emblem is everlasting, he is for that reason called Sthanu.  And since the solar and the lunar rays of light that appear in the world are spoken of as the hair on the Three-eyed one, he is for that reason called Vyomakesa.  And since, afflicting Brahma and Indra and Varuna and Yama and Kuvera, he destroyeth them ultimately, he is for that reason called Hara.  And since, he is the Past, the Future, and the Present, and, in fact, everything in the universe, and since he is the origin of the past, the future, and the present, he is for that reason called Bhava.  The word Kapi is said to mean supreme, and Vrisha is said to mean righteousness.  The illustrious God of gods, therefore, is called Vrishakapi.  And since Maheswara by means of his two eyes closed (in meditation), created through sheer force of will a third eye on his forehead, he is for that reason called the Three-eyed.  Whatever of unsoundness there is in the bodies of living creatures, and whatever of soundness there is in them, represent that God.  He is the wind, the vital airs called Prana, Apana (and the others) in the bodies of all creatures, including even those that are diseased.  He who adoreth any image of the Phallic emblem of that high-souled God, always obtaineth great prosperity by that act.  Downwards fiery, and half the body, that is auspiciousness is the moon.  His auspiciousness is the moon.  So also half his soul is fire and half the moon.  His auspicious from, full of energy, is more blazing than the forms of the gods.  Among men, his blazing and terrible form is called fire.  With that auspicious form he practiseth Brahmacharya.  With that other terrible form he as supreme Lord devoureth everything.  And since he burneth, since he is fierce, since he is endued with great prowess, and since he devoureth flesh and blood and marrow, he is for this called Rudra.  Even such is the deity called Mahadeva, armed with Pinaka, who, O Partha, was seen by thee engaged in slaying thy foes in advance of thy car.  After thou hadst vowed to slay the ruler of the Sindhus, O sinless one, Krishna showed thee this God, in thy dream, sitting on the top of that foremost of mountains.  This illustrious God proceedeth in advance of thee in battle.  It is he who gave thee those weapons with which thou didst slay the Danavas.  The hymn approved of the Vedas, and called Sata-Rudriya, in honour of that God of gods, that excellent, famous, life-enhancing, and sacred hymn, has now, O Partha, been explained to thee.  This hymn of four divisions, capable of accomplishing every object, is sacred, destructive of all sins, and competent to drive away all stains and to kill all sorrows and all fears.  The men that always listen to this succeeds in vanquishing all his foes and is highly respected in the region of Rudra.  The person who always attentively reads or listens to the recitation of this excellent and auspicious account, appertaining to battle, of the illustrious Deity, and he worships with devotion that illustrious Lord of the universe, obtaineth all the objects of desire, in consequence of the three-eyed God being gratified with him.  Go and fight, O son of Kunti, defeat is not for thee, that hast Janardana. on thy side for thy adviser and protector.’