Thou art possessed with might that is always well spent,
Thou art he that had assumed the form of Balarama (the elder brother of Krisna),
Thou art the foremost of all coveted things (being Emancipation or the highest of all ends to which creatures attain),
Thou art the giver of all things,
Thy face is turned towards all directions,
Thou art he from whom diverse creatures have sprung (even as all forms have sprung from space or are modifications of that primal element),
Thou art he that falls into the pit called body,
The body is, as it were, a pit into which the soul falls, determined by desire and ignorance.
Thou art he that is helpless (falling into the pit constituted by the body), or
Thou canst not transcend the sorrow that is Thy portion (because of body configuration),
Thou residest in the firmament of the heart,
Thou art exceedingly fierce in form,
Thou art the Deity called Ansu,
Thou art the companion of Ansu and art called Aditya,
Thou art possessed of innumerable rays,
Thou art endued with dazzling effulgence,
Thou hast the speed of the Wind,
The word vasu indicates the wind, for it means that which establishes all things into itself.
Thou art possessed of speed that is greater than that of the Wind,
Thou art possessed of the speed of the mind,
Thou art Nisachara as Thou enjoyest all things, being invested with Ignorance,
Nisachara is one, acting through nisa or avidya. The word, therefore, means one that enjoys all objects implying that Jiva is invested with ignorance.
Thou dwellest in every body,
Thou dwellest with prosperity as Thy companion,
Thou art he that imparts knowledge and instruction,
Thou art he that imparts instruction in utter silence,
Thou art he that observes the vow of taciturnity, or
Thou instructest in silence,
Thou art he that passes out of the body, looking at the soul,
The soul of the seeker realizes the Supreme Soul if it transcends the mind-body consciousness through yoga.
Thou art he that is well adored,
Thou art the giver of thousands (for, the lord of all the treasures derived those treasures of his, from Thee),
Thou art the prince of birds (being Garuda, the son of Vinata and Kasyapa),
Thou art the friend that renders aid,
Thou art possessed of exceeding effulgence, or
Thy splendour is like that of a million suns arisen together,
Thou art the Master of all created beings,
Thou art he that provokes the appetites,
Thou art the deity of desire,
Thou art of the form of lovely women that are coveted by all,
Thou art the tree of the world,
Thou art the lord of treasures,
Thou art the giver of fame,
Thou art the Deity that distributes unto all creatures the fruits (in the form of joy and grief) of their acts,
Thou art those fruits which Thou distributest,
Thou art the most ancient (having existed from a time when there was no other existent thing),
Thou art competent to cover with a single footstep of Thine all the three worlds,
Thou art Vamana (the dwarf) who deceived the asura chief Bali (depriving him of his sovereignty, and restored it unto Indra),
Thou art the yogi crowned with success (like Sanatkumara and others),
Thou art a great Rishi (like Vasistha and others),
Thou art one whose objects are always crowned with success (like Rishabha or Dattatreya),
Thou art a sanyasin (like Yajnavalka and others),
Thou art he that is adorned with the marks of the mendicant order,
Thou art he that is without such marks,
Thou art he that transcends the usages of the mendicant order,
Thou art he that assures all creatures from every sort of fear,
Thou art without any passions (so that glory and humiliation are alike to Thee),
Thou art he that is called the celestial generalissimo,
Thou art that Visakha, who took his rise from the body of the celestial generalissimo when Indra hurled his thunderbolt at him,
Thou art conversant with the sixty tattvas (subject-titles of enquiry) in the universe,
Thou art the lord of senses (for these achieve their respective functions guided by Thee),
Thou art he that is armed with the thunderbolt (and that rives the mountains),
Thou art infinite,
Thou art the stupefier of daitya ranks in the field of battle,
Thou art he that moves his car (vehicle) in circles among his own ranks and that of his foes, and who comes back safe and sound after devastating them,
Thou art he that is conversant with the lowest depth of the world’s ocean (in consequence of Thy knowledge of the Brahman),
Thou art he called Madhu (who had founded the clan in which Krisna took his birth),
Thou hast eyes whose colour resembles that of honey,
Thou art he that has taken birth after Brihaspati,
Brihaspati is the word applied to a priest. The deities first got their priest for assisting them at sacrifices. Human beings then got theirs. Those born after Brihaspati are
known as Brihaspatyas.
