who possessed of great fame (in consequence of the
Righteousness of his behaviour). Thou art the
ornament of armies (being as thou art of the form
of prowess and courage), Thou art he who is adorned
with celestial ornaments. Thou art Yoga.
Thou art he from whom flow eternal time measured by
Yugas and Kalpas. Thou art he who conveys all
creatures from place.[167] Thou art of the form of
Righteousness and sin and their intermixture (such
as are displayed in the successive Yugas). Thou
art great and formless. Thou art he who slew
the mighty Asura that had approached against the sacred
city of Varanasi in the form of an infuriate elephant
of vast proportions. Thou art of the form of death.
Thou givest to all creatures such fruition of their
wishes as accords with their merits. Thou art
approachable. Thou art conversant with all things
that are beyond the ken of the senses. Thou art
conversant with the Tattwas (and therefore, thoroughly
fixed). Thou art he who incessantly shines in
beauty. Thou wearest garlands that stretch down
from thy neck to the feet. Thou art that Hara
who has the Moon for his beautiful eye. Thou
art the salt ocean of vast expanse. Thou art the
first three Yugas (viz., Krita, Treta, and Dwapara).
Thou art he whose appearance is always fraught with
advantage to others. Thou art he who has three
eyes (in the form of the scriptures, the preceptor,
and meditation). Thou art he whose forms are
exceedingly subtile (being as thou art the subtile
forms of the primal elements). Thou art he whose
ears are bored for wearing jewelled Kundalas.
Thou art the bearer of matted locks. Thou art
the point (in the alphabet) which indicates the nasal
sound. Thou art the two dots i.e., Visarga
(in the Sanskrit alphabet which indicate the sound
of the aspirated H). Thou art possessed of an
excellent face. Thou art the shaft that is shot
by the warrior for encompassing the destruction of
his foe. Thou art all the weapons that are used
by warriors. Thou art endued with patience capable
of bearing all things. Thou art he whose knowledge
has arisen from the cessation of all physical and
mental functions.[168] Thou art he who has become
displayed as Truth in consequence of the cessation
of all other faculties. Thou art that note which,
arising from the region called Gandhara, is exceedingly
sweet to the ear. Thou art he who is armed with
the mighty bow (called Pinaka). Thou art he who
is the understanding and the desires that exist in
all creatures, besides being the supreme upholder
of all beings. Thou art he from whom all acts
flow. Thou art that wind which rises at the time
of the universal dissolution and which is capable
of churning the entire universe even as the staff in
the hands of the dairy-maid churns the milk in the
milkpot. Thou art he that is full. Thou
art he that sees all things. Thou art the sound
that arises from slapping one palm against another.
Thou art he the palm of whose hand serves as the dish