That one, who knows how to meditate upon the Soul by means of special devotional performances and who also knows the capability of the soul, that is, the difference between soul and matter, as also whose soul is ever under his control. That one, named Ishana, that mass of fiery energy, that lord of Uma, that one having had no equal in the world, that cause of all causes, that faultless one, they (the celestials) saw.
तपोविशेषैर्विविधैर्योगं यो वेद चात्मनः। यः सांख्यमात्मनो वेत्ति यस्य चात्मा वशे सदा॥४९ तं ते ददृशुरीनां तेजोराशिमुमापतिम्। अनन्यसदृशं लोके भगवन्तमकल्मषम्॥