ime of death, having reached the path of the gods, comes to
the world of Agni, or fire, to the world of Vayu, or air, to the world
of Varuna, to the world of Indra, to the world of Pragapati, to the
world of Brahman. In that world there is the lake Ara, the moments
called Yeshtiha, the river Vigara, i.e., age-less, the tree Ilya, the
city Salagya, the palace Aparagita, i.e., unconquerable, the
door-keepers Indra and Pragapati, the hall of Brahman, called Vibhu
(built by vibhu, egoism), the throne Vikakshana, i.e., perception, the
couch Amitaugas or endless splendor, and the beloved Manasi, i.e., mind,
and her image Kakshushi, the eye, who, as if taking flowers, are weaving
the worlds, and the Apsaras, the Ambas, or sacred scriptures, and
Ambayavis, or understanding, and the rivers Ambayas leading to the
knowledge of Brahman. To this world he who knows the Paryanka-vidya
approaches. Brahman says to him: 'Run towards him, servants, with such
worship as is due to myself. He has reached the river Vigara, the
age-less, he will never age.'

"Then five hundred Apsaras go towards him, one hundred with garlands in
their hands, one hundred with ointments in their hands, one hundred with
perfumes in their hands, one hundred with garments in their hands, one
hundred with fruit in their hands. They adorn him with an adornment
worthy of Brahman, and when thus adorned with the adornment of Brahman,
the knower of Brahman moves towards Brahman. He comes to the lake Ara,
and he crosses it by the mind, while those who come to it without
knowing the truth, are drowned. He comes to the moments called Yeshtiha,
they flee from him. He comes to the river Vigara, and crosses it by the
mind alone, and there shakes off his good and evil deeds. His beloved
relatives obtain the good, his unbeloved relatives the evil he has done.
And as a man, driving in a chariot, might look at the two wheels without
being touched by them, thus he will look at day and night, thus at good
and evil deeds, and at all pairs, all correlative things, such as light
and darkness, heat and cold. Being freed from good and freed from evil,
he, the knower of Brahman, moves towards Brahman.

"He approaches the tree Ilya, and the odor of Brahman reaches him. He
approaches the city Salagya, and the flavor of Brahman reaches him. He
approaches the palace Aparagita, and the splendor of Brahman reaches
him. He approaches the door-keepers Indra and Pragapati, and they run
away from