With deep reverence, salutations were offered to the Lord who appears with a splendid turban, whose face is radiant with beauty, whose forms are countless. He is the creator, the one whose very seed is abundance, Rudra, the austere one, adorned in garments of many colors. Homage was given to him who is short in stature, whose hair flows freely, who commands all, who glows red, who is both sage and the royal tree, who delights in serpents. Praise was bestowed upon the thousand-headed, thousand-eyed Lord, generous and bestower of boons, whose form is auspicious and shining white—a true person among all beings. He was worshipped as the Lord of mountains, the radiant sun, the strong one, the drinker of clarified butter, ever content and well-clad, the archer, the Bhārgava. He was saluted as the sword-bearer, the star among beings, the one with beautiful eyes, the ascetic, copper-colored, terrible and fierce, yet ever-auspicious. He is the great god, Śarva, all-formed and auspicious, golden and most excellent, the eldest and the one who stands in the middle. To the Lord of the dwelling, the Pināka-bearer, the liberator, the solitary, the deer-hunter, the skilled and steadfast, the terrible—salutations were offered. To the many-eyed, the bearer, the three-eyed lord, the skull-bearer, the heroic, death itself, the three-eyed one—homage was given. He is tawny, spotted, reddish-brown, red; the Pināka-bearer, swift, variegated, again red—salutations flowed to him. He is the drum, the one-footed, the unborn, the giver of wisdom, the forest-dweller, the householder, the ascetic, the celibate. To Sāṃkhya and Yoga, the all-pervading, the initiated, the unstruck, to Śarva, the lord of the auspicious, Yama—salutations were uttered. He is the restrainer, the wise, the best among Brahmins, the great sage, four-footed, pure, protector, and swift-moving. He is crested, fierce, tusked, the creator of the universe, shining, renowned, blazing, and wise. He is both cruel and unchanging, terrible and auspicious, gentle, chief, righteous, and blessed. Salutations were offered to him who is invulnerable, immortal, eternal, everlasting, ever-engaged, distinguished, the witness of the Bharatas. He is the protector, patient, truthful, immortal, the doer, the wielder of the axe, the bearer of the trident, the one with divine sight. He is the drinker of soma, the offerer of oblations, the consumer of smoke and heat, pure, clothed, instantly born, death itself. He is the eater of flesh, all-encompassing, the cloud, the lightning, withdrawn, most excellent, filled, the one with a starry mane. He is the destroyer of the three cities, the holy ford, the crooked, the hairy, the one with sharp weapons, the explainer, the well-accomplished, Pulastya. He is radiant, fierce, abundant, the bull, the observer of vows, the yoked one, pure, and whose seed is ever upward. He is the destroyer of demons, of dogs, of death, worthy of sacrifice, blazing, wise, fire itself, stainless. Salutations were given to the destroyer of demons, destroyer of cattle, remover of obstacles, the breath, the wandering one, the great one, the ocean, difficult to cross. He is the dark one, the victorious, lord of the worlds, unattached, the one to be pierced, established in equality. He is golden-armed, all-pervading, great, doer of good deeds, irresistible, lord, one with good sight. He is swift-arrowed, ever-horsed, auspicious, giver of liberation, tawny, brown, great god, wise. He is great-bodied, shining, the one who causes weeping, companion, with a firm bow, armored, charioteer, and one with a troop. He is the lord of Bhṛgu, Śukra, dweller in caves, creator, unfailing, tranquil, wise, the bull. Homage was offered to him who is all, who wears hides, lord of cattle, lord of beings. Salutations were given to the syllable Oṃ, to the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma, to Svāhā and Svadhā, to him whose essence is vaṣaṭ, whose essence is mantra. He is the shaper, supporter, doer, made of sight and hearing, lord of past, present, and future, whose essence is action. Salutations were offered to the Vasus, Sādhyas, Rudras, Ādityas, Asuras, poison, Maruts—to him whose essence is divinity. He is the knower of the rites of Agni and Soma, lord of cattle and herbs, self-born, unborn, the unprecedented first, lord of creatures, whose essence is Brahman. Homage was given to the lord of the self, mastered by the self, surpassing all lords, present as the limbs of all beings, the soul of all beings. He is without qualities, yet knows all qualities, manifest and immortal, indescribable, friend, the soul of Sāṃkhya. He is the soul of all the worlds: of earth, of the atmosphere, of heaven, of the great, of Jana, of Tapas, of Satya. Homage was offered to him, unmanifest and great, origin of beings and senses, self-knowing, distinct, the soul of all. He is eternal, marked by the self, subtle and other, wisdom and power, the soul of liberation. Salutations were offered to him in the three worlds and beyond, at the end of truth, in the great ones, and in the four—homage to him everywhere. Homage was given to the hymn itself, and a prayer for forgiveness was made: if anything had been left unsaid in this praise, may the Lord, supporter of devotees, the Supreme Brahman, forgive all. Having thus addressed the Lord of gods—he who is blue and red in hue—she bowed low, standing with joined palms and restrained speech before him, full of devotion and awe.