7. Those who know beyond this
the High Brahman, the
vast,
hidden in the bodies of all creatures, and alone enveloping everything,
as the Lord, they become immortal.
8. I know that great person (purusha) of sunlike lustre beyond the darkness. A man who knows him truly, passes over death; there is no other path to go.
9.
This whole universe is filled by this person (purusha), to whom there is
nothing superior, from whom there is
nothing different, than whom there is
nothing smaller or larger, who
stands alone, fixed like a tree in the sky.
10. That which is beyond this world is
without form and without suffering. They who know it, become immortal, but others suffer pain indeed.
11. That Bhagavat exists in the faces, the heads, the necks of all, he dwells in the cave (of the heart) of all beings, he is all-pervading, therefore he is the omnipresent Siva.
12. That person (purusha) is the great lord; he is the mover of existence, he possesses that purest power of reaching everything, he is light, he is undecaying.
13. The person (purusha),
not larger than a thumb, dwelling within, always dwelling in
the heart of man, is perceived by the heart, the thought, the mind: they who know it become immortal.
14. The person (purusha) with a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet, having compassed the earth on every side,
extends beyond it by ten fingers’ breadth.
15. That person alone (purusha)
is all this, what has been and what will be; he is also the lord of immortality; he is whatever grows by food.
16. Its hands and feet are everywhere, its eyes and head are everywhere, its ears are everywhere, it stands encompassing all in the world.
17. Separate from all the senses, yet reflecting the qualities of all the senses, it is the lord and ruler of all, it is the great refuge of all.
18. The embodied spirit within the town with nine gates, the bird, flutters outwards, the ruler of the whole world, of all that rests and of all that moves.
19. Grasping
without hands, hasting
without feet, he sees
without eyes, he hears
without ears. He knows what can be known, but no one knows him; they call him the first, the great person (purusha).
20. The Self, smaller than small, greater than great, is hidden in the heart of the creature. A man who has left all grief behind, sees the majesty, the Lord, the passionless, by the grace of the creator (the Lord).
21. I know this undecaying, ancient one, the self of all things, being infinite and omnipresent. They declare that in him all birth is stopped, for the Brahma-students proclaim him to be eternal.
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