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uttering diverse hymns. The Grandsire Brahma uttering a Rathantara, praised Mahadeva. Narayana also, uttering the Jyestha |
Saman, sang the praises of Bhava. Sakra also did the same with the aid of those foremost of Vedic Mantras, viz., the Sata- |
Rudriam. Verily, Brahma and Narayana and Sakra,--those three high-souled deities,--shone there like three sacrificial fires. In |
their midst shone the illustrious God like the sun in the midst of his corona, emerged from autumnal clouds. I beheld myriads |
of suns and moons, also in the sky, O Kesava. I then praised the illustrious Lord of everything, the supreme Master of the |
universe. |
"Upamanyu continued, 'I said, Salutations to thee, O illustrious one, O thou that constitutest the refuge of all things, O thou that |
art called Mahadeva! Salutations to thee that assumest the form of Sakra, that art Sakra, and that disguisest thyself in the form |
and vestments of Sakra. Salutations to thee that art armed with the thunder, to thee that art tawny, and thee that art always |
armed with the Pinaka. Salutations to thee that always bearest the conch and the Sula. Salutations to thee that art clad in black, |
to thee that art of dark and curly hair, to thee that hast a dark deer-skin for thy upper garment, to thee that presidest over the |
eighth lunation of the dark fortnight. Salutations to thee that art of white complexion, to thee that art called white, to thee that |
art clad in white robes, to thee that hast limbs smeared with white ashes, to thee that art ever engaged in white deeds. |
Salutations to thee that art red of colour, to thee that art clad in red vestments, to thee that ownest a red banner with red flags, to |
thee that wearest red garlands and usest red unguents. Salutations to thee that art brown in complexion, to thee that art clad in |
brown vestments, to thee, that hast a brown banner with brown flags, to thee that wearest brown garlands and usest brown |
unguents. Salutations to thee that hast the umbrella of royalty held over thy head, to thee that wearest the foremost of crowns. |
Salutations unto thee that art adorned with half a garland and half an armlet, to thee that art decked with one ring for one year, |
to thee that art endued with the speed of the mind, to thee that art endued with great effulgence. Salutations to thee that art the |
foremost of deities, to thee that art the foremost of ascetics, to thee that art the foremost of celestials. Salutations to thee that |
wearest half a wreath of lotuses, to thee that hast many lotuses on thy body. Salutations to thee that hast half thy body smeared |
with sandal paste, to thee that hast half thy body decked with garlands of flowers and smeared with fragrant unguents.[62] |
Salutations to thee that art of the complexion of the Sun, to thee that art like the Sun, to thee whose face is like the Sun, to thee |
that hast eyes each of which is like the Sun. Salutations to thee that art Soma, to thee that art as mild as Soma, to thee that |
bearest the lunar disc, to thee that art of lunar aspect, to thee that art the foremost of all creatures, to thee that art adorned with a |
set of the most beautiful teeth. Salutations to thee that art of a dark complexion, to thee that art of a fair complexion, to thee |
that hast a form half of which is yellow and half white, to thee that hast a body half of which is male and half female, to thee |
that art both male and female. Salutations to thee that ownest a bull for thy vehicle, to thee that proceedest riding on the |
foremost of elephants, to thee that art obtained with difficulty, to thee that art capable of going to places unapproachable by |
others. Salutations to thee whose praises are sung by the Ganas, to thee that art devoted to the diverse Ganas, to thee that |
followest the track that is trod by the Ganas, to thee that art always devoted to the Ganas as to a vow. Salutations to thee that art |
of the complexion of white clouds, to thee that hast the splendour of the evening clouds, to thee that art incapable of being |
described by names, to thee that art of thy own form (having nothing else in the universe with which it can be compared). |
Salutations to thee that wearest a beautiful garland of red colour, to thee that art clad in robes of red colour. Salutations to thee |
that hast the crown of the head decked with gems, to thee that art adorned with a half-moon, to thee that wearest many |
beautiful gems in thy diadem, to thee that hast eight flowers on thy head. Salutations to thee that hast a fiery mouth and fiery |
eyes, to thee that hast eyes possessing the effulgence of a thousand moons, to thee that art of the form of fire, to thee that art |
beautiful and agreeable, to thee that art inconceivable and mysterious. Salutations to thee that rangest through the firmament, to |
thee that lovest and residest in lands affording pasture to kine, to thee that walkest on the Earth, to thee that art the Earth, to |
thee that art infinite, to thee that art exceedingly auspicious. Salutations to thee that art unclad (or has the horizon alone for thy |
vestments), to thee that makest a happy home of every place where thou mayst happen to be for the moment. Salutations to |
thee that hast the universe for thy home, to thee that hast both Knowledge and Felicity for thy Soul. Salutations to thee that |
always wearest a diadem, to thee that wearest a large armlet, to thee that hast a snake for the garland round thy neck, to thee |
that wearest many beautiful ornaments on thy person. Salutations to thee that hast the Sun, the Moon, and Agni for thy three |
eyes, to thee that art possessed of a thousand eyes, to thee that art both male and female, to thee that art divested of sex, to thee |
that art a Sankhya, to thee that art a Yogin. Salutations to thee that art of the grace of those deities who are worshipped in |
sacrifices, to thee that art the Atharvans, to thee that art the alleviator of all kinds of disease and pain, to thee that art the |
dispeller of every sorrow. Salutations to thee that roarest as deep as the clouds, to thee that puttest forth diverse kinds of |
illusions, to thee that presidest over the soil and over the seed that is sown in it, to thee that art the Creator of everything. |
Salutations to thee that art the Lord of all the celestials, to thee that art the Master of the universe, to thee that art endued with |
the speed of the wind, to thee that art of the form of the wind. Salutations to thee that wearest a garland of gold, to thee that |
sportest on hills and mountains[63], to thee that art adorned by all who are enemies of the gods, to thee that art possessed of |
fierce speed and energy. Salutations to thee that torest away one of the heads of the Grandsire Brahma, to thee that hast slain |
the Asura named Mahisha, to thee that assumest three forms, to thee that bearest every form. Salutations to thee that art the |
destroyer of the triple city of the Asuras, to thee that art the destroyer of (Daksha's) sacrifice, to thee that art the destroyer of the |
body of Kama (the deity of Desire), to thee that wieldest the rod of destruction. Salutations to thee that art Skanda, to thee that |
art Visakha, to thee that art the rod of the Brahmana, to thee that art Bhava, to thee that art Sarva, to thee that art of universal |
form. Salutations to thee that art Isana, to thee that art the destroyer of Bhaga, to thee that art the slayer of Andhaka, to thee that |
art the universe, to thee that art possessed of illusion, to thee that art both conceivable and inconceivable.[64] Thou art the one |
end of all creatures, thou art the foremost, thou art the heart of everything. Thou art the Brahma of all the deities, thou art the |
Nilardhita Red and Blue of the Rudras. Thou art the Soul of the creatures, thou art He who is called Purusha in the Sankhya |
philosophy, thou art the Rishabha among all things sacred, thou art that which is called auspicious by Yogins and which, |
according to them, is without parts (being indivisible). Amongst those that are observant of the different modes of life, thou art |
the House-holder, thou art the great Lord amongst the lords of the universe. Thou art Kuvera among all the Yakshas, and thou |
art Vishnu amongst all the sacrifices.[65] Thou art Meru amongst mountains, thou art the Moon among all luminaries of the |
firmament, thou art Vasishtha amongst Rishis, thou art Surya among the planets. Thou art the lion among all wild animals, and |
among all domestic animals, thou art the bull that is worshipped by all people. Among the Adityas thou art Vishnu (Upendra), |
among the Vasu thou art Pavaka, among birds thou art the son of Vinata (Garuda), and among snakes thou art Ananta (Sesha). |
Among the Vedas thou art the Samans, among the Yajushes thou art the Sata-Rudriyam, among Yogins thou art Sanatkumara, |
and among Sankhyas thou art Kapila. Among the Maruts thou art Sakra, among the Pitris thou art Devarat, among all the |
regions (for the residence of created beings) thou art the region of Brahman, and amongst all the ends that creatures attain to, |
thou art Moksha or Emancipation. Thou art the Ocean of milk among all oceans, among all rocky eminences thou art Himavat, |
among all the orders thou art the Brahmana, and among all learned Brahmanas thou art he that has undergone and is observant |
of the Diksha. Thou art the Sun among all things in the world, thou art the destroyer called Kala. Thou art whatever else |
possessed of superior energy of eminence that exists in the universe. Thou art possessed of supreme puissance. Even this is |
what represents my certain conclusion. Salutations to thee, O puissant and illustrious one, O thou that art kind to all thy |
worshippers. Salutations to thee, O lord of Yogins. I bow to thee, O original cause of the universe. Be thou gratified with me |
that am thy worshipper, that am very miserable and helpless, O Eternal Lord, do thou become the refuge of this adorer of thine |
that is very weak and miserable. O Supreme Lord, it behoveth thee to pardon all those transgressions of which I have been |
guilty, taking compassion upon me on the ground of my being thy devoted worshipper. I was stupefied by thee, O Lord of all |
the deities, in consequence of the disguise in which thou showest thyself to me. O Maheswara, I did not give thee the Arghya |
or water to wash thy feet.[66] Having hymned the praises of Isana in this way, I offered him, with great devotion, water to |
wash his feet and the ingredients of the Arghya, and then, with joined hands, I resigned myself to him, being prepared to do |
whatever he would bid. Then, O sire, an auspicious shower of flowers fell upon my head, possessed of celestial fragrance and |
bedewed with cold water. The celestial musicians began to play on their kettle-drums. A delicious breeze, fragrant and |
agreeable, began to blow and fill me with pleasure. Then Mahadeva accompanied by his spouse, and having the bull for his |
sign, having been gratified with me, addressed the celestials assembled there in these words, filling me with great joy,--Behold, |
ye deities, the devotion of the high-souled Upamanyu. Verily, steady and great is that devotion, and entirely immutable, for it |
exists unalterably.--Thus addressed by the great God armed with the Sula, the deities, O Krishna, having bowed down unto him |
and joined their hands in reverence, said these words,--O illustrious one, O God of the gods, O master of the universe, O Lord |
of all, let this best of regenerate persons obtain from thee the fruition of all his desires.--Thus addressed by all the deities, with |
the Grandsire Brahma among them. Sarva, otherwise called Isa and Sankara, said these words as if smiling unto me.'" |
"The illustrious Sankara said, 'O dear Upamanyu, I am gratified with thee. Behold me, O foremost of Munis, O learned Rishi, |
thou art firmly devoted to me and well hast thou been tested by me. I have been very highly pleased with thee in consequence |
of this thy devotion to Siva. I shall, therefore, give thee today the fruition of whatever desires thou mayst have in thy heart. |
Thus addressed by Mahadeva of great wisdom, tears of joy came into my eyes and my hair stood on its end (through emotion). |
Kneeling down unto him and bowing unto him repeatedly, I then, with a voice that was choked with delight, said unto him,--O |
illustrious god, it seems to me that I was hitherto dead and that it is only today that I have taken my birth, and that my birth |
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