A History of Sanskrit Literature c11.44

c11.44

*That whence the sun's orb rises up,*
*And that in which it sinks again:*
*In it the gods are all contained,*
*Beyond it none can ever pass* (iv. 9).

*Its form can never be to sight apparent,*
*Not any one may with his eye behold it:*
*By heart and mind and soul alone they grasp it,*
*And those who know it thus become immortal* (vi. 9).

*Since not by speech and not by thought,*
*Not by the eye can it be reached:*
*How else may it be understood*
*But only when one says "it is"?* (vi. 12).