their desires. The Guhyas and the seven
orders of the Pitris—both divine
and human—have attained superiority by
adoring thee alone. The Vasus, the Manilas,
and the Rudras, the Sadhyas, the Marichipas,
the Valikhilyas, and the Siddhas, have
attained pre-eminence by bowing down unto thee.
There is nothing that I know in the entire seven worlds,
including that of Brahma which is beyond thee.
There are other beings both great and endued with
energy; but none of them hath thy lustre and energy.
All light is in thee, indeed, thou art the lord of
all light. In thee are the (five) elements and
all intelligence, and knowledge and asceticism and
the ascetic properties.[11] The discus by which the
wielder of the Saranga[12] humbleth the pride
of Asuras and which is furnished with a beautiful
nave, was forged by Viswakarman with thy energy.
In summer thou drawest, by thy rays, moisture from
all corporeal existences and plants and liquid substances,
and pourest it down in the rainy season. Thy
rays warm and scorch, and becoming as clouds roar and
flash with lightning and pour down showers when the
season cometh. Neither fire nor shelter, nor
woolen cloths give greater comfort to one suffering
from chilling blasts than thy rays. Thou illuminest
by thy rays the whole Earth with her thirteen islands.
Thou alone are engaged in the welfare of the three
worlds. If thou dost not rise, the universe becometh
blind and the learned cannot employ themselves in
the attainment of virtue, wealth and profit.
It is through thy grace that the (three) orders of
Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas are able to perform
their various duties and sacrifices.[13] Those versed
in chronology say that thou art the beginning and
thou the end of a day of Brahma, which consisteth of
a full thousand Yugas. Thou art the lord
of Manus and of the sons of the Manus, of the universe
and of man, of the Manwantaras, and their lords.
When the time of universal dissolution cometh, the
fire Samvartaka born of thy wrath consumeth
the three worlds and existeth alone. And clouds
of various hues begotten of thy rays, accompanied by
the elephant Airavata and the thunderbolt, bring about
the appointed deluges. And dividing thyself into
twelve parts and becoming as many suns, thou drinkest
up the ocean once more with thy rays. Thou art
called Indra, thou art Vishnu, thou art Brahma, thou
art Prajapati. Thou art fire and thou art the
subtle mind. And thou art lord and the eternal
Brahma. Thou art Hansa, thou art
Savitri, thou art Bhanu, Ansumalin,
and Vrishakapi. Thou art Vivaswan, Mihira,
Pusha, Mitra, and Dharma. Thou art
thousand-rayed, thou art Aditya, and Tapana,
and the lord of rays. Thou art Martanda,
and Arka, and Ravi, and Surya
and Saranya and maker of day, and Divakara
and Suptasaspti, and Dhumakeshin and