Chapter 13 - Verse 30

When, in accordance with the teachings of the sastra and the teacher, he sees that all the various classes of beings abide in the One, in the Self, i.e., when he intuitively realises that all that we perceive is only the Self†, and when he further sees that the origin, the evolution, (of all) is from that One, the Self,—as stated in the passage “From the Self is life, from the Self is desire, from the Self is love, from the Self is akasa, from the Self is light, from the Self are waters, from the Self is manifestation and disappearance, from the Self is food.” (Chha. Up. 7-26-1)—then he becomes Brahman indeed.‡

To explain : on seeing that the whole universe of being in all its variety, from Prakriti down to the ultimate particulars (visesha), is evolved from the Self, has derived its being from the Self, he realises the essential unity of the universe with the Self. To realise this unity, one must merge the Prakriti also in unity with the Self : for it is not possible to merge the universe of forms in unity with the pure Self except by merging also the Prakriti, the root of the whole universe, in the Self.—A.

That is to say, he realises the all-pervading nature of the Self, inasmuch as the cause of all limitation has been absorbed into unity with Self.—A.

The Self is unaffected by the fruits of acts.

If the one Self be the Self in all the bodies, then He must be necessarily affected by their defects. To avoid this conclusion it is said: