CHAPTERLXXXI

chapterlxxxi

iii.74.prathamekjoâpaiâp

inthebeginningwashealone,sufficientuntohimself:the

formless,colourless,andunconditionedbeing.

thenwasthereneitherbeginning,middle,norend;

thenwerenoeyes,nodarkness,nolight;

thenwerenoground,air,norsky;nofire,water,norearth;no

riverslikethegangesandthejumna,noseas,oceans,andwaves.

thenwasneithervicenorvirtue;scripturestherewerenot,as

thevedasandpuranas,norasthekoran.

kabîrpondersinhismindandsays,"thenwastherenoactivity:

thesupremebeingremainedmergedintheunknowndepthsofhis

ownself."

theguruneithereatsnordrinks,neitherlivesnordies:

neitherhasheform,line,colour,norvesture.

hewhohasneithercastenorclannoranythingelse—howmayi

describehisglory?

hehasneitherformnorformlessness,

hehasnoname,

hehasneithercolournorcolourlessness,

hehasnodwelling-place.