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disciples, although thou art incapable of being described in words. Thou art of the form of that instruction which preceptors
impart to disciples. Thou art he that can perceive all agreeable scents simultaneously or at the same instant of time. Thou art of
the form of the porched gates of cities and palaces. Thou art of the form of the moats and ditches that surround fortified towns
and give the victory to the besieged garrison. Thou art the Wind. Thou art of the form of fortified cities and towns
encompassed by walls and moats. Thou art the prince of all winged creatures, (being, as thou art, of the form of Garuda). Thou
art he who multiplies the creation by union with the opposite sexes. Thou art the first of all in respect of virtues and knowledge.
Thou art superior to even him who is the first of all in virtues and knowledge. Thou transcendest all the virtue and knowledge.
Thou art eternal and immutable as also dependent on thyself. Thou art the master and protector of the deities and Asuras. Thou
art the master and protector of all creatures. Thou art he who wears a coat of mail. Thou art he whose arms are competent to
grind all foes. Thou art an object of adoration with even him who is called Suparvan in heaven.[163] Thou art he who grants
the power of bearing or upholding all things.[164] Thou art thyself capable of bearing all things. Thou art fixed and steady
(without being at all unstable). Thou art white or pure (being, as thou art, without any stain or blot). Thou bearest the trident
that is competent to destroy (all things).[165] Thou art the grantor of bodies or physical forms unto those that constantly
revolve in the universe of birth and death. Thou art more valuable than wealth. Thou art the conduct or way of the righteous (in
the form of goodness and courtesy). Thou art he who had torn the head of Brahma after due deliberation (and not impelled by
mere wrath). Thou art he who is marked with all those auspicious marks that are spoken of in the sciences of palmistry and
phrenology and other branches of knowledge treating of the physical frame as the indicator of mental peculiarities. Thou art
that wooden bar which is called the Aksha of a car and, therefore, art thou he who is attached to the car represented by the
body. Thou art attached to all things (in consequence of thy pervading all things as their soul). Thou art endued with very great
might, being as thou art a hero of heroes. Thou art the Veda. Thou art the Smritis, the Itihasas, the Puranas, and other
scriptures. Thou art the illustrious deity of every sacred shrine. Thou art he who has the Earth for his car. Thou art the inert
elements that enter into the composition of every creature. Thou art he who imparts life into every combination of those inert
element. Thou art the Pranava and other sacred Mantras that instil life into dead matter. Thou art he that casts tranquil glances.
Thou art exceedingly harsh (in consequence of thy being the destroyer of all things). Thou art he in whom are innumerable
precious attributes and possessions. Thou hast a body that is red. Thou art he who has all the vast oceans as so many ponds
filled for thy drinking.[166] Thou art the root of the tree of the world. Thou art exceedingly beautiful and shinest with
surpassing grandeur. Thou art of the form of ambrosia or nectar. Thou art both cause and effect. Thou art an ocean of penances
(being as thou art a great Yogin). Thou art he that desirous of ascending to the highest state of existence. Thou art he that has
already attained to that state. Thou art he who is distinguished for the purity of his conduct and acts and observances. Thou art
he who possessed of great fame (in consequence of the Righteousness of his behaviour). Thou art the ornament of armies
(being as thou art of the form of prowess and courage), Thou art he who is adorned with celestial ornaments. Thou art Yoga.
Thou art he from whom flow eternal time measured by Yugas and Kalpas. Thou art he who conveys all creatures from
place.[167] Thou art of the form of Righteousness and sin and their intermixture (such as are displayed in the successive
Yugas). Thou art great and formless. Thou art he who slew the mighty Asura that had approached against the sacred city of
Varanasi in the form of an infuriate elephant of vast proportions. Thou art of the form of death. Thou givest to all creatures
such fruition of their wishes as accords with their merits. Thou art approachable. Thou art conversant with all things that are
beyond the ken of the senses. Thou art conversant with the Tattwas (and therefore, thoroughly fixed). Thou art he who
incessantly shines in beauty. Thou wearest garlands that stretch down from thy neck to the feet. Thou art that Hara who has the
Moon for his beautiful eye. Thou art the salt ocean of vast expanse. Thou art the first three Yugas (viz., Krita, Treta, and
Dwapara). Thou art he whose appearance is always fraught with advantage to others. Thou art he who has three eyes (in the
form of the scriptures, the preceptor, and meditation). Thou art he whose forms are exceedingly subtile (being as thou art the
subtile forms of the primal elements). Thou art he whose ears are bored for wearing jewelled Kundalas. Thou art the bearer of
matted locks. Thou art the point (in the alphabet) which indicates the nasal sound. Thou art the two dots i.e., Visarga (in the
Sanskrit alphabet which indicate the sound of the aspirated H). Thou art possessed of an excellent face. Thou art the shaft that
is shot by the warrior for encompassing the destruction of his foe. Thou art all the weapons that are used by warriors. Thou art
endued with patience capable of bearing all things. Thou art he whose knowledge has arisen from the cessation of all physical
and mental functions.[168] Thou art he who has become displayed as Truth in consequence of the cessation of all other
faculties. Thou art that note which, arising from the region called Gandhara, is exceedingly sweet to the ear. Thou art he who is
armed with the mighty bow (called Pinaka). Thou art he who is the understanding and the desires that exist in all creatures,
besides being the supreme upholder of all beings. Thou art he from whom all acts flow. Thou art that wind which rises at the
time of the universal dissolution and which is capable of churning the entire universe even as the staff in the hands of the dairy-
maid churns the milk in the milkpot. Thou art he that is full. Thou art he that sees all things. Thou art the sound that arises from
slapping one palm against another. Thou art he the palm of whose hand serves as the dish or plate whence to take his food.
Thou art he who is possessed of an adamantine body. Thou art exceedingly great. Thou art of the form of an umbrella. Thou art
he who has an excellent umbrella. Thou art well-known to be identical with all creatures. Thou art he who having put forth
three feet covered all the universe with two and wanted space for the remaining one. Thou art he whose head is bald. Thou art
he whose form is exceedingly ugly and fierce. Thou art he who has undergone infinite modifications and become all things in
the universe. Thou art he who bears the well-known badge of Sanyasa, viz., the stick. Thou art he who has a Kunda. Thou art
he who is incapable of being attained to by means of acts. Thou art he who is identical with the green-eyed king of beasts (viz.,
the lion). Thou art of the form of all the points of the compass. Thou art he who is armed with the thunder. Thou art he who has
a hundred tongues. Thou art he who has a thousand feet and thousand heads.[169] Thou art the lord and chief of the celestials.
Thou art he that is made up of all the gods. Thou art the great Master or preceptor. Thou art he who has a thousand arms. Thou
art he who is competent to obtain the fruition of every wish. Thou art he whose protection is sought by every one. Thou art he
who is the creator of all the worlds. Thou art he who is the great cleanser of all from every kind of sin, in the form of shrines
and sacred waters. Thou art he who has three high Mantras.[170] Thou art the youngest son of Aditi and Kasyapa, (being in the
form of the dwarf who is otherwise known by the name of Upendra and who beguiled the Asura Vali of his lordship of the
three worlds and restored it to the chief of the celestials). Thou art both black and tawny (being of the form which is known as
Hari-Hara). Thou art the maker of the Brahmana's rod.[171] Thou art armed with the hundred-killer, the noose, and the dart.
Thou art he that took his birth within the primeval lotus.
Thou art he who is endued with a vast womb. Thou art he who has the Vedas in his womb. Thou art he who takes his rise from
that infinite waste of waters which succeeds the dissolution of the universe. Thou art he who is endued with rays of effulgent
light. Thou art the creator of the Vedas. Thou art he who studies the Vedas. Thou art he who is conversant with the meaning of
the Vedas. Thou art devoted to Brahman. Thou art the refuge of all persons devoted to Brahman. Thou art of infinite forms.
Thou art the bearer of innumerable bodies. Thou art endued with irresistible prowess.[172] Thou art the soul or nature that
transcends the three universal attributes (of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas). Thou art the lord of all Jivas. Thou art endued with the
speed of the wind. Thou art possessed of the fleetness of the mind. Thou art always smeared with sandal-paste. Thou art the
end of the stalk of the primeval lotus.[173] Thou art he who brought the celestial cow Surabhi down from a superior station to
an inferior one by denouncing a curse upon her.[174] Thou art that Brahma who was unable to see thy end. Thou art adorned
with a large wreath of Karnikara flowers. Thou art adorned with a diadem of blue gems. Thou art the wielder of the bow called
Pinaka. Thou art the master of that knowledge which treats of Brahman.[175] Thou art he who has subjugated his senses by the
aid of thy knowledge of Brahman. Thou art he who bearest Ganga on thy head.[176] Thou art the husband of Uma, the
daughter of Himavat. Thou art mighty (in consequence of thy having assumed the form of the vast Boar for raising the
submerged Earth). Thou art he who protects the universe by assuming diverse incarnations. Thou art worthy of adoration. Thou
art that primeval Being with the equine head who recited the Vedas with a thundering voice. Thou art he whose grace is very
great. Thou art the great subjugator. Thou art he who has slain all his foes (in the form of passions). Thou art both white and
tawny (being as thou art half male and half female).[177] Thou art possessed of a body whose complexion is like that of
gold.[178] Thou art he that is of the form of pure joy, (being, as thou art, above the five sheathes which the Jiva consists of,
viz., the Anna-maya, the Prana-maya, the Mano-maya, the Vijnana-maya, and the Ananda-maya ones). Thou art of a restrained
soul. Thou art the foundation upon which rests that Ignorance which is called Pradhana and which, consisting of the three
attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas is the cause whence the universe has sprung. Thou art he whose faces are turned to
every direction.[179] Thou art he who has three eyes (in the forms of the Sun, the Moon, and Fire). Thou art he who is superior
to all creatures (in consequence of thy righteousness whose measure is the greatest). Thou art the soul of all mobile beings.
Thou art of the form of the subtile soul (which is incapable of being perceived). Thou art the giver of immortality in the form
of Emancipation as the fruit of all acts of righteousness achieved by creatures without the desire of fruits.[180] Thou art the
preceptor of even those that are the gods of the gods. Thou art Vasu, the son of Aditi. Thou art he who is endued with
innumerable rays of light, who brings forth the universe, and who is of the form of that Soma which is drunk in sacrifices.
Thou art Vyasa, the author of the Puranas and other sacred histories. Thou art the creations of Vyasa's brain (because of thy
being identical with the Puranas and other sacred histories) both abridged and unabridged. Thou art the sum total of Jivas. Thou
art the Season. Thou art the Year. Thou art the Month. Thou art the Fortnight. Thou art those sacred Days that end or conclude