Yajnavalkya said You have asked me, O king, of that Supreme Brahma which lives in the Unmanifest. Your question relates to a deep mystery. Listen to me with rapt attention, O king.
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच अव्यक्तस्थं परं यत् तत् पृष्टस्तेऽहं नराधिप। परं गुह्यमिमं प्रश्नं शृणुष्वावहितो नृप॥