thou art of great fame, thou art of high Soul, thou
art the Soul of all creatures, thou hast the universe
for thy form.[94] Thou art of vast jaws (for thou
swallowest the universe when the time comes for the
dissolution of all things). Thou art the protector
of all the lokas (the worlds). Thou art the soul
residing in the inner heart and as such devoid of
ahamkara originating from ignorance[95] and is one
and undivided; Thou art anandam (gladness). Thou
art he whose car is borne by mules. Thou art
he that protects Jiva from the thunderbolt of rebirth.
Thou art adorable. Thou art obtained by purity
and self-restraint and vows. Thou art again the
refuge of all kinds of vows and observances including
purity and self-restraint.[96] Thou art the celestial
artificer that is conversant with every art.
Thou art Self-create (for no one has created thee).
Thou art the beginning of all creatures and things.
Thou art Hiranyagarbha, the Creator of all things.
Thou art inexhaustible puissance and felicity.[97]
Thou hast a hundred eyes, thou hast eyes of vast power.
Thou art Soma.[98] Thou art he that causest all righteous
creatures assume shapes of glory for shining in the
firmament. Thou art Chandramas, thou art Surya,
thou art the planet Saturn, thou art the descending
node (of the moon), thou art the ascending node, thou
art Mangala (Mars), and thou art Vrihaspati (Jupiter)
and Sukra (Venus), thou art Vudha (Mercury) thou art
the worshipper of Atri’s wife, thou art he who
shot his shaft in wrath at Sacrifice when Sacrifice
fled away from him in the form of a deer. Thou
art sinless.[99] Thou art possessed of penances that
have conferred upon thee the power of creating the
universe. Thou art possessed of penances that
have rendered thee capable of destroying the universe.
Thou art high minded (in consequence of thy great liberality
towards thy devotees). Thou fulfillest the wishes
of all who resign themselves to thee. Thou art
the maker of the year (for it is thou who settest
the wheel of Time revolving, by assuming the form of
the sun and the planets). Thou art Mantra (in
the form of Pranava and other sacred words and syllables).
Thou art the authority for all acts (in the form of
the Vedas and the scriptures). Thou art the highest
Penance. Thou art devoted to Yoga. Thou
art he who merges himself in Brahman (by Yoga-abstraction).
Thou art the great seed (being the cause of causes).
Thou art the displayer of what is unmanifest in the
manifest form in which the universe exists. Thou
art possessed of infinite might. Thou art he
whose seed is gold.[100] Thou art omniscient, (being
as thou art all things and the great knower).
Thou art the cause of all things. Thou art he
that has the seed of action (viz., ignorance and desire)
for the means of sojourning from this world to the
other and the other to this.[101] Thou hast ten arms.
Thou hast winkless eyes (for thou seest at all times).
Thou hast a blue throat (in consequence of thy bearing