on ashes.[149] Thou protectest the universe with ashes.[150]
Thou art he whose body is made of ashes.[151] Thou
art the tree that grants the fruition of all wishes.
Thou art of the form of those that constitute thy Gana.
Thou art the protector of the four and ten regions.
Thou transcendent all the regions. Thou art full,
(there being no deficiency). Thou art adored by
all creatures. Thou art white (being pure and
stainless). Thou art he that has his body, speech
and mind perfectly stainless. Thou art he who
has attained to that purity of existence which is
called Emancipation. Thou art he who is incapable
of being stained by impurity of any kind. Thou
art he who has been attained to by the great preceptors
of old. Thou residest in the form of Righteousness
or duly in the four modes of life. Thou art that
Righteousness which is of the form of rites and sacrifices.
Thou art of the form of that skill which is possessed
by the celestial artificer of the universe. Thou
art he who is adored as the primeval form of the universe.
Thou art of vast arms. Thy lips are of a coppery
hue. Thou art of the form of the vast waters
that are contained in the Ocean. Thou art exceedingly
stable and fixed (being of the form of mountains and
hills). Thou art Kapila. Thou art brown.
Thou art all the hues whose mixture produces white.
Thou art the period of life. Thou art ancient.
Thou art recent. Thou art a Gandharva. Thou
art the mother of the celestials in the form of Aditi
(or the mother of all things, in the form of Earth).
Thou art Garuda, the prince of birds, born of Vinata
by Kasyapa, otherwise called Tarkshya. Thou art
capable of being comprehended with ease. Thou
art of excellent and agreeable speech. Thou art
he that is armed with the battle-axe. Thou art
he that is desirous of victory. Thou art he that
assists others in the accomplishment of their designs.[152]
Thou art an excellent friend.[153] Thou art he that
bears a Vina made of two hollow gourds. Thou
art of terrible wrath (which thou displayest at the
time of the universal dissolution). Thou ownest
for thy offspring, beings higher than men and deities
(viz., Brahma and Vishnu). Thou art of the form
of that Vishnu who floats on the waters after the
universal dissolution. Thou devourest all things
with great ferocity. Thou art he that procreates
offspring. Thou art family and race, continuing
from generation to generation. Thou art the blare
that a bamboo flute gives out. Thou art faultless.
Thou art he every limb of whose body is beautiful.
Thou art full of illusion. Thou dost good to
others without expecting any return. Thou art
Wind. Thou art Fire. Thou art the bonds
of the worlds which bind Jiva. Thou art the creator
of those bonds. Thou art the tearer of such bonds.
Thou art he that dwells with even the Daityas (who
are the foes of all sacrifices). Thou dwellest
with those that are the foes of all acts (and that
have abandoned all acts). Thou art of large teeth,