Sakalya said: `Whosoever knows that person (or god) whose dwelling (body) is the earth, whose sight (world) is fire, whose mind is light, the principle of every (living) self, he indeed is a teacher, O Yagnavalkya.' Yagnavalkya said: `I know that person, the principle of every self, of whom thou speakest. This corporeal (material, earthy) person, "he is he." But tell me, Sakalya, who is his devata (deity)?' Sakalya replied: `The Immortal.'