Him that Heat or Light having the attribute of form
or vision has arisen. It attaches 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 foremost
of regenerate ones, have taken birth in the house
of Dharma. Residing in this delightful and spacious
retreat we are undergoing the austerest penances.
We are thus engaged, O regenerate one, being moved
by the desire of benefiting those manifestations of
the Supreme Deity, dear to all the celestials, that
will occur in the three worlds (for achieving diverse
feats that are incapable of being achieved by any
other Being). In accordance with such ordinances