Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.48
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14.48.1
केचिद्ब्रह्ममयं वृक्षं केचिद्ब्रह्ममयं वनम् ।
केचित्परममव्यक्तं केचित्परमनामयम्।
मन्यन्ते सर्वमप्येतदव्यक्तप्रभवाव्ययम् ॥ १४.४८.१ ॥
Some regard the tree as made of Brahman, some the forest as made of Brahman, some the supreme unmanifest, and some the supremely untroubled. They hold that all of this arises from the unmanifest and is imperishable.
14.48.2
उच्छ्वासमात्रमपि चेद्योऽन्तकाले समो भवेत् ।
आत्मानमुपसङ्म्य सोमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १४.४८.२ ॥
If even for a single breath at the time of death one remains steady, having approached the self, he becomes fit for immortality.
14.48.3
निमेषमात्रमपि चेत्संयम्यात्मानमात्मनि ।
गच्छत्यात्मप्रसादेन विदुषां प्राप्तिमव्ययाम् ॥ १४.४८.३ ॥
If one restrains the self within the self even for the span of a blink, he attains, by the grace of the self, the imperishable attainment of the wise.
14.48.4
प्राणायामैरथ प्राणान्संयम्य स पुनःपुनः ।
दशद्वादशभिर्वापि चतुर्विंशात्समन्ततः ॥ १४.४८.४ ॥
Then, having restrained the breaths by breath-control exercises, he should do so again and again, in tens or twelves, or even in twenty-fours, on every side.
14.48.5
एवं पूर्वं प्रसन्नात्मा लभते यद्यदिच्छति ।
अव्यक्तात्सत्वमुद्रिक्तममृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १४.४८.५ ॥
Thus, one whose self was previously serene obtains whatever he desires; the exalted sattva arising from the unmanifest becomes fit for immortality.
14.48.6
सत्वात्परतरं नान्यत्प्रशंसन्तीह तद्विदः ।
अनुमानाद्विजानीमः पुरुषं सत्वसंश्रयम्।
न शक्यमन्यथा गन्तुं पुरुषं द्विजसत्तमाः ॥ १४.४८.६ ॥
Those who know the truth praise nothing higher than sattva. By inference we know the Puruṣa resting in sattva. O best of the twice-born, the Puruṣa cannot be reached in any other way.
14.48.7
क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च समता सत्यमार्जवम् ।
ज्ञानं त्यागोथ संन्यासः सात्विकं वृत्तमिष्यते ॥ १४.४८.७ ॥
Forbearance, steadfastness, non-violence, equanimity, truth and straightforwardness, knowledge, renunciation, and withdrawal from the world — this is said to be the conduct of sattva.
14.48.8
एतेनैवानुमानेन मन्यन्ते वै मनीषिणः ।
सत्वं च पुरुषश्चैव तत्र नास्ति विचारणा ॥ १४.४८.८ ॥
By this very inference the wise hold that sattva and the puruṣa exist; there is no doubt in this matter.
14.48.9
आहुरेके च विद्वांसो ये ज्ञाने सुप्रतिष्ठिताः ।
क्षेत्रज्ञसत्वयोरैक्यमित्येतन्नोपपद्यते ॥ १४.४८.९ ॥
Some learned men, firmly established in knowledge, say that the knower of the field and sattva are one; but this cannot be justified.
14.48.10
पृथग्भूतस्तथा नित्यमित्येतदविचारितम् ।
पृथग्भावश्च विज्ञेयः सहजश्चापि तत्त्वतः ॥ १४.४८.१० ॥
That they are always separate is also said without examination; separateness should be understood, in truth, as innate.
14.48.11
तथैवैकत्वनानात्वमिष्यते विदुषां नयः ।
मशकोदुम्बरे चैक्यं पृथक्त्वमपि दृश्यते ॥ १४.४८.११ ॥
Likewise, the method of the learned teaches both unity and multiplicity; in the gnat and the fig there is seen both oneness and separateness.
14.48.12
मत्स्यो यथाऽन्यः स्यादप्सु सम्प्रयोगस्तथा तयोः ।
सम्बन्धस्तोयबिन्दूनां पर्णैः कोकनदस्य च ॥ १४.४८.१२ ॥
As a fish in the water is other than the water, so is the union of the two; like the connection of water-drops with leaves and with the red lotus.
14.48.13
इत्युक्तवन्तस्ते विप्रास्तदा लोकपितामहम् ।
पुनः संशयमापन्नाः पप्रच्छुर्मुनिसत्तमाः ॥ १४.४८.१३ ॥
Having spoken thus, those brahmins, the best of sages, once more fell into doubt and questioned the Grandfather of the worlds.