Thou bearest the thunderbolt,
Thou art armed with the hundred-killer,
It may be a weapon of the kind of a rocket.
Thou art armed with the sword,
Thou wieldest the battle-axe,
Thou art armed with the Sula (trident),
Thou art adorable,
Thou hast the sacrificial ladle in one of Thy hands,
Thou art of beautiful form,
Thou art endued with abundant energy,
Thou givest, in the most liberal measure, all that tends to adorn those that are devoted to Thee,
Thou wearest a turban on Thy head,
Thou art of beautiful face,
Thou art he that swells with splendour and puissance,
Thou art he that is humble and modest,
Thou art exceedingly tall,
Thou art he that has the senses for Thy rays,
The word Harikesa means one having the senses for one’s rays. It means one that displays all objects before the soul through the senses. The meaning is that Mahadeva is
he through whose puissance the mind succeeds in acquiring knowledge through the senses.
Thou art the greatest of preceptors,
Thou art the Supreme Brahman (being a state of Pure Felicitous Existence),
The word kris signifies bhu or existence. The syllable na signifies nivritti. Hence Krisna means ananda-tanmatra—the state of pure felicitous existence.
Thou art he who took the shape of a jackal (for consoling the Brahmana who, when insulted by a wealthy Vaisya, had resolved to commit suicide),
Thou art he whose objects are all crowned with fruition (of themselves and without waiting for the puissance derivable from penances),
Thou art one who bears a bald head (as the sign of the mendicant order),
Thou art one who does good to all creatures,
Thou art unborn,
Thou hast innumerable forms,
Thou bearest all kinds of fragrance on thy person,
Thou art he whose matted locks on the head sucked up the river Ganga when it had first fallen from heaven (although they again gave out the water at the earnest solicitation
of the King Bhagiratha),
Thou art the giver of sovereignty and lordship,
Thou art a brahmacharin without having ever fallen away from the rigid vow of continence,
Thou art distinguished for Thy sexual continence,
Thou always liest on Thy back,
Thou hast Thy abode in Puissance,
The word nabhah means space implying puissance. That Nabhah is the abode of Mahadeva.
Thou hast three matted locks on Thy head,
Thou art he that is clad in rags,
Thou art Rudra (in consequence of Thy fierceness),
Thou art the celestial generalissimo,
Thou art all-pervading,
Thou art he that moves about during the day,
Thou art he that moves about in the night,
The deities are said to move about during the day, while the asuras are said to move about during the night. What is, therefore, implied is that Thou art the deities as well as
their foes, the asuras.
Thou art of fierce wrath,
Thou art possessed of dazzling effulgence (born of Vedic study and penance),
Thou art the slayer of the mighty Asura who had come in the form of an infuriate elephant for destroying Thy sacred city of Varanasi,
Thou art the slayer of such daityas as become the oppressors of the universe,
Thou art Kala or Time which is the universal destroyer,
Thou art the supreme ordainer of the universe,
Thou art a mine of excellent accomplishments,
Thou art of the forms of the lion and the tiger,
Thou art he that is clad in the skin of an elephant,
Thou art the yogi, who deceives Time by transcending its irresistible influence,
Thou art the original sound,
Sound, when manifested, is perceptible. Though un-manifest and lying in eternal space, it is believed to have its existence as it is eternal. The un-manifest Brahman is
generally considered the primal un-manifest sound.
Thou art the fruition of all desires,
Thou art he that is adored in four ways,
The four ways are said to be visva, taijasa, prajna and sivadhyana.
Thou art a night-wanderer (like Betala and others),
Thou art he that wanders in the company of spirits,
Thou art he that wanders in the company of ghostly beings,
Thou art the Supreme Lord of even Indra and the other celestials,
Thou art he that has multiplied himself infinitely in the form of all existent and non-existent things,
Thou art the upholder of both mahat and all the innumerable combinations of the five primal elements,
