1. The syllable 'Om' is the essence of all the Vedas, illuminating the Truth. How thereby to secure balance of mind will be shown to those who wish for liberation.

The Avyakrita.

2. There was the One Supreme Brahman, the ever Unbound and Immutable. By association with Its own Maya, It became the Seed, the Avyakrita or Undifferentiated Cause of matter.

The Sutra or Hiranyagarbha.

3. Thence was Akasa born, the Sabda-tanmatra, sound in essence; thence came Vayu, the Sparsa-tanmatra, touch in essence; thence Tejas, Rupa-tanmatra, colour in essence; thence Waters, Rasa-tanmatra, sapidity in essence; thence Earth, Gandha-tanmatra, odour in essence. Akasa has the sole quality of sound; Vayu has the qualities of sound and touch; Tejas has three qualities,--sound, touch, and colour; Waters have four qualities,--sound, touch, colour and sapidity; Earth has five qualities,--sound, touch, colour, sapidity and smell. From them was produced the great Sutra or Linga, ensouling all.

The Viraj.

4. Thence came the five gross elements, and out of these came the Viraj into being. When bhutas or elements are quintupled, they are said by the wise to become gross elements.--Let each of the five elements, such as earth, be divided into two halves; and let one half of each be again divided into four parts, and let one of these parts

of one element be combined with the other elements, one part with each. Thus in the element of akasa there are five parts, four of which are parts of Vayu and the rest. [**] The same principle should be applied to Vayu, etc. Those who know truth declare that such is the quintupling of the elements. The elements thus quintupled, together with their products, go to form the Viraj. This is the sthula or gross body of Atman who has (really) no body whatever.

Three aspects of the manifested Brahman.

5. Threefold, as the Adhidaiva (the region of Cosmic Intelligences), as the Adhyatma (the individual man), as the Adhibhuta (the external visible world), does the One Brahman appear in forms, as shown below, owing to illusion; not in reality:--

Adhyatma.

Adhibhuta.

Adhidaiva.

The organ of

Sound, the object of

Dis, Space.

" hearing

the sense of hearing

" touch

Touch, " touch

Vayu, the Air.

" sight

Colour, " sight

Aditya, the Sun.

" taste

Sapidity, " taste

Varuna.

" smell

Odour, " smell

The Asvins.

Tongue

speech

Agni, Fire.

Hands

Objects to be grasped

Indra.

Feet

Objects to be gone to

Vishnu.

The anus

Excretions

Mrityu, Death

The organ of generation

Sex and such objects of pleasure

Prajapati,

Manas

Objects of thought

Chandra, the Moon.

Buddhi