| The fundamental idea of this Upanishad is that the sacred syllable is an expression of the universe. |
| The sketch of his doctrines which it contains is clearly a preliminary study elaborated and amplified in the Upanishad. |
| The remainder of this Upanishad is supplementary, but contains several passages of considerable interest. |
| These passages are arranged in the order in which the text of the Upanishad exhibits them. |
| The term bhakti, in the sense of devotion to a personal god, appears in the Bhagavadgita and the Shvetashvatara Upanishad. |
| And in the Upanishad under discussion also the answer to the question, 'That which thou seest as neither this nor that,' viz. |
