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59. 'Thou art Vaikuntha.
60. “Thou art unbounded (both in time and space).
61. Thou surpassest (the organs of sense, mind, and intelligence).
62. Thou art of old. 63. Thou art friendly to the gods. 64. 'Thou art the protector of living beings. 65. Thou wearest radiant locks of hair. 66. “Thou takest thy share of acts of worship. 67. "Thou takest thy sacrificial cake. 68. “Thou art lord over everything. 69. “Thou art the support of all. 70. “Thy ears are pure. 71. 'Never ceasing homage is paid to thee.
72. “Thou art blazing fire (or " Thou art shining with clarified butter offered up to thee ").
73. "Thou cuttest (foes) to pieces with thy axe. 74. “Thou hast a lotus springing from thy navel. 75. "Thou holdest a lotus (in thy hand). 76. “Thou wearest a garland of lotus-flowers. 77. "Thou art the lord of the senses. 78. “Thou hast one horn.
59. Nand. proposes two interpretations of this epithet: 1. the producer of Mâyâ (the power of illusion); 2. the son of Vikuntha, the mother of Vishnu in one of his Avataras. Vaikuntha is also the name of Vishnu's paradise.
70. "I.e. "thou hearest the sacred revelation." Or sukisravah= "he whose names are pure.”' (Nand.) The same interpretation is given by Sankara. See also Mahâbhârata XII, 13250.
73. The epithet khandaparasu refers either to Vishnu's slaying the Daityas in the form of Siva, or to his wearing an axe as the slayer of the Kshatriyas in the form of Parasurama.' (Nand.) The latter interpretation is proposed by Sankara also, and khandaparasu is a very common epithet of Parasurama.
78. The one horn is meant, by which Vishnu, in his descent as
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