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of Time, viz., the Past, the Present, and the Future. Thou art possessed of might that is always well spent. Thou art he who had
assumed the form of Valarama (the elder brother of Krishna). Thou art the foremost of all colleted things, being Emancipation
or the highest of all ends to which creatures attain. Thou art the giver of all things. Thy face is turned towards all directions,
Thou art he from whom diverse creatures have sprung even as all forms have sprung from space or are modifications or that
primal element. Thou art he who falls into the pit called body.[131] Thou art he that is helpless (for, falling into the pit
constituted by the body, thou canst not transcend the sorrow that is thy portion). Thou residest in the firmament of the heart.
Thou art exceedingly fierce in form. Thou art the Deity called Ansu. Thou art the companion of Ansu and art called Aditya.
Thou art possessed of innumerable rays. Thou art endued with dazzling effulgence. Thou hast the speed of the Wind.[132]
Thou art possessed of speed that is greater than that of the Wind. Thou art possessed of the speed of the mind. Thou art
Nishachara as thou enjoyest all things, being invested with Ignorance.[133] Thou dwellest in every body. Thou dwellest with
Prosperity as thy companion. Thou art he that imparts knowledge and instruction. Thou art he who imparts instruction in utter
silence. Thou art he that observes the vow of taciturnity (for thou instructest in silence). Thou art he who passes out of the
body, looking at the soul.[134] Thou art he that is well adored. Thou art the giver of thousands (since the lord of all the
treasures derived those treasures of his from thee). Thou art the prince of birds, (being Garuda the son of Vinata and Kasyapa).
Thou art the friend that renders aid. Thou art possessed of exceeding effulgence (for thy splendour is like that of a million suns
risen together). Thou art the Master of all created beings. Thou art he who provokes the appetites. Thou art the deity of Desire.
Thou art of the form of lovely women that are coveted by all. Thou art the tree of the world. Thou art the Lord of Treasures.
Thou art the giver of fame. Thou art the Deity that distributes unto all creatures the fruits (in the form of joys and griefs) of
their acts. Thou art thyself those fruits which thou distributest. Thou art the most ancient (having existed from a time when
there was no other existent thing). Thou art competent to cover with a single footstep of thine all the three worlds. Thou art
Vamana (the dwarf) who deceived the Asura chief Vali (and depriving him of his sovereignty restored it unto Indra). Thou art
the Yogin crowned with success (like Sanatkumara and others). Thou art a great Rishi (like Vasishtha and others). Thou art one
whose objects are always crowned with success (like Rishava or Dattatreya). Thou art a Sanyasin (like Yajnavalkya and
others). Thou art he that is adorned with the marks of the mendicant order. Thou art he that is without such marks.[135] Thou
art he that transcends the usages of the mendicant order. Thou art he that assures all creatures from every sort of fear. Thou art
without any passions thyself (so that glory and humiliation are alike to thee). Thou art he that is called the celestial
generalissimo. Thou art that Visakha who took his rise from the body of the celestial generalissimo when Indra hurled his
thunder-bolt at him. Thou art conversant with the sixty tattwas or heads of enquiry in the universe. Thou art the Lord of the
senses (for these achieve their respective functions guided by thee). Thou art he that is armed with the thunder-bolt (and that
rives the mountains). Thou art infinite. Thou art the stupefier of Daitya ranks in the field of battle. Thou art he that moves his
car in circles among his own ranks and that makes similar circles among the ranks of his foes and who conies back safe and
sound after devastating then. Thou art he that is conversant with the lowest depth of the world's ocean (in consequence of thy
knowledge of Brahman). Thou art he called Madhu (who has founded the race in which Krishna has taken his birth). Thou hast
eyes whose colour resembles that of honey. Thou art he that has taken birth after Vrihaspati.[136] Thou art he that does the acts
which Adhyaryus have to do in sacrifices. Thou art he who is always adored by persons whatever their modes of life. Thou art
devoted to Brahman. Thou wanderest amongst the habitations of men in the world (in consequence of thy being a mendicant).
Thou art he that pervadest all beings. Thou art he that is conversant with truth. Thou knowest and guidest every heart. Thou art
he that overspreads the whole universe. Thou art he that collects or stores the good and bad acts of all creatures in order to
award them the fruits thereof Thou art he that lives during even the night that follows the universal dissolution. Thou art the
protector wielding the bow called Pinaka. Thou residest in even the Daityas that are the marks at which shootest thy arrows.
Thou art the author of prosperity. Thou art the mighty ape Hanuman that aided Vishnu in the incarnation of Rama in his
expedition against Ravana. Thou art the lord of those Ganas that are thy associates, Thou art each member of those diverse
Ganas. Thou art he that gladdens all creatures. Thou art the enhancer of the joys of all.[137] Thou takest away the sovereignty
and prosperity of even such high beings as Indra and others. Thou art the universal slayer in the form of Death. Thou art he that
resides in the four and sixty Kalas. Thou art very great. Thou art the Grandsire (being the sire of the great sire of all). Thou art
the supreme phallic emblem that is adored by both deities and Asuras. Thou art of agreeable and beautiful features. Thou art he
who presides over the variety of evidences and tendencies for action and non-action. Thou art the lord of vision. Thou art the
Lord of Yoga (in consequence of thy withdrawing all the senses into the heart and combining them together in that place).
Thou art he that upholds the Krita and the other ages (by causing them to run ceaselessly). Thou art the Lord of seeds (in
consequence of thy being the giver of the fruits of all acts good and bad). Thou art the original cause of such seeds. Thou actest
in the ways that have been pointed out in the scriptures beginning with those that treat of the Soul. Thou art he in whom reside
might and the other attributes. Thou art the Mahabharata and other histories of the kind. Thou art the treatises called Mimansa.
Thou art Gautama (the founder of the science of dialectics). Thou art the author of the great treatise on Grammar that has been
named after the Moon. Thou art he who chastises his foes. Thou art he whom none can chastise. Thou art he who is sincere in
respect of all his religious acts and observances. Thou art he that becomes obedient to those that are devoted to thee. Thou art
he that is capable of reducing others to subjection. Thou art he who foments quarrels among the deities and the Asuras. Thou
art he who has created the four and ten worlds (beginning with Bhu). Thou art the protector and cherisher of all Beings
commencing from Brahma and ending with the lowest forms of vegetable life (like grass and straw). Thou art the Creator of
even the five original elements. Thou art he that never enjoys anything (for thou art always unattached). Thou art free from
deterioration. Thou art the highest form of felicity. Thou art a deity proud of his might. Thou art Sakra. Thou art the
chastisement that is spoken of in treatises on morality and is inflicted on offenders. Thou art of the form of that tyranny which
prevails over the world. Thou art of pure Soul. Thou art stainless (being above faults of every kind). Thou art worthy of
adoration. Thou art the world that appears and disappears ceaselessly. Thou art he whose grace is of the largest measure. Thou
art he that has good dreams. Thou art a mirror in which the universe is reflected. Thou art he that has subjugated all internal
and external foes. Thou art the maker of the Vedas. Thou art the maker of those declarations that are contained in the Tantras
and the Puranas and that are embodied in language that is human.[138] Thou art possessed of great learning. Thou art the
grinder of foes in battle. Thou art he that resides in the awful clouds that appear at the time of the universal dissolution. Thou
art most terrible (in consequence of the dissolution of the universe that thou bringest about). Thou art he who succeeds in
bringing all persons and all things into thy subjection. Thou art the great Destroyer. Thou art he that has fire for his energy.
Thou art he whose energy is mightier than fire. Thou art the Yuga-fire that consumes all things. Thou art he that is capable of
being gratified by means of sacrificial libations. Thou art water and other liquids that are poured in sacrifices with the aid of
Mantras. Thou art in the form of the Deity of Righteousness, the distributor of the fruits that attach to acts good and bad. Thou
art the giver of felicity. Thou art always endued with effulgence. Thou art of the form of fire. Thou art of the complexion of the
emerald. Thou art always present in the phallic emblem. Thou art the source of blessedness. Thou art incapable of being
baffled by anything in the prosecution of your objects. Thou art the giver of blessings. Thou art of the form of blessedness.
Thou art he unto whom is given a share of sacrificial offerings. Thou art he who distributes unto each his share of that is
offered in sacrifices. Thou art endued with great speed. Thou art he that is dissociated from all things. Thou art he that is
possessed of the mightiest limb. Thou art he that is employed in the act of generation. Thou art of a dark complexion, (being of
the form of Vishnu). Thou art of a white complexion (being of the form of Samva, the son of Krishna). Thou art the senses of
all embodied creatures. Thou art possessed of vast feet. Thou hast vast hands. Thou art of vast body. Thou art endued with
wide extending fame. Thou hast a vast head.[139] Thou art of vast measurements. Thou art of vast vision. Thou art the home of
the darkness of ignorance. Thou art the Destroyer of the Destroyer. Thou art possessed of vast years. Thou hast vast lips. Thou
art he that has vast cheeks. Thou hast a vast nose. Thou art of a vast throat. Thou hast a vast neck. Thou art he that tears the
bond of body.[140] Thou hast a vast chest. Thou hast a vast bosom. Thou art the inner soul which resides in all creatures. Thou
hast a deer on thy lap. Thou art he from whom innumerable worlds hang down like fruits hanging down from a tree. Thou art
he who stretches his lips at the time of the universal dissolution for swallowing the universe. Thou art the ocean of milk. Thou
hast vast teeth. Thou hast vast jaws. Thou hast a vast bristle.[141] Thou hast hair of infinite length. Thou hast a vast stomach.
Thou hast matted locks of vast length. Thou art ever cheerful. Thou art of the form of grace. Thou art of the form of belief.
Thou art he that has mountains for his bow (or weapons in battle). Thou art he that is full of affection to all creatures like a
parent towards his offspring. Thou art he that has no affection. Thou art unvanquished. Thou art exceedingly devoted to (Yoga)
contemplation.[142] Thou art of the form of the tree of the world.[143] Thou art he that is indicated by the tree of the
world.[144] Thou art never satiated when eating (because of thy being of the form of fire, for of all elements, fire is never
satiated with the quantity offered it for consumption). Thou art he that has the Wind for thy vehicle for going from place to
place (in consequence of thy identity with fire). Thou art he that rangest over hills and little eminences. Thou art he that has his
residence on the mountains of Meru. Thou art the chief of the celestials. Thou hast the Atharvans for thy head. Thou hast the
Samans for thy mouth. Thou hast the thousand Richs for thy immeasurable eyes. Thou hast the Yajushes for thy feet and
hands.[145] Thou art the Upanishads. Thou art the entire body of rituals (occurring in the scriptures). Thou art all that is
mobile. Thou art he whose solicitations are never unfulfilled. Thou art he who is always inclined to grace. Thou art he that is of
beautiful form. Thou art of the form of the good that one does to another. Thou art that which is dear. Thou art he that always
advances towards thy devotees (in proportion as these advance for meeting thee). Thou art gold and other precious metals that