destruction, great and small. Salutations to thee
that laughest awfully and as loud as the beat of a
drum, and that observest dreadful vows! Salutations
for ever to thee that art fierce, and that hast ten
arms. Salutations to thee that art armed with
bones and that art fond of the ashes of funeral pyres.
Salutations to thee that art awful, that art terrible
to behold, and that art an observer of dreadful vows
and practices. Salutations to thee that ownest
an ugly mouth, that hast a tongue resembling a scimitar,
and that hast large teeth. Salutations to thee
that art fond of both cooked and uncooked meat, and
that regardest the gourded Vina as highly dear.
Salutations to thee that causest rain, that helpest
the cause of righteousness, that art identifiable with
the form of Nandi, and that art Righteousness’
self! Salutations to thee that art ever moving
like wind and the other forces, that the controller
of all things, and that art always engaged in cooking
all creatures (in the cauldron of Time).[1408] Salutations
to thee that art the foremost of all creatures, that
art superior, and that art the giver of boons.
Salutations to thee that hast the best of garlands,
the best of scents, and the best of robes, and that
givest the best of boons to the best of creatures.
Salutations to thee that art attached, that art freed
from all attachments, that art of the form of Yoga
contemplation, and that art adorned with a garland
of Akshas. Salutations to thee that art united
as cause and disunited as effects, and that art the
form of shadow and of light. Salutations to thee
that art amiable, and that art frightful, and that
art exceedingly so. Salutations to thee that art
auspicious, that art tranquil, and that art most tranquil.
Salutations to thee that art of one leg and many eyes,
and that hast only one head; to thee that art fierce,
to thee that art gratified with little offerings, and
thee that art fond of equity. Salutations to
thee that art the artificer of the universe, and that
art ever united with the attribute of tranquillity.
Salutations to thee that bearest a foe-frightening
bell, that art of the form of the jingle made by a
bell, and that art of the form of sound when it is
not perceptible by the ear.[1409] Salutations to thee
that art like a thousand bells jingled together, and
that art fond of a garland of bells, that art like
the sound that the life-breaths make, that art of
the form of all scents and of the confused noise of
boiling liquids. Salutations to thee that art
beyond three Huns, and that art fond of two Huns.
Salutations to thee that art exceedingly tranquil,
and that hast the shade of mountain trees for thy
habitation.[1410] Thou art fond of the heart-flesh
of all creatures, that cleansest from all sins, and
that art of the form of sacrificial offerings.
Salutations to thee that art of the form of Sacrifice,
that art the Sacrificer himself, that art the Brahmana
into whose mouth is poured the sacrificial butter,