He is the merchant, skillfully navigating the world of exchange; the carpenter, shaping forms with care; the very tree and the vakula tree, the sandalwood exuding fragrance, and the shelter that offers refuge to all. His strength is seen in his broad shoulders and strong neck, his restlessness ever stirring the cosmos, and he is the great medicine that heals all. He brings success to those who strive, having already attained the highest accomplishment. He is the master of meter and grammar, the structure of sacred speech. His roar is like that of a lion—mighty and awe-inspiring—his fangs and stride those of the king of beasts, and he rides upon the lion itself. He is the very essence within all souls, the measure of time for the world, steadfast and unwavering. He is the tree that stands for the good of all beings, marked by the deer, his form radiating in nine directions like a wheel with nine spokes, bannered and ever-fostering. He is the abode where all beings dwell, the lord who governs them, the very day and night, ever blameless. He carries all beings within himself, the universal abode, pervading everything, the very origin from which all arises. He is unfailing, self-restrained, swift as a horse, the sustenance of all, the bearer of breath. Steadfast and wise, skillful and honored, he is the lord of the ages. He protects the cows, is master of herds and villages, clad in cowhide, and dispels all darkness. His arms are golden, he guards the caves and those who enter them. Formidable to his enemies, he is also the source of great joy, the conqueror of desire, and the master of the senses. He is present in Gandhara, well-clad and devoted to austerity, the delight of men. He is the great singer, the supreme dancer, attended by hosts of apsaras. He stands with a great banner, the great support of all, ever accompanied by many and always moving. He is to be revealed, the very command, and the bringer of all fragrant delights. He is the gateway and the deliverer, the wind that moves, the enclosure that protects, the lord of those who travel the sky. He is union itself, the increaser, aged and exceedingly aged, surpassing all in virtue. Eternal and self-reliant, he is lord of gods and demons, the master united in himself, strong-armed, the supreme god and chief among the celestials. He is invincible and ever-constant, tawny and the remover of obstacles. His form is found among the whirling worlds, best among the shining ones, and he is the great path itself. He removes heads, is the one who reflects, marked by every auspicious sign; imperishable, the charioteer, master of all yogas, of great strength. He is the Veda in its entirety, yet also beyond the Veda, the deity of sacred fords, the mighty charioteer. He is both devoid of life and giver of life, the mantra itself, of auspicious vision, and exceedingly severe. Rich in jewels, with red limbs, he knows the depths of the great ocean; he is both root and vastness, immortal, manifest and unmanifest, the very repository of austerity. He who ascends and causes others to ascend, upholding virtue and famed throughout the worlds, is like a mighty army, like the great age itself, the yoga, the maker of ages, and the remover of affliction. He is the very form of the ages, of great and impenetrable form, destruction itself; establisher of justice, the foundation of all, the wise one, steadfast as a mountain. He is adorned with many garlands, with a great garland, he is the moon, his eyes the sun and the moon. Vast as the sky, saline as the sea, a well, the pair of ages, and his arising always bears fruit. He has three eyes, his limbs marked by poison, adorned with jewels, bearing matted hair; he is the sacred dot and the visarga, his face auspicious, an arrow, armed with all weapons, and enduring. He is the offering, born of happiness, bearer and guardian of sweet fragrance, the great bow; the divine originator, the doer of all actions. He is the churner, abundant and all-encompassing like the wind, all-seeing; Tala, Tāla, the hand cymbal, his upper body powerful, the great one. He is the umbrella, the excellent and renowned one, the world itself, refuge of all, the cosmic order. He is shaven-headed, sometimes deformed or misshapen, staff-bearing, water-pot-bearing, and the transformer of all. He is Haryakṣa, the directions themselves, wielder of the thunderbolt, hundred-tongued, thousand-footed, thousand-headed, lord and embodiment of all gods, the supreme teacher. He is thousand-armed, all-limbed, the giver of refuge, creator of all worlds; the pure one, the three-syllabled mantra, the youngest, both dark and tawny. He created the staff of Brahma, wields weapons such as the hundred-killer, the noose, and the spear; he is the womb of the lotus, the great womb, the womb of Brahma, and born from water. He is radiant, the creator and associate of Brahma, knower of Brahma, the path of the Brahmin, of infinite forms and manifold selves, fiercely brilliant, and self-born. He is the upward-moving soul, lord of creatures, swift as the wind, as fast as the mind, sandal-scented, the tip of the lotus stalk, surpassing all in fragrance, the true man. He wears a great garland of karṇikāra flowers, crowned in blue, bearer of the Pināka bow; husband and beloved of Umā, bearer of the river Jāhnavī, the consort of Umā. He is the best, the boar, the giver of boons, the most excellent; of mighty voice and great grace, the subduer and destroyer of enemies, white and tawny. His essence is golden, the supreme self, pure-hearted, sustainer of primordial matter; his soul is pleased, he faces all directions, three-eyed, the foundation of righteousness, the choicest. His self pervades all that moves and does not move, the subtle self, immortal, lord of the sacred bull; the sage among the Sādhyas, Vasus, and Ādityas, radiant as the sun, the immortal. He is Vyāsa, creation itself, concise summary and expansion, change and man; the season, the year, the month, the fortnight, and the completion of all enumeration. He is the divisions of time: kalā, kāṣṭhā, lava, mātrā, muhūrta, the day, the night, and the instant; the field of the universe, the seed of all beings, the primal liṅga, the origin of all emergence. He is existence and non-existence, manifest and unmanifest, father, mother, and grandfather; the gate to heaven, to beings, to liberation, and the highest realm. He is nirvāṇa and delight, the world of Brahma and the supreme path; the creator and ultimate refuge of gods and demons. He is the teacher of gods and demons, the deity worshipped by them, the great measure and shelter of their hosts. He is the overseer and foremost among the hosts of gods and asuras, the god above all gods, the divine sage, the bestower of boons to gods and asuras. He is the lord and great lord of gods and asuras, all-pervading, composed of all the gods, inconceivable, the very soul of divine powers, self-born. He is the sprouter, the one of three strides, the healer, stainless, taintless, immortal, worthy of praise, lord of elephants, tiger, lion among gods, the bull among men. He is wise, the foremost and best, subtle, composed of all the gods, of the essence of austerity, well-equipped, splendid, wielder of the thunderbolt, the origin of spears, and imperishable. Thus, he is the all-encompassing Lord, present in every form and function, the source, sustainer, and ultimate refuge of all that exists.