Manava Dharmashastra 3.83
Manvarthamuktāvalī 3.83
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3.83
ekākṣaramoṃkāraḥ paraṃ brahma parabrahmāvāptihetutvāt| oṃkārasya japena tadarthasya ca parabrahmaṇo bhāvanayā tadavāpteḥ| prāṇāyāmāḥ sapraṇavasavyāhṛtisaśiraskagāyatrībhistrirāvṛttibhiḥ kṛtāścāndrāyaṇādibhyo'pi paraṃ tapaḥ| prāṇāyāma iti bahuvacananirdeśāstrayo'vaśyaṃ kartavyā ityuktam| sāvitryāḥ prakṛṣṭamanyanmantrajātaṃ nāsti| maunādapi satyaṃ vāgviśiṣyate| eṣāṃ caturṇāṃ stutyā catvāryetānyupāsanīyānīti vidhiḥ kalpyate| dharaṇīdhareṇa tu ‘‘ekākṣaraparaṃ brahma prāṇāyāmaparaṃ tapaḥ’’ iti paṭhitaṃ vyākhyātaṃ ca ekākṣaraṃ paraṃ yasya tadekākṣaraparaṃ evaṃ prāṇāyāmaparamiti| medhātithiprabhṛtibhirvṛddhairlikhitaṃ yataḥ| likhanātapāṭhāntaraṃ tatra svatantro dharaṇīdharaḥ|