Verse 1

¹King, apart from his own maya there could be no real tie with things for the supreme one, whose nature is awareness itself, any more than there is for a man seeing a dream. ²By maya, who takes many forms, he shines as though he had many forms; and one who takes his pleasure in her strands thinks: I, and mine. ³But when a man takes his pleasure in his own greatness, which stands beyond both time and maya, his bewilderment gone, then he lets the two of them go and sits apart. ⁴For the cleansing of the truth of the self, the Bhagavan spoke what is true to Brahma, showing him his form, honouring him for a vow kept without any pretence.