(1)
Aylen
said: 'By the words of what you said with the purpose
of favoring me concerning the confidentiality of the
spiritual supreme, my illusion has been removed. (2) I
heard from you in detail about the appearance and
disappearance of the living beings, o lotus-eyed one,
and you also spoke about your inexhaustible glories.
(3) After all your words concerning yourself, o best
of all persons, I cherish the wish to see your divine
form the way it is, o controller in the beyond. (4) So
if you deem it possible for me to have that vision, o
master and controller of the unification within, then
show me your imperishable self!'
(5) The
fortunate one said: 'Behold, o son of Alice, the
hundreds and thousands of my different, divine forms
in all shapes and colors. (6) See the personalities of
wisdom, the personalities of wealth, the destroyers in
the service of God, the healthcare agents, the gods
and much more of the wonders you've never seen before,
o best one of the Many dynasty. (7) See here and now
the completeness of the universe, with all that moves
and not moves, rolled in one, within this one body of
mine, o conqueror of sleep, as also whatever more you
wish to see. (8) But of course you will not be able to
see me as such with your own eyes, so I'll grant you
the divine vision. Now witness the supreme union of my
control!' "
(9) Ellery
said: "O master of the family, having spoken thus,
showed the great lord in the unification of
consciousness Alice's son the beyond of his form of
control. (10-11) Many mouths, eyes and many diverse
wonderful sights, many divine ornaments, and a variety
of weapons ready for battle; heavenly flowers worn,
all kinds of dresses and suits, and even divine,
fragrant ointments, all wonderful and splendrous,
could be seen extending to all sides. (12) The
effulgence that he, the greatness of the soul, had,
resembled the light of thousands of suns, all at the
same time present in the sky. (13) Right there Aylen
could see, in the one universal form of the God of
gods, all the diversity of the complete universe in
one. (14) Thereupon, with his hair standing on end,
the conqueror of wealth began, overwhelmed by wonder,
to pray, meanwhile with folded hands offering the
godhead his respect.
(15)
Aylen said:
'I see, o God, all the divine personalities assembled
in Your body, as well as all other living entities; I
see the creator with the many faces and the destroyer
sitting in the lotus position, as well as all the
seers and the egos of divinity. (16) In Your universal
form, o Lord of the creation, I see a multitude of
faces, trunks, mouths and eyes on all sides, as part
of an unlimited form which, indeed, has no beginning,
no end nor a middle. (17) I see headdresses, weapons,
and jewelry, and find it difficult to keep that vision
in check which is glowing on all sides with an
effulgence as immeasurable as the blazing fire of the
radiating sun. (18) You must be understood as the
infallible supreme of this universe, the
transcendental foundation, You are the inexhaustible
maintainer of the path of righteousness, of dharma;
You are the eternal original personality, that is what
You are in my opinion! (19) With You being of an
unlimited glory, sourceless, endless and with no
middle; with countless arms and with the sun and moon
for Your eyes, I see, emanating from Your mouth, a
blazing fire which torments the universe. (20) Sure
enough everything between heaven and earth is pervaded
by You, only You; and all the three
worlds18
are perturbed at the sight of this wonderful and
terrible form! (21) Rows of believers enter You, to
which some of them with folded hands are offering
prayers to ward off the fear. The great sages exclaim
'All hail!' to this and the ones who attained
perfection pray and sing many a hymn to Your honor.
(22) The intimidating ones, the God-conscious, the
material rulers, all those, as also the refined, the
wise and the healers; the ones of fame, the
forefathers and the angels; the spirits, the
unenlightened, and the whole gathering of accomplished
devotees, have all turned their faces to You in awe
and wonder. (23) With the sight of this unimaginably
great form of Yours with all its faces and eyes, o man
of the mightiest grip; its many arms, thighs and feet;
its many bellies and its many dreadful teeth, I am as
upset as all the worlds. (24) Seeing You this way
touching the sky with all Your colors, open mouths and
wide open, shining eyes, I am, in a state of shock,
unable to keep myself together and have a peaceful
mind, o God and maintainer. (25) With before my eyes
these terrifying teeth and faces of Yours, which
appear like the fire at the end of time, I have,
nailed to the ground, lost my sense of direction;
please have mercy, o Lord of lords and refuge of the
worlds!
(26-27)
In the
middle of this I see uncle Edward with all his sons
and the ranks of rulers ready for the debate, as well
as grandpa Jeremiah, professor Cooper and our half
brother Audrey, who together with also our party
leaders hurry into Your mouth, where I see how some of
them by their head are caught between the frightening,
dreadful teeth. (28) Like the streams of water which
in waves, inevitably, flow into the ocean, are
similarly all these human authorities full of fire
entering Your mouths. (29) Like moths that head in
full speed for their destruction into a blazing fire,
all people entering Your mouth find themselves
destroyed the same way. (30) Covering the entire
universe with Your flaming mouths, do You, licking on
all sides, devour the people You scorch with Your
terrible radiation, o all-pervading Lordship. (31)
Please tell me who You, in this frightening form, are,
o Godhead, I offer You my obeisances; please be good
to me, I would like to know Your original nature, for
I'm missing the point of Your mission.'
(32) The
Fortunate One said: 'I am the time, the great
destroyer of the world, who puts an end to the lives
of all the people here; except for you and your
brothers, everybody who gathered on both sides, will
come to naught. (33) For that reason you must rise to
your feet and win the public favor by defeating your
opponents, so that you, flourishing by my grace, may
enjoy the realm; the fact that all these would come to
naught was written in the stars, just be the
instrument of that providence, o left-handed one. (34)
Professor Cooper, Jeremiah and general Limofine,
Audrey and the other great defenders of the status
quo, you may reckon, are marred by me already, so
bring them down without a blink of an eye, just fight
and you'll be the victor over your opponents in the
debate.' "
(35) Ellery
said: "The next ruler in line who, with folded hands
and trembling, thus heard the man of beauty speak,
again offered prayers and addressed full of awe Dwayne
with a faltering voice.
(36) Aylen
said: 'Right so, o master of the senses, the entire
world rejoices by, and is attached to, Your glories;
while the ones of perfection gather to offer their
respects, the evil ones frightened flee in all
directions. (37) And why shouldn't they, o greatest
soul better than the creator, isn't it because You as
the original doer, o infinite one, o God of the gods
and refuge of the universe, can't perish being on top
of all the true and untrue? (38) You are the original
godhead, the oldest person, You are the transcendental
refuge of this universe, You are the knower and the
known, the beyond and the abode; You who in Your
unlimited form pervades the entire cosmos. (39) You,
the rein, are the air, the fire and the water, the
moon, the founding father and the great-grandfather.
Again and again I offer You my respects, a thousand
times over and over I offer You my obeisance. (40)
From the front and from behind, I offer You my
respects; indeed from all sides I do so because You
are everything, the infinite power and the boundless
might; by You everything is covered and therefore You
are everything. (41-42) Taking You for my friend, I
importunely said things like 'hi Dwayne', 'hi nephew
Onceitwas', 'hi friend'. But I had no idea of Your
glories, with all I did out of foolishness or out of
love. For whatever I said in making fun of You, or
ridiculing You, when we relaxed sitting together, laid
down or when we were taking meals; or for whatever
I've said being alone or in the company of others, o
infallible one, I beg Your immeasurable pardon! (43)
The father of all the moving and non-moving, the
father of all the worlds You are; You are the
venerable one and the teacher of this, and so glorious
that no one compares to You; how, o immeasurable
power, can there be anyone greater than You in the
three worlds? (44) I therefore, offering my humble
respect, prostrate my body before You o Lord, to beg
Your mercy, o venerable one; to pray, o God, that You
may tolerate me like a father tolerating his son, like
a friend good to his friend and like a lover with his
sweetheart. (45) I'm glad to have seen what no one saw
before, but afraid of what I saw, I am also upset;
therefore, please o God, show me Your personal form, o
Lord of lords and refuge of the living being. (46) The
one with His opulence who holds the scepter and
defends the order and the righteousness, that is the
form of You I'd like to see; please, o thousand-handed
universal form, show me the form of You with these
four hands!'
(47) The
fortunate one said: 'From my grace for you Aylen, I
showed this transcendental form of the oneness of my
self; besides you there is no one who saw this
unlimited, original form to the full of its radiating
glory in the universe before. (48) O best of the
Laborer debaters, nor by Vedic sacrifice, by study, by
charity, pious deeds or by severe penances anyone
managed in the material world to have this vision.
Only you did. (49) Don't be troubled by it, let your
mind not be overtaken by the sight of this terrible
form of mine as it is, just see, free from fear and
with a happy mind, this personal form of me again.'
"
(50) Ellery
said: "The god of all opulence and well-being talking
like this to Aylen, showed him again his own
four-handed form and assumed thereafter, to reassure
the fearful Aylen, again his beautiful, normal
physique as the great one.
(51) Aylen
said: 'Seeing this beautiful, human form of yours, o
chastiser of the enemy, my mind has calmed down and I
am myself again.'
(52) The
man of the opulence said: 'The vision of this form of
mine as you saw it and which even by the gods is
constantly aspired, is most difficult to acquire. (53)
Nor by the books of prayer, by penances, by charity,
or by worship it is possible to see me the way you
did. (54) Only by devotional service free from
ulterior motives it is possible Aylen, to know and see
me like this, to access reality from within, o man of
grip. (55) He who, with my devotion and with me as the
transcendence, does my type of work, and free from
enmity with all living beings has forsaken his
attachments, is the one, o son of Gwen, who reaches
me.'
