19. Among these, the first is subject to the bondage of avarice; but the other three proceeding from pure desire, are crowned with liberation.
20. Those of the third kind, who consider themselves same with the universal soul, are in my opinion never subject to sorrow or pain.
21. The magnitude of the Supreme spirit, extends over and below and about all existence; hence the belief of “all in One, or One in all” never holds a man in bondage.
22. The fourth kind—vacuists (or súnyavádís), who believe in the vacuum, and maintain the principles of nature or illusion, are in ignorance of divine knowledge, which represents God as Siva, Isha, male, and eternal soul.
23. He is all and everlasting, without a second or another like him; and he is pervaded by his omniscience, and not by the ignorance called máyá or illusion.
24. The spirit of God fills the universe, as the water of the ocean fills the deep (pátála); and stretches from the highest heaven (empyrean), to the lowest abyss of the infernal regions.
25. Hence it is his reality only which is ever existent, and no unreal world exists at any time. It is the liquid water which fills the sea, and not the swelling wave which rises in it.
26. As the bracelets and armlets are no other than gold, so the varieties of trees and herbs, are not distinct from the Universal Spirit.
27. It is the one and same omnipotence of the Supreme spirit, that displays the different forms in its works of the creation.
28. Never be joyous nor sorry for anything belonging to thee or another, nor feel thyself delighted or dejected at any gain or loss, that thou mayest happen to incur. (For know everything to be the Lord’s and nothing as thine own. Or: “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away”. Job).