The ancient seer affectionately called Lao Tzu that means "Old Master"
or "revered Grandpa" or "repository of Wealth"
penned the 81 verses circa 600 BC.

These priceless nuggets have wowed the philosophers and historians and
have been accepted as an ode to Brahman. The unmanifest super-consciousness
that is time and again revealed to the Saints and Sages across lands and frontiers
on our planet.

Our Vedas and Upanishads and Epics and Puranas have thrown light on this
magnificent divinity, and called it various names e.g. Purity, Innocence, Simplicity,
Auspiciousness. Also Blissful Being, Brahman, Shiva. The Linga or the Presence.
The Eternal principle.
The Witness Consciousness.

Here is another retelling of this much translated text.
With some relevant verses from the Indian scriptures.