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more A d more and evolves into a character in the animal kingdom as wooing for the purpose of reproduction. This characteristic feeling of love is varied in the human beings. The mother loves her child as it is her own production. The child loves the mother because she feeds her child. A boy lovci, another boy of his age just to play with. This develops into sricndship, a kind of love. A handsome youth loves a lovely maiden The maiden loves the youth. This love in most cancs is an impulse for the sexual pleasure. A scholar or he icntist loves his teacher because of his outstanding !, holarship or meritorious discovery. The master loves his o, tudent when the latter is earnest in learning more and more. An ascetic preceptor loves his disciplined disciple because the latter has surrendered himself completely in the pursuit of scal knowledge. This disciple loves his preceptor because the cherished characteristics of the ascetic, demand a reverentia levotion for him. In these cases one may observe that love is cciprocal . In the same manner God loves those who love him. They are His devotees. The devotees love God in the fond hope of enjoying eternal Bliss as they firmly believe and definitely know that God is not only all Love, all knowledge, all Truth but all the more supreme Bliss. Such of those devoted ones realise that eternal Bliss is possible to achieve only by His Grace. The way to gain His Grace is nothing but prayer. - Devotional prayer with loving piety and meditational supplication will certainly lead one to His path of Grace. In order to gain this aim one must be endowed with real love sor God. 17