When such is the state of the universe, the foremost of Beings, viz., the Eternal and Immutable Hari originates from Ignorance, that combination of the qualities belonging to Narayana, that is indestructible and immortal, that is without senses, that is inconceivable and unborn, that is Truth's self fraught with mercy, that is endued with the form of existence which the rays of the gem called Chintamani have, that causes various kinds of inclinations to flow in diverse directions, that is divested of the principles of hostility and decay, and morality and decay, that is formless and all-pervading, and that is endued with the principle of universal Creation and of Eternity without beginning, middle, or end. There is authority for this assertion.
एवमस्यां व्यवस्थायां नारायणगुणाश्रयादजरामरादनिन्द्रियादग्राह्यादसम्भवात् सत्यादहिंस्राल्ललामाद् विविधप्रवृत्तिविशेषाद वैरादक्षयादमरादजरादमूर्तितः सर्वव्यापिनः सर्वकर्तुः शाश्वतस्तस्मात् पुरुषः प्रादुर्भूतो हरिरव्ययः॥ निदर्शनमपि ह्यत्र भवति॥