Thou art Dhatri,
Thou art Sakra,
Thou art Visnu,
Thou art Mitra,
Thou art Tashtri, the celestial artificer,
Thou art the Pole Star,
Thou art he that upholds all things,
Thou art he called Prabhava amongst the Vasus,
Thou art the wind which is capable of going everywhere,
This refers to the Sutra-atman that connects all things in the universe, in the nature of an invisible thread.
Thou art Aryaman,
Thou art Savitri,
Thou art Ravi,
Thou art Ushangu, the ancient king of great celebrity,
Thou art he that protects all creatures in diverse ways,
Thou art Mandhatri,
Mandhatri is considered competent to gratify all creatures.
Thou art he, from whom all creatures start into life,
Thou art he that exists in diverse form,
Thou art he that causes the diverse hues to exist in the universe,
Thou art he that upholds all desires and all attributes (as they flow from Thee),
Thou art he that has the lotus on the navel,
Brahma is said to have been born within the primeval lotus that arose from the navel of Mahavisnu.
Thou art he within whose womb are innumerable mighty creatures,
Thou art of face as beautiful as the moon,
Thou art wind,
Thou art fire,
Thou art possessed of exceeding might,
Thou art endued with tranquility of soul,
Thou art old,
Thou art he that is known with the aid of righteousness,
Thou art Lakshmi,
Thou art the maker of the field of those actions (by which persons adore the supreme Deity),
Thou art he that lives in the field of action,
Thou art the soul of the field of action,
Thou art the medicine, or
Thou art the provoker of the attributes of sovereignty, and others,
The word Kuru is an abbreviation for the word Kurukshetra, meaning the field of action. It also means the actual field, so called, on which King Kuru performed his penances.
It is considered so sacred that its very dust cleanses a person of all sins.
Thou art all things,
According to the scriptures, all things become one in the Supreme Brahman.
Thou art the lord of all creatures endued with life-breaths,
Thou art the god of all gods,
Thou art he that is attached to felicity,
Thou art Sat (in the form of cause),
Thou art Asat (in the form of effect),
Thou art he that possesses the best of all things,
Thou art he that resides on the mountains of Kailasa,
Thou art he that returns to the mountains of Himavat,
Thou washest away all things beside Thee like a mighty current washing away trees and other objects standing in its way,
Thou art the maker of Pushkara and other large lakes of natural water,
Thou art possessed of knowledge of infinite kinds,
Thou art the giver of infinite blessings,
Thou art a merchant,
Thou art a carpenter,
Thou art the tree (of the world that supplies the timber for Thy axe),
Thou art the tree called Vakula (mimusops elengi, linn),
Thou art the sandal-wood tree,
Thou art the tree called Chcchada (alstonia scholaris, syn echitis, scholaris, roxb),
Thou art he, whose neck is very strong,
Thou art he, whose shoulder-joint is vast,
Thou art not restless (but endued with steadiness in all Thy acts and in respect of all Thy faculties),
Thou art the principal herbs and plants with their produce (in the form of rice and wheat, and the other varieties of grain),
Thou art he that grants success upon others in respect to the objects, upon which they bestow their heart,
Thou art all the correct conclusions in respect of both the Veda and Grammar,
Thou art he that utters leonine roars,
Thou art endued with leonine fangs,
Thou ridest on the back of a lion for performing Thy journeys,
Thou ownest a vehicle that is drawn by a lion,
Thou art he called the Truth of truth – the Soul of true existence,
Thou art he, whose dish or plate is constituted by the Destroyer of the universe,
People eat off plates of silver or gold or of other metals. Mahadeva has for his plate Kala or Destroyer of the universe.
Thou art always engaged in seeking the good of the worlds,
Thou art he that rescues all creatures from distress (and leads them to the felicity of emancipation),
