forth his powers); He that is the delight of the deities,
or, He that is the embodiment of fullness of joy;
He that rescued the submerged Earth; (or He that understands
the hymns addressed to him by His devotees); He that
is the Master of ell eloquent persons (or He that
dispels the calamities of all those who know him) (CLXXXL—CLXXXVIII);
He that is full of blazing effulgence) He that suppressed
the afflictions of His adorers; (or, He that assumes
the form of Yama, the universal Destroyer, for chastising
all persons that fall away from their duties); He
that assumed the form of a Swan for communicating the
Vedas to the Grandsire Brahman; (or, He that enters
into the bodies of all persons); He that has Garuda,
the prince of the feathery denizens of the welkin,
for His vehicle; He that is the foremost of snakes
in consequence of His identity with Sesha or Ananta
who upholds on his head the vast Earth, (or, He that
has the hood of the prince of snakes for His bed while
He lies down to sleep on the vast expansion of water
after the dissolution of the universe); He whose navel
is as beautiful as gold; He that underwent the severest
austerities in the form of Narayana at Vadari on the
breast of Himavat; He whose navel resembles a lotus;
(or, He from whose navel sprang the primeval lotus
in which the Grandsire Brahma was born); He that is
the Lord of all creatures (CLXXXIX—CXCVII);
He that transcends death; (or, He that wards off Death
from those that are devoted to him); He that always
casts a kind eye on His worshippers; (or, He that
sees all things in the universe); He that destroys
all things; (or, He that drenches with nectar all
those that worship Him with single-minded devotion);
He that is the Ordainer of all ordainers; (or, He
that unites all persons with the consequences of their
acts); He that himself enjoys and endures the fruits
of all acts, (or, He that assumed the form of Rama,
the son of Dasaratha, and going into exile at the
command of His sire made a treaty with Sugriva the
chief of the Apes for aiding him in the recovery of
his kingdom from the grasp of his elder brother Vali
in return for the assistance which Sugriva promised
Him for recovering from Ravana His wife Sita who had
been ravished by that Rakshasa and borne away to his
island home in Lanka), He that is always of the same
form; (or, He that is exceedingly affectionate unto
His worshippers); He that is always moving; (or, He
that is of the form of Kama who springs up in the
heart of every creature); He that is incapable of
being endured by Danavas and Asuras (or, He that rescued
His wife Sita after slaying Ravana, or, He that shows
compassion towards even Chandalas and members of other
low castes when they approach Him with devotion, in
allusion to His friendship, in the form of Rama, for
Guhaka the chief of the Chandalas, inhabiting the
country known by the name of Sringaverapura); He that
chastises the wicked; (or, He that regulates the conduct
of all persons by the dictates of the Srutis and the