evaṁ sat-saṅgam abhinandya śravaṇautsukyam āviṣ-kurvanti—ko nāmeti |
mahattamānām ekāntena param ayanam āśrayo yas tasya kathāyām |
aguṇasya prākṛta-guṇa-rahitasya |
kalyāṇa-guṇānām antaṁ ye yogeśvarās te’pi na jagmur etāvanta iti na parigaṇayāṁ cakruḥ |
bhavaḥ śivaḥ pādmo brahmā ca mukhyau yeṣāṁ te ||
kaivalya-dīpikā : evaṁ bhakty-aṅgāny uktvā teṣu sarvaśaḥ stotavyeṣu prādhānyāt trivargam eva stauti |
teṣv api śravaṇa-māhātmyam āha—atheti |
mahattamā ekāntena niyamena parāyaṇaṁ parama āśrayo yasya sa tathā |
mahattamaiḥ kathyamānaḥ pratyakṣa iva bhavatīti bhāvaḥ |
antaṁ niścayam idaṁ rūpam īdṛśaṁ rūpam itthaṁ camatkārotīty-ādi |
aguṇasya guṇa-sukhādhika-svarūpa-sukha-lubdhatvād agṛhīta-guṇasya svarūpa-sukham eva guṇeṣv abhivyaktam anyān sukhayati |
abhivyakti-tāratamyāt sukha-tāratamyam |
mukhya-śabdāt sanakādayaḥ yogasya samādheḥ |
īśvarāvaśīkṛtaḥ samādhayaḥ |
samādhi-balāt kalita-sakala-padārthā api viṣṇu-guṇān na kalayantīty arthaḥ ||