GOD – His Nature and Attributes- Karam Narain Kapur

From – Sublimity of the Vedas

1. He (God) is all pervading, all powerful, bodiless faultless without sinews, holy and untouched by sin. He is omniscient, wise poet, self-existent and al encompassing. (Y 40:2)
2. Whatever, animate and in animate, there is in this world, is pervaded by God (Yajur Veda 40-1)
3. God, whose name and glory is great, has no image (Yaju 32;3)
4. He (God) is our father and brother. He is the Controller of the Universe. He know all the worlds and objects, in Him the emancipated soul’s moves freely in the region free from wordily pleasures and pains. (Y 32:30)
5. God is the cause of all the movements in this world, but He Himself remains unmoved. He is far away from the ignorant; but near at hand for the enlightened. He is within and without all the beings of this world ( Yaju 40:50)
6. O Lord, Thou are to us as a father is to his son. May we attain thee. May you shower happiness on us. ( R 1:19)
7. Thous are God of gods, a wonderful friend, life of all lives and glorious in this cosmic sacrifice. O Lord! May we live peacefully under thine extensive protection and may we never come to grief under thine friendship ( R 1:19:13)
8. O Refuge of all, you are our Father and you are our Mother. Your are Lord of innumerable activities, we pray to you for your good wishes. (R 8:98:11)
9. O Men! Know him as God (Indra) who stabilized the moving earth, who checks the eruption of volcanic mountains, who creates the vast space and who supports the heavens (A20:34:2).
10. Singers sing your praise, worshippers and persons versed in Vedas worship you. O Lord of numerous activities! The learned accept you as the Most Exalted. (Rig, 1:10:1)
11. All the deities find refuge in the All Powerful God. (A 13:3, 13:4)
12. God is neither second, nor third, nor fourth nor fifth nor sixth nor seventh nor eight nor ninth nor tenth. That is, He is the First most exalted and unmatched. (A 13:4(2),16,17,18)
13. God awards fruits of actions to the good and the evil doers alike (R,6:15;9)
14. He (GOD) is dispenser of justice. He is most exalted; He is punisher of evil acts and is God of gods. ( A 13:4(1)4)