13. You will there hear the holy sermon, on the means of attaining our final emancipation; and will thereby obtain your best bliss in the divine state like that of mine. 14. Saying so, he was absorbed in the cooling ocean of his meditation; <after> which I directed my course to this way, and arrived at last before Ráma and this princely assembly. 15. Here am I, and all these are the incidents of my life, as I have related herein, regarding all what I have heard and seen, as also all that has passed on me. 16. Ráma said:--The eloquent Kunda-danta that made this speech to me, has been ever since sitting by my side in this assembly. 17. This very Brahmin bearing the name of Kunda-danta, that has sat here all along by me; has heard the whole of the sermon, which has been delivered by the sage, on the means of obtaining our liberation. 18. Now ask this Kunda-danta, that is sitting here by me at present, whether he has well understood the context of this lecture, and whether his doubts are wholly dissipated or not. 19. Vasishtha said:--Upon Ráma saying so to me, I looked upon Kunda-danta, and made him the following interrogatory, saying:-- 20. Tell me, Oh you goodly Bráhman Kunda-danta, what you have learnt and understood, by your long attendance upon and hearing of my lecture, calculated to confer liberation on men. 21. Kunda-danta replied:--Sir, your lecture has wholly removed the doubts of my mind, and I find myself now as perfect master of myself, by my victory over all selfish passions, and by my knowledge of the knowable One. 22. I have known the immaculate One that is to be known, and seen the undecaying One that is worth our seeing; I have obtained all that is worth our obtaining, and I have found my repose in the state of transcendent felicity. 23. I have known this plenum, to be the condensation of that transcendental essence; and that this world is no other than a manifestation of this sel-fsame soul. 24. The universal soul being also the soul of every individual, is likewise the soul inherent in all forms of things; it is only the self-existent soul, that becomes apparent in all existences and all places. 25. It is possible for the human mind, which is minuter than the molecule of a mustard seed, to contain the whole world in itself; though it is naught but a mere zero, before the clear sight of the intelligent. 26. It is possible also for a little room, to contain the seven continents of the earth (in its map or picture); though the room itself is no more than a mere empty space. 27. Whatever object is perceptible to us at any time or place, is only the concrete form of the divine spirit; which is quite apart from every thing in the discrete. CHAPTER CLXXXVI. DEMONSTRATION OF ALL NATURE (AND THING) AS BRAHMA HIMSELF. Argument:--Elucidation of the sacred text that “all is Brahma”; and the equality of curse.