26. The bright moon-beams stretching both above and below and all around the three sides, appear as the white sacred thread, girding the world above and below and all about; or as the stream of Gangá running in three directions in the upper, lower and nether worlds. 27. The clouds dispersing on all sides with their glittering lightnings, appear as the leaves and flowers of aerial forests, blown away by the breezes on all sides. 28. But all these worlds with their lands and seas, their skies and all their contents, are in reality as unreal as the visionary dreams; and as delusive as the enchanted city of the Fairy land. 29. The gods and demons, men and serpents, that are seen in multitudes in all worlds, are as bodies of buzzing gnats, fluttering about the _dumbura_—fig trees. (Udumbara is the ficus religiosus—yajnadumbura or sacred fig tree. It is by the orthographical figure aphaeresis or elision of the initial, that _udumbara_ is made _dumbura, vulgo_). 30. Here time is moving on with his train of moments and minutes, his ages, _yugas_ and _kalpas_, in expectation of the unforeseen destruction of all things. (Time devours and destroys all things). 31. Having seen all these things in my pure and enlightened understanding, I was quite confounded to think, whence could all these have come into being. (The first inquiry into the cause and origin of beings). 32. Why is it that I do not see with my visual organs, all that I perceive, as a magic scene spread out in the sphere of my Mind? 33. Having looked into these for a long time with my steadfast attention, I called to me the brightest sun of these luminous spheres and addressed him saying:—(The first address of Brahmá to the sun, corresponds with Adam’s address to that luminary. “Thou glorious sun nature’s first born and the light and life &c.” Milton). 34. Approach to me, O god of gods, luminous sun! I welcome thee to me! Having accosted him thus, I said:— 35. Tell me what thou art and how this world with all its bright orbs came to being; if thou knowest aught of these, then please reveal it to me. 36. Being thus addressed, he looked upon me, and then having recognized me, he made his salutation, and uttered in graceful words and speech. 37. The sun replied:—Thou lord! art the eternal cause of these false phenomena, how is it then that thou knowest it not, but askest me about the cause thereof? 38. But shouldst thou, all knowing as thou art, take a delight in hearing my speech, I will tell thee of my unasked and unthought of production, which I beg thee to attend to.