expedition against Ravana. Thou art the lord
of those Ganas that are thy associates, Thou art each
member of those diverse Ganas. Thou art he that
gladdens all creatures. Thou art the enhancer
of the joys of all.[137] Thou takest away the sovereignty
and prosperity of even such high beings as Indra and
others. Thou art the universal slayer in the
form of Death. Thou art he that resides in the
four and sixty Kalas. Thou art very great.
Thou art the Grandsire (being the sire of the great
sire of all). Thou art the supreme phallic emblem
that is adored by both deities and Asuras. Thou
art of agreeable and beautiful features. Thou
art he who presides over the variety of evidences
and tendencies for action and non-action. Thou
art the lord of vision. Thou art the Lord of
Yoga (in consequence of thy withdrawing all the senses
into the heart and combining them together in that
place). Thou art he that upholds the Krita and
the other ages (by causing them to run ceaselessly).
Thou art the Lord of seeds (in consequence of thy being
the giver of the fruits of all acts good and bad).
Thou art the original cause of such seeds. Thou
actest in the ways that have been pointed out in the
scriptures beginning with those that treat of the Soul.
Thou art he in whom reside might and the other attributes.
Thou art the Mahabharata and other histories of the
kind. Thou art the treatises called Mimansa.
Thou art Gautama (the founder of the science of dialectics).
Thou art the author of the great treatise on Grammar
that has been named after the Moon. Thou art
he who chastises his foes. Thou art he whom none
can chastise. Thou art he who is sincere in respect
of all his religious acts and observances. Thou
art he that becomes obedient to those that are devoted
to thee. Thou art he that is capable of reducing
others to subjection. Thou art he who foments
quarrels among the deities and the Asuras. Thou
art he who has created the four and ten worlds (beginning
with Bhu). Thou art the protector and cherisher
of all Beings commencing from Brahma and ending with
the lowest forms of vegetable life (like grass and
straw). Thou art the Creator of even the five
original elements. Thou art he that never enjoys
anything (for thou art always unattached). Thou
art free from deterioration. Thou art the highest
form of felicity. Thou art a deity proud of his
might. Thou art Sakra. Thou art the chastisement
that is spoken of in treatises on morality and is
inflicted on offenders. Thou art of the form of
that tyranny which prevails over the world. Thou
art of pure Soul. Thou art stainless (being above
faults of every kind). Thou art worthy of adoration.
Thou art the world that appears and disappears ceaselessly.
Thou art he whose grace is of the largest measure.
Thou art he that has good dreams. Thou art a
mirror in which the universe is reflected. Thou
art he that has subjugated all internal and external
foes. Thou art the maker of the Vedas. Thou