The Lord is without a cause. He is changeless and immutable. Yet He manifests His glories in the Universe in various ways. The mystery of these manifestations is not known even to the Devas and sages much less to the ordinary mortals. Human reasoning cannot know His nature. He reveals Himself out of His infinite compassion in the pure hearts of His devotees.

The Supreme is unborn and eternal and He is also the Lord of the world. Though He has no birth, all existence derives from Him. The teacher announces that He is in truth the Eternal God Himself, more ancient than all else and that all manifested glory is from Him.

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Na sura-sanah, neither the gods-Brahma and others; viduh, know;-what do they not know?-me, My; prabhavam (prabhavam), majesty, abundance of lordly power-or, derived in the sense of ‘coming into being’, it means origin. Nor even the maharsayah, great sages, Bhrgu and others [Bhrgu, Marici, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu and Vasistha.-Tr.] devanam, of the gods; ca, and; maharsinam, of the great sages. Besides,