In the timeless order established by the self-born, the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas, along with the seasons, fortnights, and months decreed by the progenitor, all find their proper place. Even the supreme realms and their highest portions, as well as the divisions of time, exist beyond ordinary comprehension, upheld only by the command of the Supreme Soul. All the cosmic eggs—the very worlds themselves—are sustained by the self-born one, emerging on every side accompanied by multitudes of elemental forces. These worlds and their elements unfailingly carry out the will of the Supreme Self. The primal nature, from which all beings arise, operates under the Lord’s direction. Māyā, ever transforming, acts only by His command. This Self, the innermost essence of all, exists solely by the Lord’s direction. Even knowledge itself is subject to Maheśa’s command. It is by the Supreme alone that all things are set in motion, and into Him alone do they ultimately dissolve. The Supreme Self, the Supreme Brahman, is the only reality; apart from Him, nothing else is known. To know this truth is to be freed from the bondage of birth and worldly existence. Whoever knows the Supreme is liberated and does not fall again into the cycles of worldly life. This is the Supreme abode: eternal, blissful, and beyond all distinctions. The ancient, imperishable Lord—Hari, the wielder of māyā—is Himself this Supreme. Among the Ādityas, He is Viṣṇu; among the Vasus, He is Pāvaka. Among lordly elephants, He is Airāvata; among wielders of weapons, He is Rāma. Among artisans, He is Viśvakarman; among the foes of the immortals, He is Prahlāda. Among heroes, He is Vīrabhadra; among the perfected ones, He is the sage Kapila. Among weapons, He is the thunderbolt; among vows, He is truth. Of all the stages of life, He is the householder; among the lords, He is the great Lord. Among the Yakṣas, He is Kubera; among the leaders of the Gaṇas, He is Vīraka. Among those possessing strength, He is the wind; among islands, He is Puṣkara. Among the Vedas, He is the Sāma Veda; among the Yajur texts, He is the Śatarudriya. Among hymns, He is the Puruṣa Sūkta; among Sāma chants, the Jyeṣṭha Sāman. Among lands, He is Brahmāvarta; among sacred fields, Avimuktaka. Among beings, He is space; among living creatures, He is death itself. Among paths, He is liberation; among the highest, He is the Supreme Lord. All these are manifestations of His own radiance. Of them, He is the Lord, remembered by the wise as Paśupati. The knowers of the Veda declare Him alone to be the liberator of beings. Apart from the Supreme Self, the imperishable Lord of beings, there is none. These are the bonds of Paśupati and the afflictions that bind all creatures. There are eight primal natures, along with other modifications. The anus, the generative organ, the two hands, the two feet, and speech—considered the tenth—along with thirteen other principles, make twenty-three primary principles of nature. The beginningless, middleless, and endless cause—the supreme cause of the world—is the state of equilibrium of these principles, known as the unmanifest, the primal nature. Thus, all creation, existence, and liberation revolve around the Supreme Self, whose command sustains and dissolves the universe, and whose true knowledge grants freedom from all bondage.