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whether it would be possible for His graciously great love to accrue to him. the servitor, too (32:4). He worships and prays to Him for His grace. 2. (a). How to pray? To pray and worship God one must be endowed with His Grace. The saint himself discloses this fact in his very first Poem's Since He-Civan the supreme Bliss - abides in my mind I, by His Grace worshipping His Feet, relate Civapuranam to the delight of my mind” (1:16-18). It is not that anybody can pray to Him at his whims and fancies. One must possess that faculty to pray to God, out of sheer love to Him and spontaneously pray and worship Him with all devotion and faith. He must tie down his wavering mind to Him and sing His praises. - The saint just like scores of sages in his line of hierarchy has paved the way how to pray and worship Him. One should have a staunch faith in God the primeval supreme Being Who is all love, all truth, all knowledge, all righteousness and all Bliss. He is in fact all in all as he sings: “Thou art not anything and without Thee nothing is" (22:7) Faith in Him alone will not suffice. One must realize that he has nothing of his own. He should understand the significance of the following song: “I myself am all false! My heart is false! My love too is false! But if I bound by karma would weep I could gain you, Oh Honey! Oh Ambrosia! Oh Essence of the sugar-cane! Oh great one Who is sweet to me! Bestow on me Your servant, Your grace that I may come unto You (5:90) Even a thorough realization of the transcendent supremacy of God and the trivial insignificant nature of the individual will not be enough to tempt him to pray to Him. One should also realise by deep introspection the transient 2O