In English
What is this ? It is the Immense () hermitage. This is the combined expression of the mind, speech, and life. (effulgence), symbolises (speech). Mind is represented by food . (the Life-Principle) is (essential sweetness). The effulgent speech, in association with the mind as food becomes the essence of the Life-Principle. This truth was proclaimed by the sages in the Upanishathik declaration: "" (He, the Divine, is all sweetness) the form of . The principle is present only in (the Life Principle). The cosmos is based on life. There is, however, the , which transcends the Life Principle. The is the unified form of , and . As the sages in the forest contemplated on this form and realised the bliss of experiencing the Divine, this got the appellation (Forest). As fire arises in forests, (Fire) got the name . Man's life originates in fire, grows on fire and ends in . Born from the warm womb of the mother, sustained by the fire of his digestive organ, man ultimately ends on the funeral pyre. Fire is thus the basic cause of human birth and death. is an embodiment of the Divine. Fire is effulgent. It nourishes the whole world. But it needs to be kept under control. "There is nothing great without restraint."