^17:* Brih. Up., II. 5.

^18:* I.e., the individual self.

^19:* The Taittiriya-Upanishad.

^20:* Prana.

^20:+ Manas.

^20:++ Buddhi.

^20: section Ahankara.

^20:** Dhi.

^21:* Chhandogya-Upanishad.

^21:+ Uddalaka.

^21:++ Svetaketu.

^22:* Samadhi.

^23:* Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.

^24:* This is a technicality of the higher Yoga.

^24:+ Purusha.

^25:* The Supreme Being

The Ten-versed Hymn.

I am neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor air, nor ether, nor sensory organ, nor the conglomeration of all these; for, all these are transient. I am He that alone remains in deep sleep, the secondless, uncontradictable [**] attributeless Bliss (Siva). (1)

I am neither castes, nor the rules of caste, society and custom, nor for me are concentration,

meditation, Yoga and other practices; for, all this illusion of "I" and "mine" is-rooted in the not-self and is therefore dispellable by the knowledge of the self. I am therefore the secondless, uncontradictable, attributeless Bliss (Siva). (2)

I am neither mother, nor father, nor the gods, nor the worlds, nor the Vedas, nor sacrifices, nor any holy place; for, in deep sleep I am [identical with Brahman which however is] not absolute non-existence. I am therefore the secondless, uncontradictable attributeless Bliss (Siva). (3)

Neither the Sankhya doctrine, nor the Saiva, nor the Pancharatra, not the Jaina, nor the Mimamsaka, nor any other, holds good. For, by special realisation it is revealed that my nature is absolutely pure. I am therefore the secondless, uncontradictable. attributeless Bliss (Siva). (4)

I am neither above, nor below, nor inside, nor outside, nor middle, nor across, nor before, nor behind; for I am indivisible and one by nature and am all-pervading like space. I am therefore the secondless, uncontradictable, attributeless Bliss (Siva). (5)

I am neither white, nor black, nor red, nor yellow, nor bent, nor stout, nor short, nor tall, nor even formless; for, I am of the nature of self-resplendent consciousness. I am therefore the secondless, uncontradictable, attributeless Bliss (Siva). (6)

There is neither teacher, nor science, nor pupil, nor teaching, nor you (the hearer), nor I (the speaker), nor this empirical universe; for, I am the consciousness of the reality, which does not admit of differentiation. I am therefore the secondless, uncontradictable, attributeless Bliss (Siva). (7)

For me there is neither waking nor dream nor deep sleep, nor am I the self conditioned by any of these three states (visva, taijasa or prajna); for, all these are of the nature of nescience, but I am the fourth beyond these three. I am therefore the secondless, uncontradictable, attributeless Bliss (Siva). (8)