SARANAGATI

Q. Where does Devaloka exist?
A. In Indraloka, the abode of the king of the gods.
Q. Where does Indraloka exist?
A. In Prajapatiloka, the region of the Creator, Brahma.
Q. Can you tell where Brahmaloka exists?

On hearing this question, Yajnavalkya stood silent for a few minutes and then said "I warn you, Gargi, not to go further in your query, for you are transgressing the principles of the Vedas. No question can be raised or entertained with regard to the Absolute and the Eternal which is the sub stratum of everything that exists and which is omnipresent and transcendent".

Gargi did not press her question further, but asked two more questions as follows:-

Q. Whereby do the earth and the heaven remain pervaded?
A. By ether (Akasa)
Q. What is the origin of ether or Akasa?
A. The origin of ether and the origin of creation are the same. That is the Ultimate Reality which is beginningless, endless and unfathomable.

Yajnavalkya went on to say "You are asking questions regarding the Immutable Being of whom the knowers of Brahman have said, it is neither short nor long. It is not the air, ether, earth or water. It is neither the eyes nor ears nor the mind, nor intellect, nor the vital force. It is attribute less and without a second.