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narrated in the lines 30 to 35. After escaping from all these miserable things thought of God was born in him (42). In the lines 43 to 58 he speaks of how he had to face six crores of delusive powers like the dogma that the world is but an empty dream (“maayaavaatham”), epicturianism. sectarianism and atheism when they began their illusive play. In lines 59 to 87 he describes how the devotees like him becoming firm in their faith in God like a nail driven into a soft tree worshipped Him with melting heart like wax before fire; wept, trembled; danced; shouted; sang and prayed with pure love. With tears increasingly trickling, their mind in a whirl like the sea, with heartsore, their body shivering in unison, eschewing shyness while the world mocked at them as ghouls, they remained unswerving in mind. As the cow yearns for its calf they yearned with sigh after sigh. They did not despise the greatness of His grace in coming down on earth and becoming a supreme “Guru’; (Priest), instead their very bones softened and meited, their river of love over-flowed its banks; their good senses coalesced; they clamoured, “Oh Lord! Oh Lord "", their speech stumbled; the hair on their bodies stood on end; when they worshipped their palms folded like a lotus bud; their hearts blossomed; their eyes gleamed with joy with droplets dewing on them. While they thus cherished day by day with unswerving love He became their very mother and brought them up. “Obeisance to You ! Obeisance to You!” Lines 88 to 225 deal with salutationsto the Lord praising Him with all attributes including some legendary glories of Civan. Lines 137 to 141 indicate how He is present in the great elements. 17g