23. The various classes of _támasa_ creatures of ignorance, are both insensible and speechless; and are of the nature of immovable vegetables and minerals, that need no description. 24. How many among the gods and men, have been reborn to the cares of the world, owing to the demerit of their past action; and I myself though fraught with knowledge and reason, am obliged to lead a life of the rájasa-sátwika kind (owing to my interference in society). 25. It is by your ignorance of the Supreme, that you behold the vast extension of the world; but by considering it rightly you will soon find all this to be but the One Unity. * * * * * NOTES ON THE SURANIKA, SÁTWIKA &C. 1. The _Vidhyanika_; is the sphere of the eternal laws of God, presided over by Brahmá, who is thence styled the Vidhi or dispensator of the laws of the creation of the mundane system. 2. The _Suranika_; is the sphere of the Supernatural powers or the divine agencies, governing and regulating the management of created nature. This is the angelic sphere of deities. 3. _Naráníka_; is the sphere of human being, consisting also of the subordinate orders of beings, placed under the dominion of man. This is the sublunary sphere wherewith we are concerned. 4. The Sátwika; are righteous men, endued with the quality of goodness. 5. The Rájasika; is the body politic, guided by the laws of society. 6. The Támasika; is the ignorant rabble, and infatuated people. CHAPTER LXI. ON BIRTH, DEATH AND EXISTENCE. Argument. The Liberation of the Rájasa-sátwika natures, and description of knowledge and Indifference. Vasishtha continued:—Those that are born with the nature of _Rájasa-sátwika_, remain highly pleased in the world, and are as gladsome in their faces, as the face of the sky with the serene light of the moon-beams. 2. Their faces are not darkened by melancholy, but are as bright as the face of heaven; they are never exposed to troubles, like the lotus flowers to the frost of night. 3. They never deviate from their even nature, but remain unmoved as the immovable bodies; and they persist in their course of beneficence, as the trees yield their fruits to all. 4. Ráma! the rája and sátva natured man, gets his liberation in the same manner, as the disk of the moon receives its ambrosial beams. 5. He never forsakes his mildness, even when he is in trouble; but remains as cool as the moon even in her eclipse. He shines with the lovely virtue of fellow-feeling to all. 6. Blessed are the righteous, who are always even tempered, gentle and as handsome as the forest trees, beset by creepers with clusters of their blossoms. 7. They keep in their bounds, as the sea remains within its boundaries, and are meek like yourself in their even tempers. Hence they never desire nor wish for any thing in the world.