1.3.13
yacched vāṅmanasi prājñaḥ tad yacched jñāna ātmani| jñānamātmani mahati tadyacchecchānta ātmani ||13||
The wise should merge their speech into the mind, then merge the mind into knowledge, knowledge into the Ātman. That Knowledge Ātman into the Mahat, and finally merges that (Mahat) into the Peaceful Ātman.
Bhāṣya 1.3.13
The hierarchy of the controlling deities is implied in the suggested principles: Senses ← Mind ← knowledge ← The Being ← Mahat, the Unmanifest ← Supreme Ātman, Lord Vishnu
tasmād vāgātmikā devīḥ umādyāstu śivādiṣu। śivādīn brahmavāyvostu niyacchenmahadātmanoḥ॥
Therefore, beginning with the goddesses Umā, who controls the speech is under the control of lord Shiva; Shiva is under the control of principles governed by Brahma and Vayu; and they are governed by Mahat.
tau ramāyāṃ parānande tāṃ viṣṇau paramātmani। tadvaśatvena taddhyānaṃ niyamo nāma nāparaḥ॥ kutastu mānuṣo devānniyacchedviniyāmakān॥
They are in delight and supreme bliss in lord Vishnu, the Supreme Being. That meditation, through subjugation, is called discipline, and there is no other. When this is the case, how can a human control the gods, the regulators?
iti ca॥
- stated thus as well.
svabhāryāyāḥ paratvaṃ siddhamiti mahataḥ paramityevoktam ॥13॥
The dependence of one's own wife is well established, similarly the Mahat is dependent on the Supreme (Lord).
