Manava Dharmashastra 1.9

1.9

tadvījaṃ parameśvarecchayā haimamaṇḍamabhavat| haimamiva haima śuddhiguṇayogātra tu haimameva| tadīyaikaśakalena bhūminirmāṇasya vakṣyamāṇatvāt| bhūmeścāhaimatvasya pratyakṣatvādupacārāśrayaṇam| sahastrāṃśurādityastattulyaprabhaṃ tasminnaṇḍe hiraṇyagarbho jātavān| yena pūrvajanmani hiraṇyagarbho'hamasmīti bhedābhedabhāvanayā parameśvaropāsanā kṛtā tadīyaṃ liṅgaśarīrāvacchinnajīvanamanupraviśya svayaṃ paramātmaiva hiraṇyagarbharūpatayā prādurbhūtaḥ| sarvalokānāṃ pitāmaho janakaḥ, sarvalokapitāmaha iti vā tasya nāma|
idānīmāgamaprasiddhanārāyaṇaśabdārthanirvacanenoktamevārthaṃ draḍhayati-
yadyapi tapaḥprabhṛtīni sarvāṇi sarvayugeṣvanuṣṭheyāni tathāpi satyayuge tapaḥ pradhānaṃ mahāphalamiti jñāpyate| evamātmajñānaṃ tretāyuge, dvāpare yajñaḥ dānaṃ kalau|