The Lord continues the enumeration of Brahman’s various manifestations. He is :
The Goal (Gati): The Self is the goal because when the imperfections of the world of multiplicities are crossed over, the Absolute abode of Reality is experienced.
The Supporter (Bharta): Just as the desert supports the mirage, the Self lends a semblance of reality to the varied perceptions of the sense organs and thus holding together the ever- so-many changes into a consistent pattern which is called life.
The Lord (Prabhu): The Self, as the Pure Awareness. is beyond the sorrows and joys of the apparent and delusory universe just as electric energy is beyond the characteristics of its own manifestation through varied equipments.
The Witness (Saakshee): The Self is a mere witness and not a participant as It is an uninterested illuminator of what is happening in the body, mind and intellect as well as in the world outside.
The Abode (Nivasah): When different minds on different occasions project different forms and moods of a ghost on the same lamp post, the post is said to be the abode of different ghosts. So too, whenever our sense organs experience the pluralistic phenomena of the world, the Self or the Awareness is their abode.
The Shelter (Sharanam): The Self is the refuge or the harbor of tranquility which protects the confused ego from the sorrows and pains of Samsar.
The Friend (Suhrith): the Infinite is always the friend of the finite giving the latter security and well-being.
The Origin and Dissolution, the Substratum and the Store-house: As mud is in all pots, gold is in all ornaments, the Self is in the universe. Therefore, all things can come to manifestation and dissolve into the unmanifest only on the basis of a substratum. Hence the substratum, the Self, is the store-house of all names, forms and qualities that constitute the world.
The Immutable Seed (Beejam Avyayam) : In contrast with the other seeds which undergo changes when they germinate , although the Self is the origin of all beings, It remains imperishable or unchanged even after beings arise out of it. It is therefore Immutable i.e. It endures so long as the Samsara endures.
