"Next, about the fifth expression: Sarvaadhaara. There are two categories: Aadhaara and Aadheya. All that exists is seen by the eye or heard by the ear; why, the entire creation is Adheya, the based; they are all composed of the five elements. Well, the five elements are all Aadheya; for they are based on the basis, Brahmam. Brahmam is the only basis; It is not based on another entity for there is no second. Therefore, He is Sarvaadhaara, the basis of all."

"The sixth too, I shall make clear to you. Achinthya rupam, with an un-picturable form, a form that cannot be delineated or imagined. For He is beyond the reach of the mind and it is the mind that pictures, delineates or imagines. So His Rupam or form is Achinthya or incapable of being imagined by the mind. You might hesitate to accept this. But the mind is matter; it is inert. It is fleeting. But Brahmam or Paramatma is pure 'consciousness.' It is eternal, everlasting, imperishable. It and mind are at opposite poles; the fixed and the fleeting - they are totally unrelated. The mind dies, the other remains! The inert and the active are unrelated."

"The question may arise in your mind: what then is the Sadhaka to do? Oh, he is not deprived of hope. Let him picture the Paramatma as unpicturable, that is enough. Dwell on such thought as this and the fruit will be vouchsafed unto you. The Sadhaka must first learn the channels along which his thoughts should run."

At this, Arjuna pleaded with Krishna thus: "Lord, let us proceed; time is running fast. We cannot be stationary in this battlefield without assuming responsibility or making a decision. War is facing us with open jaws, ready to swallow and overwhelm us. I am ready to obey the instruction you may be pleased to give me; only, let there be no delay. Hence, quickly enlighten me about the seventh attribute of the Saguna-nirakaara."

"Yes; the seventh is: Aadhithya-varnam, with the splendour of the sun as His complexion." This means, "He is self-effulgent as the sun; he is independent; He is the source of the light He shines with." He is the effulgence of the sun, He makes the sun shine. So He is named Adithya. I shall tell you about the eighth too, straight away. 'Thamasah Parasthaath' - 'beyond darkness' - He is the witness of darkness or Ajnana. For Para means witness, one unaffected; and, no darkness is as dark as Ajnana; it is so deep and so Thamasah parasthaath, means, 'beyond maya.'

"Arjuna! Just close your eyes for a moment; what is it that you experience? Complete darkness, is it not? How did you know that it is dark? You cannot see darkness; then how did you announce that there was darkness there? There are two entities there - darkness and he who sees the darkness, is it not so? If you are yourself darkness, how can you see the darkness? No; you are the seer and so you are not darkness. Darkness is that which is seen; the seer is you, you are the witness.