Similarly in scriptures in which the many Souls are said to have one origin in the Supreme Soul, it may be said that this entire universe is at one with that one Soul of superior attributes. I shall explain this now, after bowing to my preceptor Vyasa, that foremost of Rishis, who is conversant with the soul, endued with penances, self-controlled, and worthy of respectful adoration.
बहूनां पुरुषाणां च यथैका योनिरुच्यते। तथा तं पुरुषं विश्वव्याख्यास्यामि गुणाधिकम्॥ नमस्कृत्वा च गुरवे व्यासाय विदितात्मने। तपोयुक्ताय दान्ताय वन्द्याय परमर्षये॥