of the world like the rays of the moon cooling all
living creatures of the world, He that is endued with
blazing effulgence like the sun (CCLXXV—CCLXXXII);
He from whose mind has sprung the moon, He that blazes
forth in His own effulgence, He that nourishes all
creatures even like the luminary marked by the hare,
He that is the Master of the deities, He that is the
great medicine for the disease of worldly attachment,
He that is the great causeway of the universe, He
that is endued with knowledge and other attributes
that are never futile and with prowess that is incapable
of being baffled (CCLXXXIII—CCLXXXIX);
He that is solicited by all creatures at all times,
viz., the Past, the Present, and the Future; He
that rescues his worshippers by casting kind glances
upon them, He that sanctifies even them that are sacred;
He that merges the life-breath in the Soul; (or, He
that assumes diverse forms for protecting both the
Emancipated and the Unemancipated); He that kills the
desires of those that are Emancipated; (or, He that
prevents evil desires from arising in the minds of
His worshippers); He that is the sire of Kama (the
principle of desire or lust); He that is most agreeable,
He that is desired by all creatures, He that grants
the fruition of all desires, He that has the ability
to accomplishing all acts (CCXC—CCXCIX);
He that sets the four Yugas to begin their course;
He that causes the Yugas to continually revolve as
on a wheel, He that is endued with the diverse kinds
of illusion (and, therefore, the cause from which
spring the different kinds of acts that distinguish
the different Yugas); He that is the greatest of eaters
(in consequence of His swallowing all things at the
end of every Kalpa); He that is incapable of being
seized (by those that are not His worshippers); He
that is manifest (being exceedingly vast); He that
subjugates thousands of foes (of the deities); He that
subjugates innumerable foes (CCC—CCCVIII);
He that is desired (by even the Grandsire and Rudra,
or He that is adored in sacrifices); He that is distinguished
above all; He that is desired by those that are endued
with wisdom and righteousness; He that has an ornament
of (peacock’s) feathers on His headgear; He
that stupefies all creatures with His illusion; He
that showers His grace on all His worshippers; He that
kills the wrath of the righteous; He that fills the
unrighteous with wrath; He that is the accomplisher
of all acts; He who holds the universe on his arms;
He that upholds the Earth (CCCIX—CCCXVIII);
He that transcends the six well-known modifications
(of inception, birth or appearance growth, maturity,
decline, and dissolution); He that is endued with great
celebrity (in consequence of His feats); He that causes
all living creatures to live (in consequence of His
being the all-pervading soul); He that gives life;
the younger brother of Vasava (in the form of Upendra
or the dwarf); He that is the receptacle of all the
waters in the universe; He that covers all creatures