^123:++ Of things and individuals.

^124:* Or differentiated.

^125:* Lit: Nescience.

^125:+ The reflection, etc.

^125:++ In a puppet show.

^126:* The thread-self, i.e., the self that pervades all, as a thread running through beads.

^126:+ Past, present and future.

^126:++ Lit: Repose.

^126: section The individual self, viewed singly or generically.

^126:** Real.

^126: I.e., embodied and disembodied.

^127:* That the perception of the unreal is illusory and ceases when the real object is seen.

^127:+ Dependent on Brahman; with Brahman as the substrate.

^128:* Matter viewed universally, primordial matter.

^128:+ The thread-self, otherwise known as hiranyagarbha.

^128:++ At the deluge.

^128: section The fulness of the diluvial waters is greater than that of the ocean, river, lake, etc., at ordinary times.

^128:** The self in all beings.

^129:* The water and the waves are identical with one another.

^129:+ i.e., will not attain liberation.

^133:* Indra represents the 'man' in the right eye and Indrani the light in the left eye that reveals all things to our vision. During waking, the two reside between the brows. When they descend into the heart and enjoy the bliss of union, it is then the dream-state. When that condition ends, the state of deep sleep sets in.

^133:+ Individual souls.

^133:++ Devoid of caste, colour, creed, etc.

^135:* During deep sleep.

^136:* Passes through births and deaths.

^138:* Lit, the moon. Here "hiranyagarbha."

^138:+ 'Indra' in the text.

^138:++ Lit. nectar.

^140:* Tranquillity, bliss.

^140:+ This and part of the next verse are the arguments of an opponent.

^141:* Such as parents.

^141:+ This is the answer to the opponent.

^142:* In the waking state.

^142:+ With the subtle body.

^143:* Of its waking experiences.

^144:* That is, the existence of any object is only so long and so much as we perceive it.

^145:* Because the universe is the creation of maya.

^145:+ One who gives happiness or one who causes misery.

^146:* Krishna.

^146:+ Cooking and eating.

^147:* Whatever lesser deity might be invoked in practice.

^149:* I.e., as far as the senses are concerned.

^149:+ The sun, moon, etc., which preside over the senses. In relation to objects, the senses have, power to reveal them, although their light is but a reflection of the resplendence of the self.

^150:* Prana, apana, udana, samana, vyana.

^151:* Maya, the root-illusion.

^152:* Siva, or parabrahman considered as anandamaya.

^155:* One that has realised "I am Brahman."

^155:+ Happiness and misery, gain and loss, etc.

^155:++ This verse describes a jivan-mukta.

Knowledge of Self.