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DeCad: 5 Sub-decad: 4 Purification of the soul Abstract: The first five stanzas of this sub-decaddescribe the steps to be taken to gain purity of the soul. Here the saint adopts the . negative but forceful manner of telling his heart the disciplines to be followed. “Oh my carcass of a heart! You do not sing His praise with melting thrill. You do not dance. You have no love for the feet of the Dancer. You do not throb. You do not bow down. You do not crown your head with the flowery feet of the Lord. You do not deck His feet with flowers. You do not seek for Him through street after street. You do not wail. I do not know what is to be done with you. You are helpless!”(31). He is distressed as his mind is like stone without melting for Him Who has bestowed on him. His sweet grace. He is pained to live without falling into the fire, without rolling down from rock and without plunging into the seas 39). He feels miserable that he is still capable of living to dine and dress well just to cherish the body (40) though the divine will of the Lord is not the least to part from him(37). He deplores what can he do if he were not to melt with love for His feet, if Ambrosia with honey, milk and sugar-candy were not to increase in him day by day and if he were not to enter His golden city(36). He mildly entreats his mind that it is necessary to make of himself a great clean shrine for Him to abide, an ample ground for Him to dwell by extirpating all foibles in the heart and thereby purifying the soul as He is easy of access to His devotees(35). This verse (35), therefore, seems to indicate the meaning of the title of this sub-dccad. 227