universe for thy form, thou art endued with great energy, and thou hast faces turned towards all directions.  The Sun and the Moon are thy two eyes, and the Grandsire is thy heart.  Thou art the Ocean.  The goddess Saraswati is thy speech and Fire and Wind are thy might.  Thou art Day and Night.  Thou art all acts including the opening and the shutting of the eye.  Neither Brahman, nor Govinda, nor the ancient Rishis, are competent to understand thy greatness, O auspicious deity, truly.  Those subtile forms which thou hast are invisible to us.  Rescue me and, O, protect me as the sire protects the son of his loins.  O, protect one!  I deserve thy protection.  I bow to thee, O sinless one!  Thou, O illustrious one, art full of compassion for thy devotees.  I am always devoted to thee.  Let him be always my protector who stayeth alone on the other side of the ocean, in a form that is difficult to be apprehended, and overwhelming many thousands of persons![1434] I bow to that Soul of Yoga who is beheld in the form of an effulgent Light by persons that have their senses under control, that are possessed of the attribute of Sattwa, that have regulated their breaths, and that have conquered sleep.[1435] I bow to him who is endued with matted locks, who bears the ascetic’s staff in his hand, who is possessed of a body having a long abdomen, who has a kamandalu tied to his back, and who is the Soul of Brahman.  I bow to Him who is the soul of water, in whose hair are the clouds, in the joints of whose body are the rivers, and in whose stomach are the four oceans.  I seek the protection to Him who, when the end of the Yuga comes, devours all creatures and stretches himself (for sleep) on the wide expanse of water that covers the universe.  Let him who entering Rahu’s mouth drinketh Soma in the night and who becoming Swarbhanu devoureth Surya also, protect me![1436] The deities, who are mere infants and who have all sprung from thee after Brahman’s creation, enjoy their respective shares (in sacrificial offerings).  Let them (peacefully) enjoy those offerings made with Swaha and Swadha, and let them derive pleasure from those presents.  I bow to them.[1437] Let those Beings that are of the stature of the thumb and that dwell in all bodies, always protect and gratify me.[1438] I always bow to those Beings who dwelling within embodied creatures make the latter cry in grief without themselves crying in grief, and who gladden them without themselves being glad.  I always bow to those Rudras who dwell in rivers, in oceans, in hills and mountains, in mountain-caves, in the roots of trees, in cow-pens, in inaccessible forests, in the intersections of roads, in roads, in open squares, in banks (of rivers and lakes and oceans), in elephant-sheds, in stables, in car-sheds, in deserted gardens and houses, in the five primal elements, and in the cardinal and subsidiary directions.  I bow repeatedly unto them that dwell in the space amidst the Sun and the Moon, as also in