The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,886 pages of information about The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,886 pages of information about The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3.
thou hast a face that is terrible, thou hast a handsome face, thou hast an ugly face, and thou art without a face.  Thou hast four faces, thou hast many faces, and thou hast a fiery face when engaged in battles.  Thou art gold-stomached (i.e., Narayana), thou art (unattached to all things like) a bird (unattached to the earth whence it derives its food and to which it belongs), thou art Ananta (the lord of mighty snakes), and thou art Virat (hugest of the huge).  Thou art the destroyer of Unrighteousness, thou art called Mahaparswa, thou art Chandradhara, and thou art the chief of the spirit-clans.  Thou lowedst like a cow, thou wert the protector of kine, and thou hast the lord of bulls for thy attendant.[1429] Thou art the protector of the three worlds, thou art Govinda, thou art the director of the senses, and thou art incapable of being apprehended by the senses.  Thou art the foremost of all creatures, thou art fixed, thou art immobile, thou tremblest not, and thou art of the form of trembling![1430] Thou art incapable of being resisted, thou art the destroyer of all poisons, thou art incapable of being borne (in battle), and thou art incapable of being transcended, thou canst not be made to tremble, thou canst not be measured, thou canst not be vanquished, and thou art victory.[1431] Thou art of swift speed, thou art the Moon, thou art Yama (the universal destroyer), thou bearest (without flinching) cold and heat and hunger and weakness and disease.  Thou art all mental agonies, thou art all physical diseases, thou art the curer of all diseases, and thou art those diseases themselves which thou curest.  Thou art the destroyer of my Sacrifice which had endeavoured to escape in the form of deer.  Thou art the advent and the departure of all diseases.  Thou hast a high crest.  Thou hast eyes like lotus-petals.  Thy habitation is in the midst of a forest of lotuses.  Thou bearest the ascetic’s staff in thy hands.  Thou hast the three Vedas for thy three eyes.  Thy chastisements are fierce and severe.  Thou art the destroyer of the egg (whence the universe springs).  Thou art the drinker of both poison and fire, thou art the foremost of all deities, thou art the drinker of Soma, thou art the lord of the Maruts.[1432] Thou art the drinker of Nectar.  Thou art the Master of the universe.  Thou shinest in glory, and thou art the lord of all the shining ones.  Thou protectest from poison and death, and thou drinkest milk and Soma.  Thou art the foremost of the protectors of those that have fallen off from heaven, and thou protectest him who is the first of the deities.[1433] Gold is thy vital seed.  Thou art male, thou art female, thou art neuter.  Thou art an infant, thou art a youth, thou art old in years with thy teeth worn out, thou art the foremost of Nagas, thou art Sakra, thou art the Destroyer of the universe, and thou art its Creator.  Thou art Prajapati, and thou art adored by the Prajapatis, thou art the supporter of the universe, thou hast the
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