Brahman said That which is unmanifest, which is indistinct, all-pervading, everlasting, immutablc, should be known to become the city of nine portals, possessed of three qualities, and consisting of five ingredients.
ब्राह्मण उवाच तदव्यक्तमनुद्रिक्तं सर्वव्यापि ध्रुवं स्थिरम्। नवद्वारं पुरं विद्यात् त्रिगुणं पञ्चधातुकम्॥