In the beginning there was the Spirit only, and nought else. He wished to make worlds out of his being. He made four worlds. Out of the higher waters he gathered the Purusha and gave him shape and substance. Having made the Purusha he brooded over him. Then broke forth the mouth and from the mouth broke Speech and of Speech the fire was born. Similarly came the nostrils and the Breath and the air, the eye and Sight and the Sun, the ears and Hearing and of Hearing the regions, and so on. From the eye of the Virat Purusha came Sight and from it was born the Sun, the guardian deity of that world. It is only by entering into contact with the supreme consciousness and reflecting its nature that the Brahman can be known.

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