Matsya Purana 164.16

164.16

tadvaṃśyānvayabhūtasya nyāyyaṃ ravikularṣabha!.
śrṛṇuṣvādipurāṇeṣu vedebhyaśca yathāśrutam .. 164.15

Hearing such words of Manu the Lord Matsya said:—'O Manu the flower of the solar race! It is very satisfactory indeed that you feel inclined to hear about the glory of Nārāyaṇa. Hear about it as stated in the Purāṇas and the Vedas and as heard from the Brahmāṇas. I shall tell you what Vedavyāsa the son of Parāśara illustrious like Bṛihaspati saw, by virtue of his great asceticism in his vision.'—15-17 None can know at that time His manifested or unmanifested state, who is that Puruṣottama? What yoga He resorts to? Why does He resort to yoga? What for and how long does He remain in that water and what shall He do in future? No one can fathom all these truths He is not seer, nor goer, nor knower, nor remains with any body He alone knows about His ownself or His desires No one knows anything of Him After thus absorbing within His body, earth water, fire, air, ether, the creator Brahmâ and the Great Munis, He goes to great sleep—22 24