The Essence of the Garuḍa Purāṇa 1.p4

1.p4

paeva padbhyāṃcaraṇābhyāṃpātisaṃsārādrakṣatītipādapaḥ saṃsārakūpapatitottaraṇāvalaṃbaṃ bhavābdhipo taṃvaṃdemahāpuruṣatecaraṇāraviṃdamitibhāgavatavacanāt so'yaṃkīdṛśaḥ dharmadṛḍhabaddhamūlaḥ dharmo'traamṛ tarūpobhagavaddharmaḥ adveṣṭāsarvabhūtānāmityārabhya yetudharmyāmṛtamidaṃyathoktaṃparyupāsate śraddadhānām tparamādbhaktāste'tīvamepriyā ityaṃtenagītāyāṃdvādaśādhyāyāṃte'ṣṭabhiḥślokairbhagavatoktaḥsaevadṛḍhaṃba ddhaṃmūlaṃyasyeti asmaddeśabhāṣāyāṃjaḍabaṃdhaityucyate atrāyamabhiprāyaḥ vṛkṣoyathādṛḍhamūlohisvasthā nesusthirobhavati pracuratarapavanādyupadravairapitataḥsvasthānānnonmūlanasamupayāti tathaivāyamapibha gavaddharmihṛdayesuniścalobhavati mūrchanādibalataraduḥkhāṃtarāyairapisvabhaktahṛdayānnāpayātīti tadu ktaṃśrībhāgavatevisṛjatihṛdayaṃnayasyasākṣāddhariravaśābhihito'pyaghaughanāśaḥ praṇayaraśanayādhṛtāṃghri padmaḥsabhavatibhāgavatapradhānauktaiti punaḥkīdṛśaḥ vedaskaṃdhaḥpurāṇaśākhāḍhyaḥ vedāḥskaṃdhāyasyeti purāṇānyevaśākhāstābhirāḍhyaḥ yuktaśceti atrāpyayaṃbhāvaḥ vṛkṣoyathāvistṛtaskaṃdhaśākhābhirdūrat veā'pyupasamīpaevadṛśyate tathaivāyamapivedapurāṇaiḥ prakṛtipuruṣayoḥ paro'pyupalabhyate yathāvṛkṣaḥskaṃ