He that is adored by persons before they take any food,
In Hinduism, no one should worship the deities with a full stomach. One is to abstain from every kind of food and drink if one is to worship the deities formally.
He that is the Refuge of those that seek emancipation,
He that beholds the acts and omissions of all creatures,
He who’s Soul transcends all attributes,
He that is possessed of omniscience,
He that is identical with knowledge that is un-acquired, unlimited, and capable of accomplishing everything,
He that is observant of excellent vows (chief amongst which is the granting of favour unto one that solicits it with a pure heart),
He that has a face always full of delight,
He that is exceedingly subtle,
He that utters the most agreeable sounds (in the form of the Veda or as Krisna playing on the lute),
He that gives happiness (to all His worshippers),
He that does good to others without expecting any return,
He that fills all creatures with delight,
He that has subdued wrath,
He that has mighty arms (so mighty that He had slain, as if in sport, the mightiest of asuras),
He that tears those that are unrighteous,
He that causes those persons, who are destitute of knowledge of the soul, to be steeped in the deep sleep of His illusion,
He that relies on Himself (being entirely independent of all persons and things),
He that overspreads the entire universe,
He that exists in infinite forms,
He that is engaged in vocations infinite in number,
He that lives in everything,
He that is full of affection towards all His worshippers,
He that is the universal father,
He that holds, in the form of the vast Ocean, all jewels and gems in His abdomen,
He that is the Lord of all treasure,
He that is the protector of righteousness,
He that accomplishes all the duties of righteousness,
He that is the substratum of righteousness,
He that is the Existent for all time,
He that is the Non-existent (in the form of the universe, for the manifested universe is the result of illusion),
He that is destructible (in the form of the universe),
He that is indestructible as cit,
He that is, in the form of Jiva, destitute of true knowledge,
He that is, in the form of the Sun, endued with a thousand rays,
He that ordains (even all such great and mighty creatures as Sesha, Garuda, etc),
He that has created all the Sastras,
He that exists, in the form of the Sun, as the centre of innumerable rays of light,
He that dwells in all creatures,
He that is possessed of great prowess,
He that is the Master of even Yama and others of similar puissance,
He that is the oldest of the deities (existing as He does from the beginning),
He that exists in His own glory, casting off all conditions,
He that is the Lord of even all the deities,
He that is the ruler of even him that upholds the deities (that is, Indra),
He that transcends birth and destruction,
He that tended and protected kine (in the form of Krisna),
He that nourishes all creatures,
He that is approachable by knowledge alone,
He that is Ancient,
He that upholds the elements which constitute the body,
He that enjoys and endures (weal and woe, in the form of Jiva),
He that assumed the form of a vast Boar, or
He that, in the form of Rama, was the lord of a large monkey hoard,
He that gave plentiful presents unto all in a grand sacrifice performed by Him,
He that drinks Soma in every sacrifice,
He that drinks nectar,
He that, in the form of Soma (Moon), nourishes all the herbs and plants,
He that conquers foes in a trice when even they are infinite in number,
He that is of universal form and is the foremost of all existent entities,
He that is the chastiser,
He that is victorious over all,
He whose purposes are incapable of being baffled,
He that deserves gifts,
He that gives what His creatures do not have and who protects what they have,
He that holds the life-breaths,
He that beholds all His creatures as objects of direct vision, or
He that never beholds anything beside His own Self,
He that gives emancipation,
He whose footsteps (three in number) covered Heaven, Earth and the Nether regions,
He who is the receptacle of all the waters,
He that transcends all space, time, and all things,
He that lies on the vast expanse of waters after the universal dissolution,
He that causes the destruction of all things,
He that is without birth,
He that is exceedingly adorable,
He that appears in His own nature,
He that has conquered all foes (in the form of wrath and other evil passions),
He that delights those that meditate on Him,
He that is joy,
