Verse 16

⁹Child, this doubt of yours is a fitting one, for you are compassionate; and gentle one, I am urged by it to show the Bhagavan's power. ¹⁰Nor is what you say of me untrue, sir, in the way you describe me; for you speak of me so far only because you have not known what is higher than I am. ¹¹By whose own light the universe is lit, by that light I give light, as the sun does, and fire, and the moon, and the constellations and planets and stars. ¹²Salutation to that Bhagavan, Vasudeva, on whom we meditate, by whose maya, hard to overcome, they call me the teacher of the world. ¹³By that same maya, which is ashamed to stand in the path of his glance, those of poor understanding are bewildered and boast, saying mine and I.

¹⁴Substance, action, time, nature, and the living self: brahmin, in truth there is no reality other than Vasudeva, nor beyond him. ¹⁵The Vedas have Narayana for their end; the gods are born of Narayana's body; the worlds have Narayana for their end; the sacrifices have Narayana for their end. ¹⁶Yoga has Narayana for its end; austerity has Narayana for its end; knowledge has Narayana for its end; the final going has Narayana for its end.