pure impersonal state (ÌØÚUŁØ) are the four coats of bark referred to here; the six states of existence, viz., to be (¥çSˆæ), to come into being (`æØÌð), to undergo transformation (çß´çÚU‡æ×Ìð), to grow (ßhüÌð), to decay (ÿæŁØÌð) and to perish (ÙàØçˆæ),are the six stems; the twenty-five categories of which this world of matter is composed (viz., Prak¾ti or Primordial Matter, Mahat or Cosmic Reason, Aha˘kŒra or the Cosmic Ego-sense, Manas or the Cosmic Mind, Citta or the Cosmic Intellect, the five senses of perception, viz., the senses of hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell, the five subtle elements (TanmŒtrŒs) and the five MahŒbhµutas are the twenty-five boughs; the countless latent desires are the numberless leaves, the numerous acts of volition to attain such desires are the abundant flowers, pleasure and pain are the twofold fruit and MŒyŒ (Cosmic Illusion) is the creeper that clings to this tree of the universe. While everyone looked on, the Vedas uttered their grand prayer; and then they vanished out of sight and returned to BrahmŒ’s abode (Satyaloka or the seventh Paradise). Listen, O Garu˛a (son of VinatŒ): then came Ýambhu (Lord Ýiva) into the presence of Ýr¶ RŒma (the Hero of Raghu’s line) and with a choking voice and every hair on his body standing erect He thus made supplication:— (13 A-B)