Do not dwell in them--like corporeal things--in contact with them, or contained as though in a receptacle.

^199:5 Vide vii. 12.

Nor do &c.--Because of the Self Being unattached to or unconnected with any object. "Devoid of attachment. He is never attached."--Brih. Upa. III--ix-26.

^200:6 Rests ever in the Akasha--without being attached to it.

The idea is that beings rest in the Lord without contact with, and so without producing any effect on Him.

^201:7 Prakriti: The inferior one composed of the three Gunas.

Kalpa--a period of cosmic manifestation.

^201:8 Animating My Prakriti--invigorating and fertilising the Prakriti dependent on Him, which had gone to sleep at the universal dissolution, at the end of the Kalpa.

^202:9 These acts--which involve the unequal creation and dissolution of the universe.

As in the case of Ishvara, so in the case of others also, the absence of the egotistic feeling of agency and attachment for results, is the cause of freedom (from Dharma and Adharma).

^202:10 In verses VII to X the Lord defines His position, following the Arundhati Nyaya. When a bride is brought to her husband's house for the first time, he shows her a very tiny star, called Arundhati. To do this, he has to direct her gaze the right way, which he does by asking her to look at something near and something big, in the direction of the star, e.g., a branch of a tree. Next, he draws her attention to a large bright star observed beyond this branch, and so on, till by several steps, he succeeds in leading her eyes to the right thing. This method of leading to a subtle object through easy steps, is called Arundhati Nyaya. The Lord begins by stating that He projects all beings at the beginning of evolution: Prakriti is only an instrument in His hands. Next, He says, He is not affected by that act, since He sits by, as one neutral, perfectly unattached. Lastly, He leads up to the final truth that really He does nothing, that it is Prakriti, who animated by His proximity produces all that is. It is His Light that lights up Prakriti, and makes her live and act. That is all the relation between Him and her.

^203:11 Great Lord--Supreme Self.

^204:12 Vain--because they neglect their own Self. They see no Self beyond the body.

They--refers to those described in the preceding Sloka.

Rakshasas have Rajasika nature, Asuras, Tamasika.

^205:13 Divine: Sattvika.

^205:15 All-Formed: He who has assumed all the manifold forms in the universe.

As one--identifying himself with the All-Formed;--the Advaita view.

As distinct--making a distinction in essence between the Lord and himself:--the Dualistic view.

As manifold--as the various divinities, Brahma, Rudra &c.

^206:16 Kratu is a particular Vedic rite.

Yajna: The worship enjoined in the Smriti.

Svadha: food offered to the manes (Pitris).