I now dealt with the question which, O Gandharva, you ask, viz.,-what is Universe and what is Not-universe?—The Universe is Unmanifest and original Nature endued with the principles of birth and death which are terrible.
विश्वाविश्वेति यदिदं गन्धर्वेन्द्रानुपृच्छसि। विश्वाव्यक्तं परं विद्याद् भूतभव्यभयंकरम्॥