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The birthless lord carries on his person the pure consciousness of the Jiva. His own particle in the form of the Kaustubha gem and it is the diffusive splendour of the latter which the lord actually wears on his right breast as the mark Srivatsa. carrying on his person his own maya consisting of various gunas or modes of prakriti in the form of vanamala a garland of sylvan flowers. A golden piece of linen consisting of the vedas about his loins and the sacred syllable Om (Aa U Ma) in the tripple sacred thread. The Lord wears the philosophical system of Sankhya and Yoga as a pair of Aligator shaped earrings and the realm of Brahma the highest functionary of this universe promising fearless ness to all its inhabitants as his diadem. The unmanifest primordial matter as the seat couch going by the name of sesha (the serpent God) which he remains nestled in; and sattvaguna the principle of harmony or goodness characterised by the six divine properties such as Dharma righteousness and Jnana wisdom the other four being Aiswarya or universal dominion, Yasa or glory, sri or affluence, and vairagya or dispassion. As well as by the divine potencies known by the name of Vimala, Utkarsni, janana, kriya, yoga, prahavi, satya, isana and anugraha, is spoken of as the lotus spread on this seat. He wields Prana or the vital air foremost of the five airs existing in the body under the names of prana apana vyana udana and samana. accompanied by organic mental and bodily strength in the form of a mace bearing the name of Kaumodaki. the principle of water in the form of an excellent conch pancajanya by name, the principle of fire as the discus sudarshana, the principle of ether as the sword clear as the sky, a shield consisting of tamas the principle of inertia and ignorance  a bow made of horns as representing kala the time spirit and a quiver consisting of karma the principle of activity. 
Knowing persons declare the ten cosmic indriyas (the five senses of perception and the five angas of action to be his shafts. the cosmic mind characterised by the power of action to be his chariot and the five tanmantras the subtle elements to be exterior of his chariot and he exhibts his service ability to his devotees in the shape of conferring boons and assuring protectivity to them through mudras positions of the hands such as vara and abhaya. the spot where the deity is worshipped should be visualized as the orb of the sun, the ceremony of initiation by the guru into a certain mantra should be contemplated as the act of self consecration which makes one eligible for the worship of a particular deity and the worship of the lord should be conceived as the eradication of all ones sins.