by Time.  Thou art of the form of that lord of Tigers who is worshipped in the country of the Kalingas.[183] Thou art he who is called the lion among the deities (in consequence of the pre-eminence of thy prowess).  Thou art he who is the foremost of men.  Thou art endued with great wisdom.  Thou art he who first takes a share of the offerings in sacrifice.  Thou art imperceptible.  Thou art the sum-total of all the deities.  Thou art he in whom penances predominate.  Thou art always in excellent Yoga.  Thou art auspicious.  Thou art armed with the thunder-bolt.  Thou art the source whence the weapons called Prasas have taken their origin.  Thou art he whom thy devotees attain to in diverse ways.  Thou art Guha (the celestial generalissimo).  Thou art the supreme limit of felicity.[184] Thou art identical with thy creation.  Thou art he who rescues thy creatures from death (by granting them Emancipation).  Thou art the cleanser of all including Brahma himself.  Thou art of the form of bulls and other horned animals.  Thou art he who is fond of mountain summits.  Thou art the planet Saturn.  Thou art Kuvera, the chief of the Yakshas.  Thou art complete faultlessness.  Thou art he who inspires gladness.  Thou art all the celestials united together.  Thou art the cessation of all things.  Thou art all the duties that appertain to all the modes of life.  Thou art he who has an eye on his forehead.  Thou art he who sports with the universe as his marble ball.  Thou art of the form of deer.  Thou art endued with the energy that is of the form of knowledge and penance.  Thou art the lord of all immobile things (in the form of Himavat and Meru).  Thou art he who has subjugated his senses by various regulations and vows.  Thou art he whose objects have all been fulfilled.  Thou art identical with Emancipation.  Thou art different from him whom we worship.  Thou hast truth for thy penances.  Thou art of a pure heart.  Thou art he who presides over all vows and fasts (in consequence of thy being the giver of their fruits).  Thou art the highest (being of the form of Turiya).  Thou art Brahman.  Thou art the highest refuge of the devotees.  Thou art he who transcends all bonds (being Emancipate).  Thou art freed from the linga body.  Thou art endued with every kind of prosperity.  Thou art he who enhances the prosperity of thy devotees.  Thou art that which is incessantly undergoing changes.’

“I have thus, ’O Krishna, hymned the praises of the illustrious Deity by reciting his names in the order of their importance.  Who is there that can hymn the praises of the lord of the universe, that great Lord of all who deserves our adorations and worship and reverence, whom the very gods with Brahma at their head are unable to praise and whom the Rishis also fail to sing?  Aided, however, by my devotion to him, and having received his permission, I have praised that Lord of sacrifices, that Deity of supreme puissance, that foremost of all creatures endued with