Verse 1

1. I salute that best of the bipeds, who by jnana almost like the sky and not different from the knowable, fully realised the entities, or jivas, individual souls, comparable to the sky.

This opening verse is a salute to the realised Sage. The Absolute is likened to the sky due to the sky and space appearing infinite and in which all entities are apparently held. This description compares to that of the Absolute. The Absolute being Absolute Consciousness and knowledge it is this knowledge by which all existence is Known and held. It is the Realisation or knowledge of the Self as all souls, beings and entities that liberates the Sage