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3. Thiru Andappahuthi in me like an eternal spring delights my mind. I cannot bear any longer this body which is not able to contain the exquisite - Bliss which overruns it with waves”. Lines 124 to 145 deal with the inaccessibility of Civan to various categories of gods and sages who desired to see Him. Though the supreme God Civan has been shining with lightning-like flashes and golden light from a heap of emeralds and cluster of rubies, He hid Himself from the four-faced (Ayan) who searched for Him. He hid himself from those who toiled to see him with single-minded devotion and from those who laboriously sought Him with faith in the power of the Vedaas. From those who boasted to see Him by some rare device He hid Himself by the same device there itself. He regarded all dispassionately and appeared as male, changed to neuter form but hid from them as a female with a shining fore-head. From the vision of ascetics who bidding their five senses to stay behind and seeking refuge in trackless hills, dwell in contemplation with their frames stripped of all but the bare breath, He hid Himself. He hid Himself from those who with vacillating knowledge say “There is God, but only One; there is no God". From those who proclaimed “When even of old we strove to find Him, when even to-day when we strive to find Him, He hides Himself. Now we have found that Deceiver. Hastel Raise a hue and cry. With garlands of fresh flowers fetter His feet. Surround Him. Gherao Him. Follow Him. Catch hold of Him. Don't leave Him.” He, eluding their grasp hid Himself completely. In lines 146 to 182 the saint narrates his experience. “ The peerless One declaring His nature, “I alone am” so that people like me may pay heed to it, calling me in His grace and 148