Upamanyu said You, O Eternal One, are that End of those who seek Liberation from rebirth, who give up all enjoyments, and who desire the annihilation of the elements. You are that high End, O illustrious one, which cannot be described, which is pure, which is the immutable one, and which is theirs who are given to knowledge and science. These are the five Ends described in the Vedas and the scriptures and the Puranas. It is through your favour that persons acquire those ends, or if they fail to attain to them it is through your favour being denied to them. It was thus that Tandi, who was a heap of penances, lauded Ishana. And he sang also that high Brahma which in days of yore was sung by the Creator himself. Thus lauded by that utterer of Brahma, viz., Tandi, Mahadeva, that illustrious and powerful god who was accompanied by his wife Uma, said these words.