art the maker of those declarations that are contained in the Tantras and the Puranas and that are embodied in language that is human.[138] Thou art possessed of great learning.  Thou art the grinder of foes in battle.  Thou art he that resides in the awful clouds that appear at the time of the universal dissolution.  Thou art most terrible (in consequence of the dissolution of the universe that thou bringest about).  Thou art he who succeeds in bringing all persons and all things into thy subjection.  Thou art the great Destroyer.  Thou art he that has fire for his energy.  Thou art he whose energy is mightier than fire.  Thou art the Yuga-fire that consumes all things.  Thou art he that is capable of being gratified by means of sacrificial libations.  Thou art water and other liquids that are poured in sacrifices with the aid of Mantras.  Thou art in the form of the Deity of Righteousness, the distributor of the fruits that attach to acts good and bad.  Thou art the giver of felicity.  Thou art always endued with effulgence.  Thou art of the form of fire.  Thou art of the complexion of the emerald.  Thou art always present in the phallic emblem.  Thou art the source of blessedness.  Thou art incapable of being baffled by anything in the prosecution of your objects.  Thou art the giver of blessings.  Thou art of the form of blessedness.  Thou art he unto whom is given a share of sacrificial offerings.  Thou art he who distributes unto each his share of that is offered in sacrifices.  Thou art endued with great speed.  Thou art he that is dissociated from all things.  Thou art he that is possessed of the mightiest limb.  Thou art he that is employed in the act of generation.  Thou art of a dark complexion, (being of the form of Vishnu).  Thou art of a white complexion (being of the form of Samva, the son of Krishna).  Thou art the senses of all embodied creatures.  Thou art possessed of vast feet.  Thou hast vast hands.  Thou art of vast body.  Thou art endued with wide extending fame.  Thou hast a vast head.[139] Thou art of vast measurements.  Thou art of vast vision.  Thou art the home of the darkness of ignorance.  Thou art the Destroyer of the Destroyer.  Thou art possessed of vast years.  Thou hast vast lips.  Thou art he that has vast cheeks.  Thou hast a vast nose.  Thou art of a vast throat.  Thou hast a vast neck.  Thou art he that tears the bond of body.[140] Thou hast a vast chest.  Thou hast a vast bosom.  Thou art the inner soul which resides in all creatures.  Thou hast a deer on thy lap.  Thou art he from whom innumerable worlds hang down like fruits hanging down from a tree.  Thou art he who stretches his lips at the time of the universal dissolution for swallowing the universe.  Thou art the ocean of milk.  Thou hast vast teeth.  Thou hast vast jaws.  Thou hast a vast bristle.[141] Thou hast hair of infinite length.  Thou hast a vast stomach.  Thou hast matted locks of vast length.  Thou art ever cheerful.  Thou art of the form of grace.