103. It cannot be said that all this universe is false; since it is
really the plaything of Hari, who is eternally engaged in sport
[Footnote: Manu, i. 80, "There are numberless Manvantaras,
creations and destructions numberless; the being supremely exalted
performs all this, as in sport, again and again."]

104. The external world is not like a dream; for in dreams there is
sleep and a host of imperfections; what we eat or drink in dreams
gives us no enjoyment, but these things are enjoyable in our waking
state.

105. If all that is seen were false, then how could it produce
effects? The carrying of water in a jar is not false; all we can
say is that it is transient.

106. The idea that all this world is false, is opposed to
experience; for of what use would be all the expiations for sin,
prescribed in the law-books? Why are these thieves to be punished
even by the king? The upholder of the doctrine of Maya can assert
anything on his oath, but all is false.

107. Thou canst not say that the visible world is only like the
transitory enjoyment of one who smells a wreath of flowers; however
closely it is scanned, there is no overpowering evidence of its
unreality [to preclude the presumption founded on experience]; it
continually manifests itself to us as eternal in its stream of
successive events.

108. This world is not false but it is rendered true by Vish.nu's