Figures
who it looks to — gods, spirits, ancestors; some rooms are empty on principle Part of Belief →The ultimate — what this line takes as final
V
Vishnu — the supreme.
Not one god among many but the ultimate reality personally: all other deities are his aspects, his administration.
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Gods & powers — the presences it names and addresses
K
Krishna and Rama — the descents.
The avatars beloved above all: Krishna the charioteer-teacher of the Gita, Rama the exiled king of the Ramayana — God with a biography.
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