Ashvamedhika Parva 13.13
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Ashvamedhika Parva Chapter 13 · Verse 13
Sanskrit Original
यो मां प्रयतते हन्तुं धृत्या सत्यपराक्रमः। भावो भवामि तस्याहं स च मां नावबुध्यते॥ यो मां प्रयतते हन्तुं तपसा संशितव्रतः। ततस्तपसि तस्याथ पुनः प्रादुर्भवाम्यहम्॥ यो मां प्रयतते हन्तुं मोक्षमास्थाय पण्डितः। तस्य मोक्षरतिस्थस्य नृत्यामि च हसामि च। अवध्यः सर्वभूतानामहमेकः सनातनः॥
And if the man whose strength lies in truth, wish to overcome me by patience, I appear to him as is mind, and thus he does not perceive my existence, and if the man of austere religious practices, wish to destroy me by means of asceticism, I appear in the dress of asceticism in his mind, and thus he is prevented from knowing me, and the man of learning, who with the object of attaining salvation wish to destroy me, I frolic and laugh in the face of such a man intent on salvation. I am the everlasting one without an equal, whom no creature can kill or destroy.