ya ▁begins ▁to ▁answer ▁Vid ura ' s ▁questions . ▁ <0x09> Any one ▁who ▁he ars / read s ▁about ▁Nar ay ana ' s ▁gl ories ▁with ▁dev otion ▁will ▁be ▁fre ed ▁from ▁sad ness ▁and ▁suffering . ▁ <0x09> R ishi ▁M ait re ya ▁begins ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Un iverse . ▁ <0x09> Initial ly , ▁only ▁the ▁Bra h man ▁( the ▁non - du al ▁ess ence ) ▁was ▁present . ▁Everything ▁was ▁dissol ved ▁in ▁Him ▁by ▁His ▁will . ▁ <0x09> The ▁Bra h man ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁observe ▁this , ▁as ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁creation ▁for ▁the ▁Bra h man ▁to ▁reflect ▁in . ▁This ▁is ▁because ▁the ▁se er ▁and ▁the ▁seen ▁are ▁two ▁different ▁entities . ▁( With out ▁a ▁mirror ), ▁the ▁eyes ▁cannot ▁see ▁themselves . ▁By ▁this ▁same ▁logic , ▁the ▁body ▁and ▁the ▁At man ▁must ▁be ▁different . ▁ <0x09> The ▁Bra h man , ▁through ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁May a ▁( ill usion ▁that ▁leads ▁the ▁J iva , ▁which ▁is ▁an ▁aspect ▁of ▁Bra h man ▁to ▁think ▁that ▁He ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁play ▁of ▁Nature ), ▁began ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁Cre ation , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁prim ord ial ▁Un iverse . ▁ <0x09> This ▁further ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Mah att att va ▁( gre at ▁element ), ▁from ▁which ▁all ▁the ▁categories / elements ▁of ▁creation ▁came . ▁ <0x09> Then , ▁the ▁elements