The self-effulgent hall knows no deterioration and it continuously increases the happiness of its occupants. Brahma sits there surrounded by the personified forms of Mind, Space, Knowledge, Sound, Touch, Form, Taste, Scent, Nature, all the elements and the Prime Causes of the universe. Present also are the Sun, Moon, all the stars and constellations, Joy, Renunciation, Asceticism, Understanding, Patience, Wisdom, Forgiveness, Fortune and all the Vedas.