With reverence and devotion, the sages offer salutations to the Supreme One whose hair ripples with waves and flows freely, whose being is established in the six sacred rites and regulated by threefold actions. They bow to Him who rightly ordains the distinct duties of the castes and stages of life, honoring Him as the most excellent, the eldest, and the one whose voice resounds in many forms. They praise Him whose eyes are white and tawny, black and red, and who embodies Dharma, Kāma, Artha, and Mokṣa, along with Kratha and Krathana. Salutations flow to Sāṃkhya, to the foremost among Sāṃkhya, to the lord of yoga, to the charioteer and chief charioteer, and to the master of crossroads. The sages worship Him who wears a black antelope skin and a serpent as a sacred thread, who is Īśāna, leader of the host of Rudras, and Harikeśa. They bow to Tryambaka, lord of Ambikā, manifest and unmanifest, destroyer of Kāla and Kāma, slayer of the wicked and unruly. They honor the One despised by all, yet destroyer of all, born in an instant, the maddener whose hair is drenched by the waters of the ever-turning Gaṅgā. They salute Him adorned with the whirl of the crescent moon and the whirl of clouds, the maker and lord of food-giving. To the eater and protector of food, they offer praise, recognizing Him as the fire of dissolution and the progenitor of those born from womb, egg, sweat, and sprout. He alone, lord of gods, is the fourfold host of beings, creator and destroyer of all that moves and does not move. He is Brahmā, Lord of the Universe; in the waters, He is called Brahman, the supreme source, the nectar-rayed one, the treasury of lights. Those who speak of Brahman declare Him to be the Ṛg, Sāma, and the sacred syllable Oṃ, singing His praise with cries of ‘Hāyi, hāyi, Hare, hāyi, huvāhā.’ The best of the gods, singers of the Sāma, and those versed in Brahman celebrate Him, for He is composed of Yajur, Ṛg, Sāma, and Atharva. He is recited by knowers of Brahman, by groups versed in Kalpa and Upaniṣads, by Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, Śūdras, and all those within the social orders and stages of life. He alone is the communities of āśramas, the lightning and thunder; He is the year, the seasons, the months, and the half-months. He is the divisions of time—kalās, kāṣṭhās, nimeṣas—and the constellations and ages; He is the hump of bulls and the peaks of mountains. Among animals, He is the lion; among serpents, He is Takṣaka and Ananta; among seas, He is the ocean of milk; and among mantras, He is the syllable Oṃ. He is the thunderbolt among weapons, truth among vows; He alone is desire, aversion, passion, delusion, tranquility, and forgiveness. He is resolve, steadfastness, greed, desire, anger, victory, and defeat; He is the mace, the arrow, the bow, the club, and the mallet. He is the cutter, breaker, striker, leader, and counselor; He is dharma with its ten characteristics, as well as artha and kāma. He is the moon, the ocean, rivers, ponds, and lakes; He is creepers, vines, grasses, herbs, cattle, wild animals, and birds. He is the origin of substance, action, and quality, giver of time, flowers, and fruits; He is the beginning, end, and middle, the Gāyatrī and the syllable Oṃ. He is green, red, black, blue, yellow, and fleeting; He is Kadru, Kapila, Babhru, Kapota, and Macchaka. He is renowned as Suvarṇaretas, also called Suvarṇa, named Suvarṇanāma and Suvarṇapriya. He is Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera, and Agni; He is Utphulla, Citrabhānu, Svarbhānu, and Bhānu. He is the offering, the offerer, the object to be offered, and the oblation itself, as well as the Lord; He is the trisauparṇa, O Brahman, and the Śatarudriya among Yajur hymns. He is the purifier among purifiers, the auspicious among auspicious things; He is prāṇa, rajas, and tamas endowed with sattva. He is prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, and vyāna; He is the opening and closing of the eyes, hunger, thirst, and yawning. He is red-bodied, with fangs, a great mouth, and vast belly, pure-haired, green-bearded, hair standing upright, moving and unmoving. His limbs are song, music, and dance; He delights in singing and playing instruments; He is a fish, a net, water, unconquerable, a water-serpent, and a dweller in huts. He is untimely, timely, and adverse time; destroyer of time; death, imperishable, end, and the uprooter of earth and illusion. He is Samvarta and Vartaka, the Samvartaka and Balāhaka clouds, Ghantaki, Ghantaki, Ghanti, Chudala, and the salt ocean. He is Brahma, with the face of time-fire, holding a staff, shaven-headed, bearer of three staffs, the four ages, the four Vedas, the four sacrifices, and the four paths. He leads the four stages of life, creates the four castes, perishable and imperishable, beloved, clever, counted among groups, leader of groups. He wears red garlands and garments, is lord of the mountains, beloved of the mountain-born, lord of artisans, best among artisans, originator of all crafts. He is the destroyer of Bhaga’s eye, fierce, destroyer of Pūṣan’s teeth; He is Svāhā, Svadhā, utterer of vaṣaṭ, salutation, homage. He is hidden in vows, hidden, served by those with hidden vows, the savior, the one who saves, savior among all beings. He is creator, arranger, uniter, depositor, supporter, bearer; austerity, Brahman, truth, celibacy, and uprightness. He is the soul of beings, creator of beings, being itself, origin of past, future, and present; earth, atmosphere, heaven, being, fire, and great lord. He is Brahmāvarta, Surāvarta, Kāmāvarta; destroyer of the image of desire, fond of garlands of karṇikāra flowers. Thus, in every form and function, every aspect and element, the Supreme Lord is praised, honored, and adored by all beings, for He alone is the source, sustainer, and ultimate goal of the universe.