Knowing that death arises in this way, he who relies on knowledge does not entertain any fear of death. Truly, just as the body is destroyed when brought under the spell of death, so too death itself is destroyed when it comes under the sway of wisdom. But he who views the body as the self, if he also succeeds in renouncing desire, at once attains emancipation. If, however, one seeks emancipation without renouncing desire, one must perforce proceed along the path of action, taking care to eschew the tendency to retrace the routes already traversed. O learned Sage, elucidate all this properly.
Creatures ever emerge through the union of conditions.
This view does not detract from the supremacy of the Unborn and Primeval. As for human beings, they too arise through the union of conditions. All this that is emergent is truly nothing but the everlasting Supreme Soul. Verily, the entire cosmos is created by the Supreme Soul itself, undergoing transformations. The Vedas ascribe this potency to the Supreme Soul.