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5. The Sacred Cento Sub-decad: (1) The Cognition of The Real Abstract With his frame quivering, with palms joined over his head, with tears brimming his eyes and with melting heart, the saint prays to God to acknowledge him (verse number 1) and begs to grant him in His grace everlasting love to adore His glorious jewelled feet.(6). He feels his smallness by saying “I have not done any penance, I have not worshipped You by strewing flowers at Your feet(5). I am not worthy to enter the assembly of Your devotees”.(10,5). He asks with a sense of insinuation and anguish in case he is left in lurch, “When am I, melting in ecstasy with my mind so enraptured and thinking of Your feet only that people say that, “this man is mad” and speak whatever that comes to their mind, to die Oh my Father?”(3). But this is not a plea for death. He sings, “You, Civan, My Lord! Even after seeing my meanness made me Your own” (9) His tenacity of purpose of the cognition of the real which is the title of this sub-decad can be seen in his determination “Never shall I lapse from the observance of singing “Obeisance to You! Obeisance to You!” even if my generation is to be ruined”(1). He has realized fully that One can apprehend the God-head only with undying and unstinting love to Him. So he prays to grant him in His grace everlasting love to adore His glorious feet ceaselessly (6). 193