He tempers all with soft control,

He is the Gods' diviner soul;

And Gods above and fiends below

And men to him their safety owe.

He Brahmá, Vishṇu, Śiva, he

Each person of the glorious Three,

Is every God whose praise we tell,

The King of Heaven,[1000] the Lord of Hell:[1001]

Each God revered from times of old,

The Lord of War,[1002] the King of Gold:[1003]