उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे ॥
गिरिशाय प्रशान्ताय पतये चीरवाससे ॥
हिरण्यबाहवे चैव उग्राय पतये दिशाम् ॥
पर्जन्यपतये चैव भूतानां पतये नमः ॥
वृक्षाणां पतये चैव अपां च पतये तथा ॥
वृक्षैर् आवृतकायाय सेनान्ये मध्यमाय च ॥
uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe ||
giriśāya praśāntāya pataye cīravāsase ||
hiraṇyabāhave caiva ugrāya pataye diśām ||
parjanyapataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ ||
vṛkṣāṇāṃ pataye caiva apāṃ ca pataye tathā ||
vṛkṣair āvṛtakāyāya senānye madhyamāya ca ||
"To the turbaned, of beautiful face, thousand-eyed, the generous [who showers gifts]; dwelling on the mountain, utterly peaceful, the lord, clad in bark garments. And to the golden-armed, the fierce, lord of the quarters; and to the lord of Parjanya [the rain], homage to the lord of beings. And to the lord of trees, and likewise the lord of waters; to him whose body is covered by trees, the commander, and the middle one."
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God is honored as lord of all that exists — of the quarters, of rain, of trees, of waters, of beings: everything under his sway. It is telling that he is called both "commander" and "the middle one" — both leader and the very center of existence. The verse teaches that no realm of the world lies outside the highest; the one who beholds him as lord of every sphere sees a single Will running through nature, the army, and the very core of things.