APPENDIX.

fays Arjoon, ci who art the prime Creator, eternalc ‘ God of Gods , the World’s Manfion. Thou art<c the incorruptible Being, diftinct from all things<c tranfient. Thou art before all Gods, the ancientcc Pooroosh , [ i. e. vital foul], and the Supremec ‘ Supporter of the univerfe. Thou knowdl all“ things, and art worthy to be known; thou art“ the Supreme Manfion, and by thee, O infinite“ Form, the univerfe was fpread abroad. — Re-“ verence be unto thee before and behind; reve-“ rence be unto thee on all fxdes; O thou who“ art all in all. Infinite is thy power and thycc glory. — Thou art the father of all things,<c animate and inanimate. Thou art the wife in-

ftruclor of the whole, worthy to be adored.“ There is none like unto thee; where then, in“ the three worlds , is there one above thee ?cc Wherefore I bow down; and, with my body“ proflrate upon the ground, crave thy mercy,“ Lord! Worthy to be adored; for thou fhouldeft“ bear with me, even as a father with his foil, act friend with his friend , a Jover with his be-“ loved ” A defcription of the Supreme Beingis given in one of the facred books of the Hin-doos, from which it is evident what were thegeneral fentiments of the learned Brahmins con-cerning the divine nature and perfections: “ As“ God is immaterial, he is above all conception;“ as he is invifible, he can have no form ; but“ from what we behold of his works we may

75 Baghvat - Geeta, p. 94.. 99.