na together.
103. Digvasas means nude. The Puranas say that for stupefying the wives
of certain ascetics, Mahadeva became nude on one occasion. The real
meaning, however, is that he is capable of covering and does actually
cover even infinite space. In the sense of nude, the word means one that
has empty space for his cover or vestments.
104. The meaning is that with thee Knowledge is penance instead of actual
physical austerities being so. This is only another way of saying that
thou hast Jnanamayam Tapah.
105. Sataghni a killer of hundred; Wilson thinks it was a kind of rocket.
106. Harikesa means one having the senses for one's rays, i.e., one who
displays all objects before the soul through the doors of the senses. The
meaning is that Mahadeva is he through whose puissance the mind succeeds
in acquiring knowledge through the senses.
107. Krishna is explained by the commentator thus. Krish is a word
signifying Bhu or Existence. The letter n (the palatal one) signifies
nivritti. Hence Krishna is anandatanmatra.
108. Kaparddin is thus explained by the commentator Kam Jalam pivati iti
kapah. So called because of the incident noted in the text, for the
matted locks of Mahadeva had sucked up the river Ganga when it first fell
from heaven. Then Rit means sovereignty or lordship. Riddah is one that
gives sovereignty. Combining the two, the compound Kaparddin is formed.
109. Nabhah means space which implies puissance. That Nabhah is the
sthala or abode of Mahadeva. The Bengal texts which read Nabhastala are
vicious.
110. The deities are said to move about during the day, while the Asuras
and Rakshasas during the night. What is said, therefore, here is that
thou art the deities and thou art their foes of the Daityas and others.
111. Sound, only when manifested, becomes perceptible. When unmanifest
and lying in the womb of eternal space, it is believed to have an
existence. Unmanifest Brahman is frequently represented as anahatah
savdah or unstruck sound.
112. These four ways are as enumerated by commentator, Visva, Taijasa,
Prajna, Sivadhyana.
113. It may also mean that thou art he called Buddha who preached against
all sacrifices.
114. The commentator explains that Mahadeva's defeat at the hands of
Krishna in the city of Vana was due to Mahadeva's kindness for Krishna,
even as Krishna broke his own vow of never taking up arms in the battle
of Kurukshetra, for honouring his worshipper Bhishma who had
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