāpnuhi | madekaśaraṇo bhavetyarthaḥ | atra annaṃ bhuktvaiva tṛpyati natu jalamātraṃ pītvetivaddhetutvaṃ ktvāpratyayārthaḥ | sarvadharmaparityāgena māṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajetyarthaḥ | yathoktam “anātmadarśanenaiva parātmānamupāsmahe” iti | etasya bhagavaccharaṇīkaraṇasya phalamāha -- ahantveti | ahaṃ pratyagātmā sūryādyantaryāmī nārāyaṇaḥ sakalapāpmavinirmuktaḥ samyagjñātaḥ san tvā tvāṃ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sañcitakriyamāṇebhyo gotravadhādijebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi | mā śucaḥ śokaṃ mākārṣīḥ | tathāhi | tattvajñānaphalaṃ pāpāsparśaḥ śokataraṇaṃ ca sarvaśrutismṛtiprasiddham | ādityāntarvartinaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prakṛtya cchāndogye śrūyate “sa eṣa sarvebhyaḥ pāpmabhya udita udeti ha vai sarvebhyaḥ pāpmabhyo ya evaṃ veda”, “tarati śokamātmavit”, “tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvamanupaśyataḥ” iti | uditaḥ ūrdhvamito gataḥ pāpānyutkramya gato,niṣpāpa iti śrutipadārthaḥ | varṇāśramadharmasannyāsapūrvakaṃ ṣaṣṭhādhyāyenoktena yogena dehādīnāṃ dharmāṃśca tyaktvā nirvikalpamātmānaṃ sākṣātkurvato na karmalepa ityarthaḥ ||