"O Daityas, enemies of the eternal, Vishṇu's anger is waxed great;
"He hurls the Daityas into the blind darkness, because they decide blindly."
This service (or obedience of which we have spoken) is trichotomised into (1.) stigmatisation, (2.) imposition of names, (3.) worship.
Of these, (1.) stigmatisation is (the branding upon oneself) of the weapons of Náráyaṇa (or Vishṇu) as a memorial of him, and as a means of attaining the end which is needful (emancipation). Thus the sequel of the Sákalya-samhitá:—
"The man who bears branded in him the discus of the immortal Vishṇu, which is the might of the gods,
"He, shaking off his guilt, goes to the heaven (Vaikuṇṭha) which ascetics, whose desires are passed away, enter into:
"The discus Sudarśana by which, uplifted in his arm, the gods entered that heaven;
"Marked wherewith the Manus projected the emanation of the world, that weapon Bráhmans wear (stamped upon them);
"Stigmatised wherewith they go to the supreme sphere of Vishṇu;
"Marked with the stigmas of the wide-striding (Vishṇu), let us become beatified."