MAY my mind be filled with devotion towards the highest Brahman, the abode of Lakshmi who is luminously revealed in the Upanishads; who in sport produces, sustains, and reabsorbs the entire Universe; whose only aim is to foster the manifold classes of beings that humbly worship him.

The nectar of the teaching of Parâsara's son (Vyâsa),-which was brought up from the middle of the milk-ocean of the Upanishads-which restores to life the souls whose vital strength had departed owing to the heat of the fire of transmigratory existence-which was well guarded by the teachers of old-which was obscured by the mutual conflict of manifold opinions,-may intelligent men daily enjoy that as it is now presented to them in my words.