In the depths of every heart dwells the Divine, the maker of all, the great soul, ever-present and steadfast. This sacred presence is approached through the heart, intellect, and mind. Those who truly know this reality become immortal. In the midst of darkness—where there is neither day nor night, neither being nor non-being—only Shiva exists, imperishable and supreme, the most excellent of Savitṛ, from whom ancient wisdom has arisen. No one has grasped Him above, across, or in the middle; He has no likeness, and His very name is filled with glory. His form lies beyond the reach of sight; no one perceives Him with the eye. Yet those who know Him as dwelling in the heart, through heart and mind, attain immortality. In moments of fear, some take refuge in the Unborn, praying, “O Rudra, by Your auspicious face, always protect me.” They implore, “Do not harm our children, nor our lifespan, nor our cattle, nor our horses; O Rudra, do not strike down our heroes, O praised one; we always invoke You with offerings.” There are two eternal syllables, supreme Brahman and infinite, where knowledge and ignorance are hidden. The perishable is ignorance, the immortal is knowledge; and another, distinct, rules over both knowledge and ignorance. He alone presides over the womb of all wombs, forms all shapes and wombs, upholds the sage Kapila born at the beginning with wisdom, and witnesses the one being born. This God, making each net manifold, withdraws them in this field; having created again, He is the Lord of lords, the great soul who exercises sovereignty over all. Shining forth, illuminating all directions—above, below, and across—like the sun, the blessed, venerable God alone presides over the natures of all wombs. The universal womb cooks its own nature and transforms all that is to be cooked; He alone presides over this whole universe and assigns all qualities. That which is hidden in the secret Upaniṣads, that Brahman is known by Brahmā as the source of Brahman; those gods and seers who knew it before became immortal, identified with That. He is associated with qualities, the doer of actions and their results, the enjoyer of what is done, manifold in form, threefold in qualities and paths, the lord of life, moving according to his own deeds. Of the size of a thumb, with a form like the sun, endowed with will and ego, by the quality of intellect and by its own quality, though the smallest, is seen as the tip of a hair. The living being is to be known as the hundredth part of the tip of a hair divided again a hundredfold; yet it is capable of infinity. He is neither female, nor male, nor neuter; as He assumes each body, so He is joined with it. Through will, touch, sight, and delusion, through food, water, and rain, the embodied self, following actions, is born and grows, and in due order assumes forms in various places. The embodied self chooses many gross and subtle forms by its own qualities, by qualities of action and of self; and another is seen as the cause of their union. Knowing the beginningless and endless God, creator of the world, of many forms, the sole enveloping Lord of the universe, one is freed from all bonds. Those who know the God grasped by being, called the nestless, maker of being and non-being, the auspicious, creator of parts, they abandon the body. Some wise thinkers speak of inherent nature, others of time, while many are bewildered; but this is the greatness of the divine, by which the world and the wheel of Brahman revolve. By whom all this is perpetually enveloped—he is the knower, master of time, endowed with qualities, omniscient; by him, action is directed and unfolds, and earth, water, fire, air, and space are to be contemplated. Having performed action and withdrawn again, attaining union with the essence of truth by truth, whether by one, two, three, or eight means, by time and by subtle qualities of the self, beginning actions endowed with qualities, and assigning all states, whoever does so—when these cease, the destruction of performed actions occurs; with the exhaustion of action, he attains the true essence, not another. He is the origin, the cause of union and its reason, transcending the three times, though himself timeless; him, the all-formed, the source of existence, the worthy deity, established in one's own mind, should be worshipped first. He is beyond the forms of tree, time, and shape, from whom this world undergoes transformation; knowing the lord of fortune, who brings righteousness and removes evil, established within oneself, immortal, the abode of all. We know that supreme great lord of lords, the highest divinity among deities, the master of masters, who is beyond all; we know the divine, the lord of the world, worthy of worship. He has neither work nor instrument; nor is there anyone equal or superior to him; his supreme power is heard to be manifold, and his knowledge, strength, and action are inherent. He has no master in the world, nor ruler, nor any mark; he is the cause, the lord of instruments and their masters; nor has he any creator or overlord. Like a spider with threads, by his own nature, the one divine covers himself with threads born of the primordial; may that Brahman sustain us. The one divine, hidden in all beings, all-pervading, the inner self of all, the overseer of action, the indwelling of all beings, the witness, the consciousness, the solitary, and devoid of qualities. The one sovereign among the inactive many, the one seed who makes many forms; those wise ones who perceive him established within themselves attain eternal happiness, not others. He is eternal among the eternal, conscious among the conscious, the one who fulfills the desires of the many; that cause is to be known through Sāṃkhya and Yoga; knowing the divine, one is freed from all bonds. There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars, nor do these lightning flashes shine, much less this fire; by his radiance alone all shines, and by his light all this is illuminated. The one swan in the midst of this world, he is the fire established in water; knowing him alone, one goes beyond death—there is no other path for liberation. He is the creator of all, the knower of all, self-born, the knower, master of time, endowed with qualities, omniscient, lord of primordial matter and the knower of the field, lord of qualities, the cause of bondage, liberation, and existence. He, composed of that, immortal, established in sovereignty, the knower, all-pervading, the protector of this world; he eternally rules this universe, and there is no other cause for sovereignty. He who first created Brahmā and who sent forth the Vedas to him—to that divine, the revealer of self-knowledge and wisdom, desiring liberation, I seek refuge. Without parts, without action, peaceful, faultless, stainless, the supreme bridge to immortality, like fire when its fuel is consumed. When humans will wrap space as if it were leather, then, without knowing the divine, the end of suffering will come.