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De CaC :5 Sub - decad: HO Aananthaatheetham Surpassing Bliss Abstract: In the first few stanzas of this sub-decad, the saint deplores that while His real devotees who gained the state of Union with His Feet reached Him when He in His grace appeared as a human being diffusing light, he with his wavering heart became degraded to the tail end (91). He feels that when He appeared with a hue of sacred ash gleaming on His body and when His real devotees reached the Reality, he did not consider Him so hard of access (92). But only when He with rosy Feet and His devotees Who have received His grace moved away detaining him here in this world, he feels not only depressed but also deplores that he has not died yet for his mistake of not recognizing the inviting look of the Lord(93). He is pained that he has no love for Him though He turned him a devotee as if a stone is miraculously turned into a fruit(94). He gradually realises that even he has been made a devotee worthy of being counted along with His band of devotees (96.97,98). He sings, “Oh You Whom even those of the heavenly land could not know! Oh You Whom even the Upanishads could not trace! Oh You Whom even those of the other lands could not know! Oh You Who made me sweetly Your own! You Who led me to dance with this body of flesh! Ch You Who make me melt and drink You in! Oh You Who enacted the drama of enlightenment that the desire of this world may perish in me!” (95). The saint praises the 284