ABSTRACT
Whoso wishes to escape the reality of pain, which is established by the consciousness of every soul through its being felt to be essentially contrary to every rational being, and wishes therefore to know the means of such escape,—learns that the knowledge of the Supreme Being is the true means thereof, from the authority of such passages as these (Śvetáśvatara Upan. vi. 20)—
“When men shall roll up the sky as a piece of leather,
“Then shall there be an end of pain without the knowledge of Śiva.”
