...and clothes itself in Atzilut... i.e. in Arich Anpin of Atzilut, which includes the entire world....in order to bind it with Adam Kadmon... This is clearly so, because the governmental bond requires the branch to be bound up with the root in order to receive maintenance and direction. Accordingly, the proposition continues:...and to sustain it... i.e. the existence of the branch depends on the root....and govern it... The higher level governs the lower, and the latter is the effect of the former.