never shrinks from anything, who is unvanquished,
who is only Mind (without a physical frame), who is
known only by name, who is the Lord of Brahman himself,
who has completed all the vows and observances mentioned
in the Vedas,[1821] who is the Hansa (bearer of the
triple stick), who is the Parama-hansa (divested of
stick), who is the foremost of all sacrifices, who
is Sankhya-yoga, who is the embodiment of the Sankhya
philosophy, who dwells in all Jivas, who lives in every
heart, who resides in every sense, who floats on the
ocean-water, who lives in the Vedas, who lies on the
lotus (the image of the egg whence the universe has
sprung), who is the Lord of the universe, and whose
troops go everywhere for protecting his worshippers.
Thou takest birth as all creatures. Thou art
the origin of the universe (of all creatures).
Thy mouth is fire. Thou art that fire which courses
through the waters of the ocean, issuing out all the
while from an Equine head. Thou art the sanctified
butter that is poured into the sacrificial fire.
Thou art the car-driver (fire or heat that impels
the body and causes it to live and grow). Thou
art Vashat. Thou art the syllable Om. Thou
art Penances. Thou art Mind. Thou art Chandramas.
Thou sanctifiest the sacrificial butter. Thou
art the Sun. Thou art the Dikgajas (Elephants)
that are sanctioned in the four cardinal points of
the compass. Thou illuminest the cardinal points
of the compass. Thou illuminest the subsidiary
points also. Thou art the Equine head. Thou
art the first three mantras of the Rig Veda.
Thou art the protector of the several orders of men
(viz., Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras).
Thou art the five fires (beginning with Garhapatya).
Thou art He who has thrice ignited the sacrificial
fire called Nachi.[1822] Thou art the refuge of the
six limbs (viz., the Vedas).[1823] Thou art the foremost
of those Brahmanas that are employed in singing the
Samans in sacrifices and other religious rites.
Thou art Pragjyotish, and thou art he who sings the
first Saman.[1824] Thou art the observer of those
vows that depend upon the Vedas and that are observed
by singers of Samanas. Thou art the embodiment
of the Upanishad, called by the name of Atharvasiras.
Thou art he who is the topic of the five foremost
of scriptures (viz., those that appertain to the worship
of Surya, of Sakti, of Ganesa, of Siva, and of Vishnu).
Thou art called the preceptor that subsists only on
the froth of water. Thou art a Valikhilya.[1825]
Thou art the embodiment of him who has not fallen away
from Yoga. Thou art the embodiment of correctness
of judgment of reasoning. Thou art the beginning
of the Yugas, thou art the middle of the Yugas and
thou art their end. Thou art Akhandala (Indra).
Thou art the two Rishis Prachina-garbha and Kausika.
Thou art Purusthuta, thou art Puruhuta, thou art the
artificer of the universe. Thou hast the universe
for thy form. Thy motions are infinite. Thy
bodies are infinite; thou art without end and without