itself to the sun
in consequence of which the Sun becomes able to shine and give heat. It
is from that illustrious and foremost of Beings that Touch also has
arisen. It is attached to the Wind, in consequence of which the Wind
moves about in the world producing the sensation of touch. It is from
that puissant Lord of the entire universe that Sound has arisen. It
attaches to Space, which, in consequence thereof, exists uncovered and
unconfined. It is from that illustrious Being that Mind, which pervades
all Beings, has arisen. It attaches to Chandramas, in consequence of
which Chandramas comes to be invested with the attribute of displaying
all the things. That spot where the divine Narayana, that partaker of the
libations and other offerings made in sacrifices, resides with Knowledge
alone for his companion, has in the Vedas, been called by the name of the
productive cause of all things or Sat.[1890] The path that is theirs, O
foremost of regenerate persons, that are stainless and that are freed
from both virtue and sin, is fraught with auspiciousness and felicity.
Aditya, who is the dispeller of the darkness of all the worlds, is said
to be the door (through which the Emancipate must pass). Entering Aditya,
the bodies of such persons become consumed by his fire. They then become
invisible for after that they cannot be seen by anybody at any time.
Reduced into invisible atoms, they then enter (Narayana in manifested
form and residing in the middle of the region covered by Aditya) into the
form of Aniruddha. Losing all physical attributes and being altogether
and transformed into Mind alone, they then enter into Pradyumna. Passing
out of Pradyumna, those foremost of regenerate persons, including both
those that are conversant with Sankhya philosophy and those that are
devoted to the Supreme deity, then enter Sankarsana who is otherwise
called Jiva. After this, divested of the three primal attributes of
Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas, those foremost of regenerate beings quickly
enter the Paramatma (Supreme Soul) otherwise called Kshetrajna and which
itself transcends the three primal attributes. Know that Vasudeva is He
when called Kshetrajna. Verily shouldst thou know that, that Vasudeva is
the abode or original refuge of all things in the universe. Only they
whose minds are concentrated, who are observant of all kinds of
restraint, whose senses are controlled, and who are devoted to One,
succeed in entering Vasudeva. We two, O