CHAPTER XXXI
1. The Almighty God, hath the power of a thousand heads, thousand eyes and a thousand feet.
Pervading the Earth on every side He transgresses the universe.
2. God, the Lord of final emancipation is in truth the creator of all that hath been and what yet shall be ; and what grows on earth.
3. The visible and invisible universe displays His grandeur. Yet, He is greater than this universe.
All worlds are but a part of Him, the rest lies in His Immortal, Resplendent Nature.
4. God, with three-fourths of His grandeur rises higher than all, separate from the world, enjoying liberation. With one fourth of His grandeur He creates and dissolves the universe again and again. Then
pervading the animate and inanimate creation He resides therein. -
5. God creates the universe, and lords over it. He. then pre-existent, remains aloof from the world, arid
afterwards creates the Earth.
6. From that great God, adorable by all, were created curd and clairfied butter.
He creates the wild and tame animals swift like air.
7. From that Adorable God unto Whom people make every kind of sacrifice, were created the Rig Veda. From Him was created the Atharva veda and also the Yajur veda.
8. From God were born horses, and from Him were born all cattle with two rows of teeth.
From Him were generated kine, from Him were goats and sheep produced.
9. O men know Him, the perfect God, existent before the creation of the world, and highly adorable, Him the learned, the yogis and the Rishis realise in the innermost recesses of their hearts, and worship as directed by the vedas preached by him.
10. O learned people, ye realise the perfect God in diverse ways : and describe Him in manifold manners. In this creation of God, who is exalted like the mouth ? Who possesses the strength like arms ? Who does the work of thighs ? Who is low like the feet ?
11. In God's creation, the Brahmana in body politic is like the head in the body, a Kshatriya is like arms, a Vaisha is like thighs, and a Shudra is considered as feet.
12. The Moon was engendered from His strength of knowledge, the sun was born from His power of refulgence, the air and ten vital breaths were born from His power of space, fire was born from His power of destruction.
13. Mid-air was produced from His central power of space from His excellent head-like strength was fashioned the sky. Earth came into being from His primordial power ; and the quarters from His power of space. Similarly were other regions treated.
14. When the learned perform, meditating upon the Adorable God, the sacrifice of mental worship, then morning is its butter, mid-day its fuel, and mid-night its oblation.
15. The mental sacrifice, performing which, the learned concentrate upon the knowable God in their hearts, has seven coverings and twenty one kinds of kindling fuel.
16. The learned worship God through mental contemplation. Their holy ordinances for the worship of God are immemorial. Such noble souls in particular enjoy the happiness of final beatitude, in which dwell the ancient yogis and learned devotees.
17. God creates in the beginning with His urge this world nourished by waters, earth and sun. Fixing its form, He assigns in the beginning the wisdom and duties of mankind,
18. I know this Mighty, Perfect God. who is Refulgent like the Sun
and free from ignorance.
He Only who knows Him feels not the pangs of death. For salva-tion there is no other path save this.
19. God, the protector of men, pervades the soul in the womb and the hearts of all. Being unborn, He manifests himself in various ways.
Yogis alone realise His true nature. In Him stand all existing worlds.
20. The sun gives light and heat to the useful objects like the Earth; stands first and foremost in the centre for the good of all heavenly bodies, is born ere the Earth etc. and being the creation of Gracious God gives us food.
21. The learned persons in the beginning, making thee a lovable devotee of God, preach the eternity of God, Soul and Matter. The Brahmana who thus knows the nature of God, shall have learned persons in
his control.
22. Grandeur and Fortune are Thy two wives :, Thy sides are Day and Night. Constellations are Thy form : the Aswins are Thy open Mouth. Imploring grant salvation unto me, grant me all sorts of knowledge and pleasures.
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