Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c9.71.5

c9.71.5

who originates in water (*avjā*) (in the forms of aquatic life), in rocks (*adri-jā*), in light-waves (*go-jā* goshu raśmishu jātaḥ), in Truth (*Ṛita-jā*) (as being visible to all) (*Ṛitaṁ Satyaṁ sarvair dṛiśyatvena satya-jātaḥ*) and is himself *Ṛita* or Truth, free and all-pervading (*Satyaṁ avādhyaṁ sarvādhishṭhānaṁ brahma-tatvam*). The deity of iv, 42 declares : " I am Almighty (*Kshatriya*), Ruler of the Universe (*viśvāyaḥ*), Ruler of two worlds (Earth and Heaven), Whom the gods worship as well as men ! I am supreme Ruler, Varuṇa, to execute Whose purposes the gods acquire necessary powers ! I am limitless in width and depth (*mahitvā urvī gabhīre*) ! I am possessed of supreme knowledge (*vidvān*) ! I am the Creator (*Tashṭvā*) who breathes life into all creatures (*viśvā bhuvanāni tasmairayaṁ samprairayam*) and sustains the Universe (*rodasī dhārayam*) ! I am the author of all actions (*ahaṁ tā viśvā chakaram*) whose power is invincible ! " VI, 9 is a hymn in praise of the Supreme God called Vaiśvānara, the Light of the Universe dispelling its darkness, whose appearance causes the rotation of Day and Night by recognized turn (*vivartete vedyābhiḥ*) ; Who alone knows what happened before creation and emergence of Time and its sequence ; Who alone comprehends the warp and the woof in the fabric of creation (*tantu* and *otu*), i.e.