व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
विनिवृत्ताधिकारास्ते मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः / अवेक्षमाणा वशिनस्तिष्ठन्त्या भूतसंप्लवात्
vinivṛttādhikārāste mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ / avekṣamāṇā vaśinastiṣṭhantyā bhūtasaṃplavāt
Having withdrawn from all authority, they attained the perfection of the mind; self-controlled, they stood firm, beholding the deluge of dissolution of beings.