auspicious of all auspicious things, and is capable of cleansing the heart from all sins however heinous.  O thou of mighty arms, I shall recite to thee that best of all hymns.  This hymn relates to him who is the Veda of the Vedas, and the most ancient of all ancient objects, to him who is the energy of all energies, and the penance of all penances; to him who is the most tranquil of all creatures endued with tranquillity, and who is the splendour of all splendours; to him who is looked upon as the most restrained of all creatures that are restrained, and him who is the intelligence of all creatures endued with intelligence; to him who is looked upon as the deity of all deities, and the Rishi of all Rishis; to him who is regarded as the sacrifice of all sacrifices and the most auspicious of all things fraught with auspiciousness; to him who is the Rudra of all Rudras and the effulgence of all things endued with effulgence; to him who is the Yogin of all Yogins, and the cause of all causes; to him from whom all the worlds start into existence, and unto whom all the worlds return when they cease to exist; to him who is the Soul of all existent creatures, and who is called Hara of immeasurable energy.  Hear me recite those thousand and eight names of the great Sarva.  Hearing those names, O foremost of all men, thou shalt be crowned with fruition in respect of all thy wishes,—­Om! thou art Immobile, thou art Fixed, thou art Puissant, thou art Terrible, thou art Foremost, thou art boon-giving, and thou art Superior.[90] Thou art the Soul of all creatures, thou art celebrated over all creatures, thou art all things, thou art the Creator of all, and thou art Bhava."[91] Thou art the bearer of matted locks on thy head.  Thou wearest animal skins for thy vestments.  Thou wearest a crest of matted hair on thy head like the peacock.  Thou art he who has the whole universe for thy limbs.[92] Thou art the Creator of all things.  Thou art Hara in consequence of thy being the destroyer of all things.  Thou art he that has eyes resembling those of the gazelle.  Thou art the destroyer of all creatures.  Thou art the supreme enjoyer of all things.  Thou art that Pravritti whence all actions flow.  Thou art that Nivritti or abstention from acts.  Thou art observant of fasts and vows, thou art Eternal, thou art Unchangeable.  Thou art he that residest in crematoria, thou art the possessor of the six well-known attributes of Lordship and the rest, thou residest in the heart of every creature, thou art he that enjoys all things with the senses, thou art the grinder of all sinful creatures.[93] Thou art he that deserves the salutations of all, thou art of great feats, thou art he that has penances for his wealth, thou createst all the elements at thy will, thou concealest thy real nature by putting on the guise of a lunatic.  Thou art the Master of all the worlds and of all living creatures.  Thou art of immeasurable form, thou art of vast body, thou art of the form of Righteousness,