bowi ng down, overw helmed with fear.

There was still a pos si bil ity of pre vent ing

the batt le. Had the king con sented to make cert ain con cess ions, the other party
could have been sat is fed. And Sanjaya hoped that on learn ing that his sons,
among oth ers, would be killed, the king might de spair of suc cess and that he
might bring about peace. !ut even this the king did not lis ten to,
owi ng to mighty "es tiny. And the fght was con tin ued. Arjuna, #uite over come by
the words of Sri $rishna, hardly able to speak, tremb ling and over whelmed with
fear, beg ins with folded hands his ad o rat ion of the %ord in the &ni ver sal 'orm.
(). Arjuna said*
+t is meet, , %ord of the senses -$rishna., that the world is de lighted and re joices
in /our glory, that rakshasas 0y in fear to all #uar ters and all the hosts of siddhas
bow down to /ou in ad o ra tion. ,%ord, /ou are the Self of all and the 'riend of all be
ings. /ou are the most be loved and it is right that the world should re joice at the
sight of /our glory and that all great souls should bow down to /ou in ad o ra tion.
(1. 2hy should they not bow down to /ou, , mighty !ei ng, greater than all, the
prim al cause even of !rahma, , in f nite ,ne, , %ord of the gods, , Abode of the
uni verse3 for /ou are the +m per ish able, -/ou are. e4 is tence and none4 is tence
and all that is be yond. +n deed it is but ft that all should bow down to 5od, the ma
hatma, the 5reat Soul of the uni verse, greater than even the or i gin of the crea tor
!rahma. !rahma him self is but an in strum ent in 5od6s hand. He car ries out
5od6s plan3 he makes perc ept ib le that which in the di vine 7ind is supersensuous.
The eter nal worldscheme is car ried out by one !rahma af ter the other. !ut 5od is
in f nite, imp eri sh able, be yond the uni verse, man i fest or unmanifest, bey ond
sat and asat, bec ause these are only His upadhis, His forms, His me di ums of e4
press ion. /ou are be yond all that the hu man mind can con ceive, trans cend ing
e4 is tence and none4 is tence and whate ver else there might be. Thus de clare
all the 8edas. 2ell may we re joice and del ight in prais ing /ou9
(:. , /ou of bound less form, /ou are the pri me val "e ity, the an cient !e ing3 /ou
are the su preme ;ef uge of this uni verse. /ou are the $nower, the ,ne to be known
and the su preme 5oal. !y /ou alone is this univ erse per vaded. /ou are the su
preme ;ef uge of the uni verse, for /ou alone re main at the time of mahapralaya ,
uni ver sal de struc tion. /ou are the $nower, the Spirit within us, and the 5od to
whom all things turn and where they fnd their rest, be ing united with /ou. 2here
there is one ness, unity, there alone is rest and sat is fac tion3 and that can be found
only in the Spirit, the one ;e al ity on which this world of di ver sity ap pears like the
light that plays on the surf ace of the wa ter. 7ore over,
(<. /ou are 8ayu, /ama, Agni, 8aruna, and the 7oon. /ou are the %ord of crea tures
and the 5reatgrand sire. Sal u ta tions to /ou, my sal u ta tions a thou sand times,
again and again my salu t at ions to /ou9
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