22. His mind is not ruffled as those of others, by reason of the privation of his former acts; nor is there any such act of his present state, whereby he may become a morsel to death. 23. Such is the soul seated in the sheath of vacuity, and remaining for ever as the simple form of its own causality (_káranadeha_), and not guided by any extraneous causation whatever. 24. It has no prior deed, nor does it do any thing at present; (_i.e._ neither led by predestination, nor actuated by present efforts); but continues as something in the shape of aeriform intelligence. 25. Our inference of the actions of breathing and motion by the agency of the soul, is a mere supposition; because the soul is devoid of every thought of or tendency to action. 26. It sits meditating on itself as inseparable from the Supreme Intelligence, just as the images (in painting and statuary), are inseparable from the mind of the painter and sculptor. 27. The self-born Bráhman is as intimately connected with the objects of his thought, as fluidity is associated with water and vacuity with the firmament. 28. His soul is as immanent in the supreme, as motion is inherent in the winds. It has neither the accumulated acts of past lives, nor those of its present state. (_i.e._ It is neither a passive nor active agent of prior or present acts; but is an indifferent witness of the acts of the body and mind). 29. It is produced without the co-operation of accompanying causes, and being free from prior motives, it is not subjected to the vicissitudes concomitant with human life. 30. It is found to be no other than its own cause; and having no other cause for itself, it is said to be self-produced. 31. Say, how can you lay hold on that being that has done no act before, nor is in the act of doing any thing at present? It is then only subjected to thee when it thinks itself mortal. (But he that knows his soul to be immortal is not subject to death). 32. Whoso believes his soul to be of this earth, and thinks himself to be an earthly being, he may be easily overtaken by thee (whose power extends over earth-born mortals only). 33. This Bráhman is a formless being, by reason of his disowning the material body. Hence it is as hard for thee to enthral him, as to entwine the air with a rope. 34. Death rejoined saying:—Tell me my lord! how may the unborn _Aja_ or the self-born _swayambhu_, be produced out of vacuum, and how can an earthly or other elemental body be and not be (at the same time). 35. Yama replied:—This Bráhman is neither born nor is _nil_ at any time; but remains for ever the same, as the light of intelligence of which there is no decay. 36. There remains nothing at the event of the great Doomsday, except the tranquil, imperishable and infinite Bráhman himself in his spiritual form.