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Part XI: The Universal Manifestation.1459
Then Arjuna, the Pandu Prince, having heard these words of Krishna, the
Blessed Lord, fell prostrate before the Lord, with joined palms, and with
devout demeanor. And addressing the Lord, in broken accents spake he
thus:
“O Krishna, Krishna—Blessed Lord—the universe rejoiceth and is filled
with thy power and glory! The evil spirits flee in terror from thy sight—and
the hosts of the Holy Ones sing thy praises, and adore Thee with awe and
wonder! And wherefore, O Lord, should not all mighty beings bow before
thee in adoration and awe-struck humility, for art Thou not the Being of
Beings—the Mighty of the Mighty—the Brahm of Brahma—the Supreme
Creator—the Eternal God of Gods—the World containing the worlds?
Being and No-Being art Thou, and even That which lieth back of both. Thou
art the Infinite, Eternal Absolute! Thou art the Supporter of All! Thou art the
Spirit of the Spirit! Thou art All Wisdom known, and all Wisdom possessing—
Wisdom Absolute art Thou! Thou art the dwelling-place of universes—
and by Thee was the universe emanated and spread out! Vaya, the god
of wind—Agni the god of fire—Varuna the god of oceans—Sashanka the
moon—Prajapati the god of nations—Prapitamaha the common ancestor
of the race—all these art Thou, O Krishna, my Lord and Love—Reverence
a thousand times multiplied and magnified be unto Thee. Reverence to
Thee a million-million times repeated. Again and again a million-million
times, be this repeated reverence be Thine, O Infinite One! On all sides
of Thee, reverence and worship! Before and behind Thee, reverence! O
Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient One, who art All in All! Infinite is
thy Glory! Thou includeth within Thyself All Things—wherefore art Thou All
Things, and more than All Things!
“Alas, alas! in my ignorance, O Lord, and regarding thee merely as my
friend, I have called Thee with familiarity, saying: ‘O Krishna; O Friend!’ and
other names of familiar intercourse. Thus did I address Thee, in my ignorant
love and esteem and brotherly feeling. Unknowing of Thy real nature and
greatness was I, hence my error—hence my great presumption. And, Thou,