of fame. Thou art the Deity that distributes unto
all creatures the fruits (in the form of joys and
griefs) of their acts. Thou art thyself those
fruits which thou distributest. Thou art the most
ancient (having existed from a time when there was
no other existent thing). Thou art competent
to cover with a single footstep of thine all the three
worlds. Thou art Vamana (the dwarf) who deceived
the Asura chief Vali (and depriving him of his sovereignty
restored it unto Indra). Thou art the Yogin crowned
with success (like Sanatkumara and others). Thou
art a great Rishi (like Vasishtha and others).
Thou art one whose objects are always crowned with
success (like Rishava or Dattatreya). Thou art
a Sanyasin (like Yajnavalkya and others). Thou
art he that is adorned with the marks of the mendicant
order. Thou art he that is without such marks.[135]
Thou art he that transcends the usages of the mendicant
order. Thou art he that assures all creatures
from every sort of fear. Thou art without any
passions thyself (so that glory and humiliation are
alike to thee). Thou art he that is called the
celestial generalissimo. Thou art that Visakha
who took his rise from the body of the celestial generalissimo
when Indra hurled his thunder-bolt at him. Thou
art conversant with the sixty tattwas or heads of
enquiry in the universe. Thou art the Lord of
the senses (for these achieve their respective functions
guided by thee). Thou art he that is armed with
the thunder-bolt (and that rives the mountains).
Thou art infinite. Thou art the stupefier of
Daitya ranks in the field of battle. Thou art
he that moves his car in circles among his own ranks
and that makes similar circles among the ranks of
his foes and who conies back safe and sound after
devastating then. Thou art he that is conversant
with the lowest depth of the world’s ocean (in
consequence of thy knowledge of Brahman). Thou
art he called Madhu (who has founded the race in which
Krishna has taken his birth). Thou hast eyes
whose colour resembles that of honey. Thou art
he that has taken birth after Vrihaspati.[136] Thou
art he that does the acts which Adhyaryus have to
do in sacrifices. Thou art he who is always adored
by persons whatever their modes of life. Thou
art devoted to Brahman. Thou wanderest amongst
the habitations of men in the world (in consequence
of thy being a mendicant). Thou art he that pervadest
all beings. Thou art he that is conversant with
truth. Thou knowest and guidest every heart.
Thou art he that overspreads the whole universe.
Thou art he that collects or stores the good and bad
acts of all creatures in order to award them the fruits
thereof Thou art he that lives during even the night
that follows the universal dissolution. Thou
art the protector wielding the bow called Pinaka.
Thou residest in even the Daityas that are the marks
at which shootest thy arrows. Thou art the author
of prosperity. Thou art the mighty ape Hanuman
that aided Vishnu in the incarnation of Rama in his