"From the impossibility of its possessing mala, &c., the body of the Supreme is of pure energy, and not like ours."
And it has also been said elsewhere—
"His body is composed of the five mantras which are subservient to the five operations,
"And his head, &c., are formed out of the Ísa, Tatpurusha, Aghora, Váma, and other hymns."
If you object to this view that "such passages in the Ágamas as 'He is five-faced and fifteen-eyed,' assert prominently the fact that the Supreme Being is endowed with a body, organs, &c.," we concede what you say, but we maintain that there is no contradiction in his assuming such forms to show his mercy to his devoted servants, since meditation, worship, &c., are impossible towards a Being entirely destitute of form. This has been said in the Paushkara—
"This form of his is mentioned for the preservation of the devotee."
And similarly elsewhere—
"Thou art to be worshipped according to rule as possessed of form;
"For the understanding cannot reach to a formless object."
Bhojarája[125] has thus detailed the five operations—