to an inferior one by denouncing a curse upon her.[174] Thou art that Brahma who was unable to see thy end.  Thou art adorned with a large wreath of Karnikara flowers.  Thou art adorned with a diadem of blue gems.  Thou art the wielder of the bow called Pinaka.  Thou art the master of that knowledge which treats of Brahman.[175] Thou art he who has subjugated his senses by the aid of thy knowledge of Brahman.  Thou art he who bearest Ganga on thy head.[176] Thou art the husband of Uma, the daughter of Himavat.  Thou art mighty (in consequence of thy having assumed the form of the vast Boar for raising the submerged Earth).  Thou art he who protects the universe by assuming diverse incarnations.  Thou art worthy of adoration.  Thou art that primeval Being with the equine head who recited the Vedas with a thundering voice.  Thou art he whose grace is very great.  Thou art the great subjugator.  Thou art he who has slain all his foes (in the form of passions).  Thou art both white and tawny (being as thou art half male and half female).[177] Thou art possessed of a body whose complexion is like that of gold.[178] Thou art he that is of the form of pure joy, (being, as thou art, above the five sheathes which the Jiva consists of, viz., the Anna-maya, the Prana-maya, the Mano-maya, the Vijnana-maya, and the Ananda-maya ones).  Thou art of a restrained soul.  Thou art the foundation upon which rests that Ignorance which is called Pradhana and which, consisting of the three attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas is the cause whence the universe has sprung.  Thou art he whose faces are turned to every direction.[179] Thou art he who has three eyes (in the forms of the Sun, the Moon, and Fire).  Thou art he who is superior to all creatures (in consequence of thy righteousness whose measure is the greatest).  Thou art the soul of all mobile beings.  Thou art of the form of the subtile soul (which is incapable of being perceived).  Thou art the giver of immortality in the form of Emancipation as the fruit of all acts of righteousness achieved by creatures without the desire of fruits.[180] Thou art the preceptor of even those that are the gods of the gods.  Thou art Vasu, the son of Aditi.  Thou art he who is endued with innumerable rays of light, who brings forth the universe, and who is of the form of that Soma which is drunk in sacrifices.  Thou art Vyasa, the author of the Puranas and other sacred histories.  Thou art the creations of Vyasa’s brain (because of thy being identical with the Puranas and other sacred histories) both abridged and unabridged.  Thou art the sum total of Jivas.  Thou art the Season.  Thou art the Year.  Thou art the Month.  Thou art the Fortnight.  Thou art those sacred Days that end or conclude these periods.  Thou art the Kalas.  Thou art the Kashthas.  Thou art the Lavas.  Thou art the Matras.  Thou art the Muhurtas and Days and Nights.  Thou art the Kshanas.[181] Thou art the soil upon which the tree of the universe stands.  Thou art the