Chapter 33
“The Brahmana said, ‘I do not, O timid one, move in this world in thatmanner which thou, according to thy own understanding, censurest.
Chapter 2
“Vaisampayana said, “Thus addressed by the intelligent king DhritarashtraYudhishthira, possessed of understanding, became calm.
Chapter 34
“The Brahmana’s wife said, ‘This is incapable of being understood by aperson of little intelligence as also by one whose soul has not beencleansed.
Chapter 3
“Vyasa said, ‘O Yudhishthira, thy wisdom, I conceive, is not adequate.None doth any act by virtue of his own power.
Chapter 35
“Arjuna said, ‘It behoveth thee to expound Brahma to me,–that which isthe highest object of knowledge. Through thy favour, my mind is delightedwith these subtle disquisitions.’
Chapter 36
“Brahma said, ‘That which is unmanifest, which is indistinct,all-pervading, everlasting, immutable, should be known to become the city(or mansion) of nine portals, possessed of three qualities, andconsisting of five ingredients.
Chapter 37
“Brahman said, ‘Ye best of beings, I shall now declare to you accuratelywhat (the quality of) Passion is.
Chapter 38
“Brahmana said, ‘I shall, after this discourse to you on that excellentquality which is the third (in the order of our enumeration).
Chapter 39
“Brahmana said, ‘The qualities are incapable of being declared ascompletely separate from one another.
Chapter 40
“Brahmana said, ‘From the unmanifest first sprang Mahat (the Great Soul)endued with great intelligence, the source of all the qualities. That issaid to be the first creation.