8.22 Parah  etc.  upto pratisthitam.  The Absolute  (Vasudevatattva) of the above description is beyond the concept of  Time Manifest :  [because]  It is immanent in all beings.  In spite of being  so,  It is  Unmanifest :  because  It is difficult  to attain.  That It is, however, attainable by means of devotion has also been made clear already.  In  This exists this universe which is  [Its] perennial nature that remains always the same.
 
Now,  what is the  meaning of the word, punah 'again'  and of the word avrtti 'returning' ?  This meaning certainly presupposes a conditon of disruption  of one's  own nature for sometime in the intervening period.  The auspicious  Supreme  Lord's real nature is His Absolute Freedom viz., the Supreme Consciousness that transcends  the universe, yet remains identical with the universe, and serves as the basis of the universe;  and It is perennial.  Hence, it cannot be assumed that there was some disruption at any time for this real nature and that the Supreme Lord regained that nature.  Hence it is rightly said  'Having  attained Me' etc.								
 So far the behaviour of those persons who attain the Bhagavat by constant practice without much labour has been described.  Now a difference that lies between  those who, by departing, will  (or attain)  emancipation and those who will enjoyment  [of mundane life],  is described :