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in Them! See that You do not forsake me” (6:15). “Oh! God Who owns me! Have pity on this soul which firmly believing that You will not cease to pour Your Grace, pines for You with mouth uttering Your praises and calling You again and again as the God of the golden court, with mind melting and contemplating on You and with eyes streaming with tears” (21:10). One can find in almost all the 51 decads how the saint shed his tears and melted for His Grace. He himself has sung that one can achieve God-hood by sincerely weeping out of love for His Grace. He goes to the extent of lamenting, “Oh! King of the sacred golden hall of Thillai! What else can I do other than weeping with worry whether You would take pity to bestow Your Grace on me and abide in me” (21:4). God is the ocean of compassion. He takes abode and never departs even for a moment from the heart of the devotees who ardently pray to Him. When the soul has reached a state of perfection by incessant meditation on God and when its undying love for the Lord has become full to overflowing. He Who dwells already within melts the soul and offers neverdrying--tears of Bliss (17:2). It is no wonder therefore that Saint Theresa while speaking about religious experiences in the melting mood, calls, tears, as the gift of God. Saint Thirugnaanasambanthar ('see appendix') sings “loving Him devotedly, melting and shedding tears for His Grace and chanting His sacred name of “Na,Ma, Ci, Va, Ya” will lead all those to the perfect path of realisation of God. This divine word of five letters connoting obeisance to His name is far superior to and greater than the divine words of the four great Vedaas”. One has to uderstand the method of uttering His ΠΗΠΠΕ. Saint Ramalinga Swami (see appendix) who has genuinely and faithfully followed Saint Maanickavaachagar in 90