The Yogin who casts off his gross body, following the instructions of his preceptor, sees his soul displaying the following forms on account of its subtility. To him, in the first stage, the sky appears to be filled with a subtile substance like fog.
निर्मुच्यमानः सूक्ष्मत्वाद् रूपाणीमानि पश्यतः। शैशिरस्तु यथा धूमः सूक्ष्मः संश्रयते नभः॥