He was clad in a tiger-skin, had matted locks on his
head, and bore the staff (of the Sanyasin) in one
of his hands. He was armed, besides with his Pinaka
and the thunderbolt. His teeth was sharp-pointed.
He was decked with an excellent bracelet for the upper
arm. His sacred thread was constituted by a snake.
He wore an excellent garland of diversified colours
on his bosom, that hung down to his toes. Verily,
I beheld him like the exceedingly bright moon of an
autumnal evening. Surrounded by diverse clans
of spirits and ghosts, he looked like the autumnal
Sun difficult of being gazed at for its dazzling brightness.
Eleven hundred Rudras stood around that Deity of restrained
soul and white deeds, then seated upon his bull.
All of them were employed in hymning his praises.
The Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Viswedevas,
and the twin Aswins praised that Lord of the universe
by uttering the hymns occurring in the scriptures.
The puissant Indra and his brother Upendra, the two
sons of Aditi, and the Grandsire Brahma, all uttered,
in the presence of Bhava, the Rathantara Saman.
Innumerable masters of Yoga, all the regenerate Rishis
with their children, all the celestial Rishis, the
goddess Earth, the Sky (between Earth and Heaven),
the Constellations, the Planets, the Months, the Fortnights,
the Seasons, Night, the Years, the Kshanas, the Muhurtas,
the Nimeshas, the Yugas one after another, all the
celestial Sciences and branches of knowledge, and
all beings conversant with Truth, were seen bowing
down unto that Supreme Preceptor, that great Father,
that giver (or origin) of Yoga. Sanatkumara,
the Vedas, the Histories, Marichi, Angiras, Atri,
Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the seven Manus, Soma, the
Atharvans, and Vrihaspati, Bhrigu, Daksha, Kasyapa,
Vasishtha, Kasya, the Schandas, Diksha, the Sacrifices,
Dakshina, the Sacrificial Fires, the Havis (clarified
butter) poured in sacrifices, and all the requisites
of the sacrifices, were beheld by me, O Yudhishthira,
standing there in their embodied forms. All the
guardians of the worlds, all the Rivers, all the snakes,
the mountains, the celestial Mothers, all the spouses
and daughters of the celestials, thousands upon thousands
and millions of ascetics, were seen to bow down to
that puissant Lord who is the soul of tranquillity.
The Mountains, the Oceans, and the Points of the compass
also did the same, the Gandharvas and the Apsaras highly
skilled in music, in celestial strains, sang and hymned
the praises of Bhava who is full of wonder. The
Vidyadharas, the Danavas, the Guhyakas, the Rakshasas,
and all created beings, mobile and immobile, adorned,
in thought, word and deed, that puissant Lord.
Before me, that Lord of all the gods viz., Sarva,
appeared seated in all his glory. Seeing that
Isana had showed himself to me by being seated in
glory before my eyes, the whole universe, with the
Grandsire and Sakra, looked at me. I, however,
had not the power to look at Mahadeva. The great