of the wise sit for dispensing justice. Thou art
the abode of all creatures. Thou art the cherisher
of all creatures. Thou art Day and Night (which
are the constituent elements of Eternity). Thou
art he that is without fault and therefore, never
censured. Thou art the upholder of all creatures.
Thou art the refuge of all creatures. Thou art
without birth. Thou art existent. Thou art
ever fruitful. Thou art endued with Dharana and
Dhyana and Samadhi. Thou art the steed Uchchaisravas.
Thou art the giver of food. Thou art he who upholds
the life-breaths of living creatures. Thou art
endued with patience. Thou art possessed of intelligence.
Thou art endued with exertion and cleverness.
Thou art honoured by all. Thou art the giver
of the fruits of Righteousness and sin. Thou
art the cherisher of the senses (for the senses succeed
in performing their respective functions in consequence
of thee that presidest over them). Thou art the
lord of all the luminaries. Thou art all collections
of objects. Thou art he whose vestments are made
of cowhides. Thou art he who dispels the grief
of his devotees. Thou hast a golden arm.
Thou art he who protects the bodies of Yogins who seek
to enter their own selves. Thou art he who has
reduced to nothingness all his foes.[161] Thou art
he the measure of whose gladness is very great.
Thou art he who achieved victory over the deity of
desire that is irresistible. Thou art he who
has subjugated his senses. Thou art the note
called Gandhara in the musical octave. Thou art
he who has an excellent and beautiful home (in consequence
of its being placed upon the delightful mountains
of Kailasa). Thou art he who is ever attached
to penances. Thou art of the form of cheerfulness
and contentment. Thou art he called vast or infinite.[162]
Thou art he in whose honour the foremost of hymns
has been composed. Thou art he whose dancing is
characterised by vast strides and large leaps.
Thou art he who is adored with reverence by the diverse
tribes of Apsaras. Thou art he who owns a vast
standard (bearing the device of the bull). Thou
art the mountains of Meru. Thou art he who roves
among all the summits of that great mountain.
Thou art so mobile that it is very difficult to seize
thee. Thou art capable of being explained by
preceptors to disciples, although thou art incapable
of being described in words. Thou art of the form
of that instruction which preceptors impart to disciples.
Thou art he that can perceive all agreeable scents
simultaneously or at the same instant of time.
Thou art of the form of the porched gates of cities
and palaces. Thou art of the form of the moats
and ditches that surround fortified towns and give
the victory to the besieged garrison. Thou art
the Wind. Thou art of the form of fortified cities
and towns encompassed by walls and moats. Thou
art the prince of all winged creatures, (being, as
thou art, of the form of Garuda). Thou art he
who multiplies the creation by union with the opposite