thou art armed with the bow, and thou bearest the
Khattanga and the Jharjhara in thy hands. Thou
art he who cuttest down and piercest and smitest.
Thou art he who leads (all creatures) and he who gives
them pain and grief. Thou art Righteousness which
is marked by ten virtues; thou art Wealth or Profit
of every kind; and thou art Pleasure. Thou art
Ganga, thou art the Oceans, thou art the Rivers, thou
art the lakes, and thou art the tanks. Thou art
the thin creepers, thou art the thicker creeping plants,
thou art all kinds of grass, and thou art the deciduous
herbs. Thou art all the lower animals and thou
art the birds. Thou art the origin of all objects
and acts, and thou art that season which yields fruits
and flowers. Thou art the beginning and thou
art the end of the Vedas; thou art the Gayatri, and
thou art Om. Thou art Green, thou art Red, thou
art Blue, thou art Dark, thou art of Bloody hue, thou
art of the colour of the Sun, thou art Tawny, thou
art Brown, and thou art Dark blue.[1420] Thou art
without colour, thou art of the best colour, thou art
the maker of colours, and thou art without comparison.
Thou art of the name of Gold, and thou art fond of
Gold. Thou art Indra, thou art Yama, thou art
the Giver of boons, thou art the Lord of wealth, and
thou art Agni. Thou art the Eclipse, thou art
the Fire called Chitrabhanu, thou art Rahu, and thou
art the Sun. Thou art the fire upon which sacrificial
butter is poured. Thou art He who pours the butter.
Thou art He in honour of whom the butter is poured,
thou art the butter itself that is poured, and thou
art the puissant Lord of all. Thou art those sections
of the Brahmans that are called Trisuparna, thou art
all the Vedas; and thou art the sections called Satarudriya
in the Yajuses. Thou art the holiest of holies,
and the auspicious of all auspicious things. Thou
animatest the inanimate body. Thou art the Chit
that dwellest in the human form. Invested with
attributes, thou becomest subject to Destruction.
Thou art Jiva, that is He who is never subject to
destruction when uninvested with attributes.
Thou art full yet thou becomest liable to decay and
death in the form of the body which is Jiva’s
accompaniment. Thou art the breath of life, and
thou art Sattwa, thou art Rajas, thou art Tamas, and
thou art not subject to error. Thou art the breaths
called Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana, and Vyana.
Thou art the opening of the eye and shutting of the
eye. Thou art the act of Sneezing and thou art
the act of Yawning. Thou art of red eyes which
are ever turned inwards. Thou art of large mouth
and large stomach.[1421] The bristles on thy body are
like needles. The beard is green. Thy hair
is turned upwards. Thou art swifter than the
swiftest. Thou art conversant with the principles
of music both vocal and instrumental, and fond of
both vocal and instrumental music.[1422] Thou art
a fish roving in the waters, and thou art a fish entangled
in the net. Thou art full, thou art fond of sports,