attain to, thou art Moksha or Emancipation.  Thou art the Ocean of milk among all oceans, among all rocky eminences thou art Himavat, among all the orders thou art the Brahmana, and among all learned Brahmanas thou art he that has undergone and is observant of the Diksha.  Thou art the Sun among all things in the world, thou art the destroyer called Kala.  Thou art whatever else possessed of superior energy of eminence that exists in the universe.  Thou art possessed of supreme puissance.  Even this is what represents my certain conclusion.  Salutations to thee, O puissant and illustrious one, O thou that art kind to all thy worshippers.  Salutations to thee, O lord of Yogins.  I bow to thee, O original cause of the universe.  Be thou gratified with me that am thy worshipper, that am very miserable and helpless, O Eternal Lord, do thou become the refuge of this adorer of thine that is very weak and miserable.  O Supreme Lord, it behoveth thee to pardon all those transgressions of which I have been guilty, taking compassion upon me on the ground of my being thy devoted worshipper.  I was stupefied by thee, O Lord of all the deities, in consequence of the disguise in which thou showest thyself to me.  O Maheswara, I did not give thee the Arghya or water to wash thy feet.[66] Having hymned the praises of Isana in this way, I offered him, with great devotion, water to wash his feet and the ingredients of the Arghya, and then, with joined hands, I resigned myself to him, being prepared to do whatever he would bid.  Then, O sire, an auspicious shower of flowers fell upon my head, possessed of celestial fragrance and bedewed with cold water.  The celestial musicians began to play on their kettle-drums.  A delicious breeze, fragrant and agreeable, began to blow and fill me with pleasure.  Then Mahadeva accompanied by his spouse, and having the bull for his sign, having been gratified with me, addressed the celestials assembled there in these words, filling me with great joy,—­Behold, ye deities, the devotion of the high-souled Upamanyu.  Verily, steady and great is that devotion, and entirely immutable, for it exists unalterably.—­Thus addressed by the great God armed with the Sula, the deities, O Krishna, having bowed down unto him and joined their hands in reverence, said these words,—­O illustrious one, O God of the gods, O master of the universe, O Lord of all, let this best of regenerate persons obtain from thee the fruition of all his desires.—­Thus addressed by all the deities, with the Grandsire Brahma among them.  Sarva, otherwise called Isa and Sankara, said these words as if smiling unto me.’”