Cleansed of all sins as I am through the attribute of Sattwa, which is my nature, I can be beheld by the aid of that knowledge only which arises from adoption of the attribute of Sattwa.  I am reckoned also among those that are wedded to that attribute.  For these reasons am I known by the name of Sattwata.[1866] I till the Earth, assuming the form of a large plough-share of black iron.  And because my complexion is black, therefore am I called by the name of Krishna.  I have united the Earth with Water, Space with Mind, and Wind with Light.  Therefore ant I called Vaikuntha.[1867] The cessation of separate conscious existence by identification with Supreme Brahman is the highest attribute or condition for a living agent to attain.  And since I have never swerved from that attribute or condition, I am, therefore, called by the name of Achyuta.[1868] The Earth and the Firmament are known to extend in all directions.  And because I uphold them both, therefore am I called by the name of Adhokshaja.  Persons conversant with the Vedas and employed in interpreting the words used in those scriptures adore me in sacrifices by calling upon me by the same name.  In days of yore, the great Rishis, while engaged in practising severe austerities, said,—­No one else in the universe than the puissant Narayana, is capable of being called by the name of Adhokshaja.  Clarified butter which sustains the lives of all creatures in the universe constitutes my effulgence.  It is for this reason that Brahmanas conversant with the Vedas and possessed of concentrated souls call me by the name of Ghritarchis.[1869] There are three well-known constituent elements of the body.  They have their origin in action, and are called Bile, Phlegm, and Wind.  The body is called a union of these three.  All living creatures are upheld by these three, and when these three become weakened, living creatures also become weakened.  It is for this reason that all persons conversant with the scriptures bearing on the science of Life call me by the name of Tridhatu.[1870] The holy Dharma is known among all creatures by the name of Vrisha, O Bharata.  Hence it is that I am called the excellent Vrisha in the Vedic lexicon called Nighantuka.  The word ‘Kapi’ signifies the foremost of boars, and Dharma is otherwise known by the name of Vrisha.  It is for this reason that that lord of all creatures, viz., Kasyapa, the common sire of the deities and the Asuras, called me by the name Vrishakapi.  The deities and the Asuras have never been able to ascertain my beginning, my middle, or my end.  It is for this reason that I am sung as Anadi, Amadhya and Ananta.  I am the Supreme Lord endued with puissance, and I am the eternal witness of the universe (beholding as I do its successive creations and destructions).  I always hear words that are pure and holy, O Dhananjaya, and never hold anything that is sinful.  Hence am I called by the name of Suchisravas.  Assuming, in days of old, the form of a boar with a single tusk, O enhancer