He that fills others with delight,
He that swells with all causes of delight,
He that has truth and other virtues for His indications,
He whose foot-steps are in the three worlds,
He that is the first of the Rishis (being conversant with the entire Veda), or
He that is identical with the preceptor Kapila,
He that is the knower of the Universe,
He that is Master of the Earth,
He that has feet,
He that is the guardian of the deities,
He that has large horns,
This is an allusion to the piscatorial form in which He saved Manu on the occasion of the universal deluge by scudding through the waters with Manu’s boat tied to His horns.
He that exhausts all acts by causing their doers to enjoy or endure their fruits, or
He that grinds the Destroyer himself,
He that is the great Boar,
He that is understood or apprehended by the aid of the Vedanta,
He that has beautiful troops (in the form of His worshippers),
He that is adorned with golden armlets,
He that is concealed (being knowledge contained in the Upanisads only),
He that is deep (in knowledge and puissance),
He that is difficult of access,
He that transcends both word and thought,
He that is armed with the discus and the mace,
He that is the Ordainer,
He that is the Cause (in the form of helper of the universe),
He that has never been vanquished,
He that is the Island-born Krisna (Maharshi Vyasa),
He that is enduring (in consequence of His transcending decay), He that mows all things and is Himself above deterioration,
He that is the Varuna (the deity of the waters),
He that is the son of Varuna (in the form of Vasista or Agastya),
He that is Immovable as a tree,
He that is displayed in His own true form in the lotus of the heart,
He that creates, preserves, and destroys by only a fiat of the mind,
He that is possessed of the six-fold attributes,
He that destroys the six-fold attributes (at the universal dissolution),
He that is felicity (in consequence of His swelling with all kinds of prosperity),
He that is adorned with the triumphal garland (called Vaijayanta),
He that is adorned with the plough (in allusion to His incarnation as Baladeva),
He that took birth from the womb of Aditi (in the form of the dwarf that beguiled Bali),
He that is endued with effulgence like unto the sun’s,
He that endures all pairs of opposites (such as heat and cold, pleasure and pain, etc),
He that is the fore-most Refuge of all things,
He that is armed with the best of bows (called Saranga),
He that was divested of His battle-axe (by Rama of Bhrigu’s race),
Rama of Bhrigu’s race (Parasu-Rama) went to Mahadeva for acquiring the science of arms. While dwelling in Siva’s retreat, he had a quarrel with Kartikeya or Kumara, the
son of Siva. Rama worsted his preceptor’s son in battle, at which his preceptor, gratified with him, made him a present of his own battle-axe, wherewith the regenerate Rama
exterminated the Kshatriyas for twenty one times.
He that is fierce,
He that is the giver of all objects of desire,
He that is so tall as to touch the very heavens with his head (in allusion to the form He assumed at Bali’s sacrifice),
He whose vision extends over the entire universe,
He that is Vyasa (who compiled the Veda sakhas into different groups), or
He that is the Master of speech or all learning, or
He that has started into existence without the intervention of genital organs,
He that is hymned with the three (foremost samans),
Brihat, Radhantara and Vamadeva are the three samans (hymns) from Samaveda collectively known as the Devavratam. The Lord is praised in these three samans.
He that is the singer of the samans,
He that is the Samaveda itself,
He that is the Extinction of all worldly attachments (in consequence of His being the embodiment of Renunciation),
He that is the Medicine,
He that is the Physician (who applies the medicine),
He that has ordained the fourth or last mode (stage) of life called renunciation (for enabling His creatures to attain to emancipation),
He that causes the passions of His worshippers to be quieted (with a view to give them tranquility of soul),
He that is contented (in consequence of His utter dissociation with all worldly objects),
He that is the Refuge of devotion and tranquility of Soul,
He that is possessed of beautiful limbs,
He that is the giver of tranquility of soul,
He that is the Creator,
He that sports in joy on the bosom of the Earth,
He that sleeps (in yoga) lying on the body of the prince of snakes, Sesha, after the universal dissolution,
