all the medicinal herbs in that forest).  Capable of going everywhere at will, it was Krishna who, having subjugated the Rakshasas and Uragas, poured them as libations upon the blazing fire.  It is Krishna who gave unto Arjuna a number of white steeds.  It is He who is the creator of all steeds.  This world (or, human life) represents his car.  He it is that yokes that car for setting it in motion.  That car has three wheels (viz., the three attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas).  It has three kinds of motion (for it goes upwards or downwards or transversely, implying superior, inferior, and intermediate birth as brought about by acts).  It has four horses yoked to it (viz., Time, Predestiny, the will of the deities, and one’s own will).  It has three naves (white, black, and mixed, implying good acts, evil acts and acts that are of a mixed character).  It is this Krishna who is the refuge of the five original elements with the sky among them.  It is He who created the earth and heaven and the space between.  Indeed, it is this Krishna of immeasurable and blazing energy who has created the forests and the mountains.  It is this Krishna who, desirous of chastising Sakra who was about to hurl his thunder at him, crossed the rivers and once paralysed him.  He is the one great Indra that is adored by the Brahmanas in great sacrifices with the aid of a thousand old Riks.  It was this Krishna, O king, who alone was able to keep the Rishi Durvasa of great energy as a guest for some time in his house.  He is said to be the one ancient Rishi.  He is the Creator of the universe.  Indeed, He creates everything from His own nature.  Superior to all two deities it is He who teaches all the deities.  He scrupulously observes all ancient ordinances.  Know, O king, that this Krishna, who is called Vishwaksena, is the fruit of all acts that relate to pleasure, of all acts that are founded on the Vedas, and of all acts that appertain to the world.  He is the white rays of light that are seen in all the worlds.  He is the three worlds.  He is the three Regents of all the worlds.  He is the three sacrificial fires.  He is the three Vyahritis; indeed, this son of Devaki is all the gods together.  He is the year; He is the Seasons; He is the Fortnights; He is the Day and the Night; He is those divisions of time which are called Kalas, and Kashthas, and Matras, and Muhurtas, and Lavas, and Kshanas.  Know that this Vishwaksena is all these.  The Moon and the Sun, the Planets, the Constellations, and the Stars, all the Parva days, including the day of the full moon, the conjunctions of the constellations and the seasons, have, O son of Pritha, flowed from this Krishna who is Vishwaksena.  The Rudras, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Aswins, the Sadhyas, the Viswedevas, the diverse Maruts, Prajapati himself, the mother of the deities, viz., Aditi, and the seven Rishis, have all sprung from Krishna.  Transforming Himself into the Wind, He scatters the universe.  Of Universal form, He becomes Fire