Srimad Bhagavatam
God is the self
in all beings, their supreme benefactor and the cause of their very life.
He is the cause
for all that moves.
Among virtues
he is even mindedness.
He is the
primary attribute of all attributes.
He is
universal intelligence.
Of all
things subtle he is the soul.
And of all the
most difficult things to subdue he is mind.
He is Brahma
the teacher of Vedas.
Among the sacred
words he is Om.
Of the great
seers he is Bhrigu.
Of kingly sages
he is Manu.
Of the
divine seers he is Narada.
Of the
perfected souls he is Kapila.
Of all the progeny
of Diti he is Prahalada.
Of all satellites
he is moon.
Of all
luminaries he is the sun.
Of all men
he is the king.
Of all
metals he is Gold.
Of all the controllers
he is Yama.
Of all the orders
of life he is the monastic order.
Of all
castes he is Brahmin.
Of all sacred
rivers he is the holy Ganges.
Of waters he
is the ocean.
Of all
weapons he is the bow.
Of all bowmen
he is Lord Siva.
Of all abodes he is mount Meru.
Of all inaccessible
places he is the Himalayas.
Of all trees
he is Asvattha.
And of all
grains he is Barley.
Of all
priests he is Vasistha.
And of all
knowers of Brahman he is Brihaspathi.
Of generals
he is Skandha.
And of all pioneers
he is Brahma.
Of all sacrifices
he is the study of Vedas.
Of all vows
he is non violence.
Of all
purifiers he is the self.
Of all
spiritual disciplines he is control of the mind.
And of all
victory he is the victor.
Of all
intellectual power he is the discrimination between self and non self.
Among women
he is Satarupa.
And among
men he is Manu.
Among saints
he is Narayana.
Among celibates
he is Sanat Kumara.
Among all
vows he is the monastic vow.
Among all
sources of well being he is introspection.
Of all
secrets he is the truthful word and silence.
Of all
seasons he is spring.
Of the knowers
of Vedas he is Vyasa.
Among the wise
he is Sukra.
Among the lords
he is Vasudeva.
Among
devotees he is the devotee.
Of the gems
he is sapphire.
And among the
beautiful things he is the lotus bud.
Of the
species of grass he is Kusa.
Among
oblations he is clarified butter.
He is the energy
and tenacity of the strong.
He is the devotion
of the devotee.
In water he
is the sweet taste.
Of
resplendence he is the sun.
He is the luster
of the sun, moon and stars.
He is the music
of the spheres.
He is the origin,
maintenance and dissolution of all beings.
He is the function
of all organs.
He is the three
modes of material nature ie. Goodness, passion and ignorance.
He is the
supreme Brahman.
He is the knowledge
and realization.
Nothing
exists without or beyond god.
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