Then that Lord of all creatures, viz., Consciousness, who is the Soul of everything, devours the Mind. Consciousness in his turn, is devoured by the Great Soul who is conversant with the Past, the Present, and the Future.
मनो ग्रसति भूतात्मा सोऽहंकारः प्रजापतिः। अहंकारं महानात्मा भूतभव्यभविष्यवित्॥