In a time of seeking release from distress, the sages raised their voices in reverence, invoking all the gods—those steadfast in truth and grown in righteousness—along with their consorts. With heartfelt prayers, they called upon the assembled deities and their wives, yearning for liberation from suffering. Their invocation extended beyond the gods to encompass all beings, their lord, and the master of all creatures. As all beings gathered in sacred assembly, the sages pleaded that they, too, might grant freedom from affliction. Turning to the cosmic order, they honored the goddesses who preside over the five directions and the gods who govern the twelve months, as well as the sharp fangs of the year. May these divine forces always bring auspiciousness. They remembered the immortal remedy known by Mātalī, Indra’s charioteer, which Indra himself had placed in the waters. They prayed that the waters might bestow this healing remedy upon them. Amidst these invocations, the sages contemplated the profound nature of the “remainder”—that mysterious principle in which name and form reside, the very foundation of the world. Within this remainder dwell Indra and Agni, and indeed, all things are gathered there. Heaven and earth themselves are established in the remainder, as are all beings, the waters, the ocean, the moon, and the wind. All are securely held within this subtle essence. Even truth and untruth, death, strength, and Prajāpati—the lord of creatures—are found in the remainder. The affairs of the world depend on it, as do injury, vision, and prosperity, which find their source within. The ten creators of the universe, firm and steadfast, are established in the remainder, which acts as a navel or a wheel, binding all things together. The deities themselves are rooted in this principle. The sacred Vedas—Ṛg, Sāma, and Yajur—are contained in the remainder, along with the udgītha, prastuta, and praise; the hiṅkāra, the remainder, the tone, and the meḍi of the Sāman all dwell within its embrace. Within the remainder reside Indra-Agni, Pavamāna, Mahānāmni, and the great vow. The very limbs of sacrifice, like an embryo within the mother, are gathered there. The great sacrifices—Rājasūya, Vājapeya, Agniṣṭoma, Arka, and Aśvamedha—as well as the living barhis and the most intoxicating offerings, all find their place in the remainder. The establishment of fire, the sacred initiation, the desired meters, and even the lost sacrifices and sessions are collected in this subtle realm. Agnihotra, faith, the vaṣaṭ-call, vows, austerity, the southern offering, and all meritorious deeds are gathered in the remainder. All forms of sacrifice—the one-night, two-night, immediate, repeated, and ukthya—along with the woven and placed rites, are known through the remainder, where even the smallest atoms of sacrifice reside. The four-night, five-night, six-night, sixteen-night, and seven-night sacrifices are all born from the remainder, established in immortality. The various elements of ritual—the pratīhāra, conclusion, the all-conquering and victorious, the sāhna and atirātra, and the twelve-day rite—are held within the remainder, and within the self. Truthfulness, humility, safety, offering, immortality, and strength—all these qualities and fulfilled desires return to the remainder, satisfied and complete. Nine lands and oceans are established in the remainder, as is the sky itself. As the sun shines, so too do day and night reside in the remainder, and within the self. The offerings, the equinox, and those sacrifices placed in secret are all carried by the bearer, the remainder, the father of creation. He is the father, creator, remainder, breath, grandson, and grandfather, dwelling as the lord of all, the bull of the earth, unconquered. Order, truth, austerity, sovereignty, effort, righteousness, action, what has been and what will be, the remnant, vigor, fortune, and strength—all these are gathered in the remainder. Fullness, radiance, intention, authority, dominion, the six seasons, the year, Ida, command, the ritual cups, and the offering—all are found in the remainder. The four priests, the invoker, the four-monthly rites, the announcements, the sacrifices, priestly functions, animal bindings, and desired offerings—these, too, are gathered in the remainder. Half-months and months, seasonal periods and the seasons themselves, the resounding waters, thunder, hearing, and the earth—all are contained within the remainder. Gravel, sand, stones, medicinal herbs, plants, grasses, clouds, lightning, and rain—all these are gathered and contained in the remainder. Success, attainment, completion, pervasion, greatness, increase, excessive attainment, prosperity, what is placed, what is deposited, and what is beneficial—all are found in the remainder. Whatever breathes with breath, whatever sees with the eye—all were born from the remainder, as were the gods dwelling in heaven. The sacred verses of the Ṛg, the chants of the Sāma, the meters, the ancient lore, and the Yajus—all were born from the remainder, as were the gods in heaven. Breath and exhalation, sight, hearing, the imperishable and the perishable—all were born from the remainder, as were the gods in heaven. Joys, delights, gladness, supreme delight, and happiness—all were born from the remainder, as were the gods in heaven. The gods, ancestors, humans, Gandharvas, and Apsarases—all were born from the remainder, as were the gods in heaven. In the mystery of creation, wrath brought forth the wife from the house of intention. Who, then, were her offspring? Who were the best among them? Who became eldest and supreme? Within the great ocean, austerity and action were present. These were the offspring, these were the best, and Brahma himself became eldest and best among them. Ten together were born—the gods—emerging from the gods of old. Whoever knows them directly may declare the greatness of creation. Breath and exhalation, sight and hearing, the imperishable and perishable, expansion and upward breath, speech and mind—all these brought forth intention. At that time, the seasons had not yet been born. Then the creator appeared—Brihaspati, Indra, Agni, and the Ashvins. But whom did they worship as the eldest? Within the great ocean, austerity and action were present. Austerity was indeed born from action, and that was worshipped as the eldest. Of the former earth, which the creators know, let one who knows it by name consider himself a knower of ancient things. From where did Indra arise, from where Soma, from where was Agni born? From where did Tvaṣṭṛ come forth, from where was Dhātṛ born? From Indra came Indra, from Soma came Soma, from Agni came Agni. Tvaṣṭṛ was born from Tvaṣṭṛ, and Dhātṛ from Dhātṛ. Thus, in the vastness of creation, all things—gods, beings, rituals, elements, and even joy—are born from the remainder, that subtle, immortal principle which upholds the world and from which all arises and returns.