whose acts are always characterised by Righteousness
(or He who is always engaged in granting the wishes
of those that are devoted to Him), He that is of the
form of Righteousness (CIV—CXIII); He that
destroys all creatures (or their pains), the Many
headed, He that upholds the universe, He that is the
source of the universe, He who is of pure or spotless
fame, the Immortal One He that is Eternal and Fixed,
He that is possessed of beautiful limbs, (or, He the
ascension unto whom is the best of all acts), He who
has such knowledge having penance for its indication
that He is able to agitable Prakriti for evolving
the universe out of her (CXIV—CXXII); He
that goes everywhere (in the sense of pervading all
things as their cause), the Omniscient One, He that
blazes forth in unmodified effulgence, He whose troops
are everywhere (in the form of devoted associates),
(or He at whose very sight the Danava troops are scattered
in all directions). He that is coveted (or sought)
by all (or, He that grinds all His foes), He that
is the Veda, He that is conversant with the Veda, He
that is conversant with all the limbs (or branches)
of the Veda, He that represents the limbs (or branches)
of the Veda (i.e., all the subsidiary sciences), He
that settles the interpretations of the Vedas, He that
has no superior in wisdom (CXXIII—CXXXIII);
He that is the master of all the worlds, He that is
the master of the deities, He that is the Supervisor
of both Righteousness and Unrighteousness (for giving
the fruits thereof to those that seek the one or the
other), He that is both Effect and Cause, (or, He
whose life has not been determined by acts achieved
on any previous occasion in consequence of His transcending
Prakriti). He that is four-souled (in consequence
of His four forms of Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Sankarshana
and Vasudeva). He that is known by four forms
(as above), He that has four horns (which appeared
on Him when He had assumed a human form with a lion’s
head for slaying the Asura chief Hiranya-Kasipu), He
that has four arms (for holding the conch, discus,
mace, and lotus) (CXXXIV—CXLI); He that
blazes forth in effulgence, He that is the giver of
food and cherishes those that are good; He that does
not bear or put up with those that are wicked, (or,
He that puts up with the occasional transgressions
of his devotees); He that existed before the universe
started into life; He that is stainless; He that is
ever victorious; He that vanquishes the very deities;
He that is the material cause of the universe; He
that repeatedly resides in material causes (CXLII—CL);
He that is the younger brother of Indra, (or He that
transcends Indra in accomplishments and attributes).
He that took birth as a dwarf (from Aditi by her husband
Kasyapa in order to beguile the Asura king Vali of
the sovereignty of the three worlds, and bestow the
same upon Indra who had been dispossessed of it),
He that is tall (in allusion to the vast universal
form of His which He assumed at the sacrifice of Vali