Then, again, Brahman, and Rudra, the powerful Sakra the killer of Vala, the Sun, the Lord of the stars, the Wind-god, the god of fire, the god of the Waters, Infinite Space, the Universe too and the rest of the dwellers of heaven,-these, it seems do not know the way of securing an annihilation of conscious existence that is encompassed by one's own efforts.
किं च ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च शक्रश्च बलभित् प्रभुः॥ सूर्यस्ताराधिपो वायुरग्निर्वरुण एव च। आकाशं जगती चैव ये च शेषा दिवौकसः॥ प्रलयं न विजानन्ति आत्मनः परिनिर्मितम्। ततस्तेनास्थिता मार्ग ध्रुवमक्षरमव्ययम्॥