The lord said: Thanks to its glory they created the worlds including Devas, Asuras and human beings, the different castes and their sub-divisions as well as the splendid holy rites. They heard the Vedas as before and as descended from the previous kalpas. It is due to the prowess of the five-syllabled Mantra [pañcākṣara] that all these survive, viz.—the worlds, the Vedas, the pious sages, the permanent holy rites, Devas and the entire universe. Therefore, I shall mention it now to you. Listen, to everything attentively.