He that is always engaged in Yoga,
He that slays great asuras for establishing righteousness,
He that is the lord of that Lakshmi who sprang from the ocean when it was churned by the deities and the asuras, or
He that cherishes both the goddesses of prosperity and learning,
He that is honey (in consequence of the pleasure He gives to those that succeed in having a taste of Him),
He that transcends the senses (or is invisible to those that turn away from Him),
He that is possessed of great powers of illusion (manifested in His beguiling Mahadeva and the deities on many occasions),
He that puts forth great energy (in achieving mighty feats),
He that transcends all in might,
He that transcends all in intelligence,
He that transcends all in puissance,
He that transcends all in ability,
He that discovers the universe by the effulgence emanating from His body,
He whose body (form) is incapable of being ascertained by the eye (or any other sense organ of knowledge),
He that is possessed of every beauty,
He whose soul is incapable of being comprehended by either deities or men,
He that held on His back, in the form of the vast Tortoise, the huge mountain, Mandara (which was made the churning staff by the deities and the asuras when they set
themselves to churn the great ocean for obtaining there-from all the valuables hidden in its bosom), or
He that held up the mountain of Govardhana in the woods of Brinda (for protecting the denizens of that delightful place, who were special objects of His kindness, from the
wrath of Indra who poured incessant showers for days together, with a view to drowning everything),
He that can shoot His shafts to a great distance, piercing through obstruction of every kind,
He that raised the submerged Earth, having assumed the form of the mighty Boar,
He on whose bosom dwells the goddess of Prosperity, or
He that is identical with Kama, the lord of Rati,
He that is the refuge of those that are righteous,
He that is incapable of being won without thorough devotion, or
He that is incapable of being immured or restrained by any one putting forth His powers,
He that is the delight of the deities, or
He that is the embodiment of fullness of joy,
He that rescued the submerged Earth, or
He that understands the hymns addressed to Him by His devotees,
He that is the Master of all eloquent persons, or
He that dispels the calamities of all those who know Him,
He that is full of blazing effulgence,
He that suppresses the afflictions of His adorers, or
He that assumes the form of Yama, the universal Destroyer, for chastising all persons that fall away from their duties,
He that assumed the form of a Swan for communicating the Vedas to Brahma, or
He that enters into the bodies of all persons,
He that has Garuda, the prince of the feathery denizens of the welkin, for His vehicle,
He that is the foremost of snakes in consequence of His identity with Sesha or Ananta (who upholds on his head the vast Earth), or
He that has the hood of the prince of snakes for His bed while He lies down to sleep on the vast expanse of water after the dissolution of the universe,
He whose navel is as beautiful as gold,
He that underwent the severest austerities in the form of Narayana at Badari on the breast of Himavat,
He whose navel resembles a lotus, or
He from whose navel sprang the primeval lotus, in which Brahma was born,
He that is the Lord of all creatures,
He that transcends death, or
He that wards off death from those that are devoted to him,
He that always casts a kind eye on His worshippers, or
He that sees all things in the universe,
He that destroys all things, or
He that drenches with nectar all those that worship Him with single-minded devotion,
He that is the Ordainer of all ordainers, or
He that unites all persons with the consequences of their acts,
He that Himself enjoys and endures the fruits of all acts, or
He that assumed the form of Rama, the son of Dasaratha, and going into exile at the command of His father made a treaty with Sugriva the chief of the Apes for aiding Him
in recovery of His kingdom from the grasp of his elder brother Vali in return for the assistance which Sugriva promised Him for recovering from Ravana His wife Sita who had
been ravished by the Rakshasa King and borne away to his island-home in Lanka,
He that is always of the same form, or
He that is exceedingly affectionate unto His worshippers,
He that is always moving, or
He that is of the form of Kama that springs up in the heart of every creature,
He that is incapable of being endured by danavas and asuras, or He that rescued His wife Sita after slaying Ravana, or
He that shows compassion even to members of low castes when they approach Him with devotion,
It is an allegory to His friendship, in the form of Rama, for Guha, the chief of the Chandalas, inhabiting the country known by the name of Sringaverapura.
He that chastises the wicked, or
He that regulates the conduct of all persons by the dictates of the srutis and the smritis,
He whose soul has true knowledge for its indication, or
He that destroyed Ravana, the foe of the gods, having assumed the form of Rama that was full of compassion and other amiable virtues,
He that destroys the foes of the deities, or
He that slays those who obstruct of forbid the giving of presents unto deserving persons,
He that is the instructor in all sciences and the father of all,
He that is the instructor of even Brahma,
He that is the abode or resting place of all creatures,
He that is the benefactor of those that are good and is free from the stain of falsehood,
He whose prowess is incapable of being baffled,
He that never casts His eye on such acts as are not sanctioned or approved by the scriptures,
