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Bhishma said.

Having arrived at the white great continent, the venerable sage Nārada saw those very men, who were white, radiant like the moon, and auspicious. (3-325-1)

He worshipped with his head and mind and was honored by them. Desiring to see, the one devoted to japa and bearing all hardships stood there. (3-325-2)

Having composed himself with a concentrated mind, the brāhmaṇa, raising his arms, that great sage, sang a hymn to the all-pervading, attributeless, great soul. (3-325-3)

Nārada said:

Salutations to you, O god of gods, who is inactive, without qualities, the witness of the world, the knower of the field, infinite, the person, the great person, possessing the three qualities, the chief, immortal, the sky, and eternal.

Being, non-being, manifest, unmanifest, one whose abode is truth, the primeval first god, giver of wealth, lord of creatures, excellent lord of creatures, lord of plants, great lord of creatures, lord of strength, lord of speech, lord of mind, lord of the world, lord of the heavens. (14-26)

Lord of the Maruts (27), lord of waters (28), lord of the earth (29), lord of the directions (30), eastern dweller (31), Brahma's priest (32), of the Brahma-body (33), of the great body (34), of the great king (35), of the four great kings (36), radiant one (37), great radiant one (38).

Seven great shining beings (39), Yāmya (40), Mahāyāmya (41), Sañjñāsañjña (42), Tuṣita (43), Mahātuṣita (44), Pratardana (45), Parinirmit (46), Vaśavartin (47), Aparinirmit (48), Yajña (49), Mahāyajña (50), Yajñasambhava (51).

Origin of sacrifice (52), womb of sacrifice (53), heart of sacrifice (54), praised in sacrifice (55), remover of the share of sacrifice (56), holder of five sacrifices (57), who has gone to the doer of the five times (58), relating to the five nights (59), Vaikuṇṭha (60), unconquered (61), relating to the mind (62), supreme lord (63)

Well-bathed, 64. Swan, 65. Supreme swan, 66. Supreme sacrificer, 67. Union of Sāṅkhya, 68. Lord of immortality, 69. Lord of gold, 70. Lord of the Vedas, 71. Lord of kusa grass, 72. Lord of Brahma, 73. Lord of the lotus, 74. Lord of the universe, 75. You are the connection of the world, 76.

You are the origin of the world; your mouth is fire; you are the submarine fire; you are the offering; you are the charioteer; you are the vaṣaṭ sound; you are the syllable om; you are the mind; you are the moon; you are the first among eyes; you are the sun; (77-87)

You are the elephant of the directions, the light of the directions, the horse-headed one, the first of the three Sauparṇas, the five fires, the three Nachiketas, the arranger of the six limbs, the eastern light, the singer of the oldest Sāma, the holder of the vow of Sāma, and the one with the Atharva head. (88-98)

Five great aeons, the teacher Phena-pācārya, Vālakhilhya, Vaikhānasa, Abhagnayoga, Abhagnaparisaṅkhyāna, the beginning of the age, the middle of the age, the end of the age, Akhaṇḍala, and Prācīnagabha (ancient womb) (99-109).

Descendant of Kuśika, praised by men, invoked by many, of all forms, of endless movement, of endless enjoyment, endless, without beginning, without middle, whose middle is unmanifest, whose end is unmanifest, abode of vows.

Abode of the ocean (122), abode of fame (123), abode of austerity (124), abode of Lakṣmī (125), abode of knowledge (126), abode of glory (127), abode of prosperity (128), abode of all (129), Vāsudeva (130), one who desires all (131), Hari's horse (132), Hari's sacrifice (133).

Remover of the share of the great sacrifice, bestower of boons, embodiment of restraint and observance, performer of all types of austerities, upholder of observances, one who has ceased from teaching righteousness, engaged in Vedic actions, the unborn, present everywhere, and all-seeing. (134-141)

Not to be grasped (142), immovable (143), of great powers (144), whose body is greatness (145), pure (146), supremely pure (147), golden (148), great (149), inconceivable (150), unknowable (151), foremost among Brahman (152), creator of the creation of beings (153).

Maker of the destruction of offspring (154); bearer of great illusion (155); one with variegated crest (156); giver of boons (157=135); remover of the portion of the sacrificial cake (158); one whose path is gone (159); one whose thirst is cut off (160); one whose doubts are cut off (161); withdrawn from all sides (162); one in the form of a Brahmin (163).

O beloved of the Brāhmaṇas, universal form, great form, friend, lover of devotees, god favorable to the Brāhmaṇas, I am your devotee, longing to see you in solitude; I offer my repeated salutations. (3-325-4)