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nature of his life in the world, the ephemeral nature of the worldly pleasures in which he is entangled. He must also realize how he is tossed about in the ocean of birth and death. He should realize how he is chained by the mighty bonds such as (1) the inherent ego of “I” and “Mine” (2) the powerful effects of his past and present deeds--the karma and (3) the delusion and illusion. These bonds are perpectual and the life of the individual is strongly bound by them. Our saint points out that the bonds fastened to his reasoning mind have been cut off by the universal Father out of His mercy (51:1). That is why the saint declares that he relates his first poem Civapuranam to the effacement of all his past karma. Therefore one may pray and worship God by extolling His greatness. Surrendering himself completely he may pray to Him to redeem him from all the bonds and the perpetual disease of birth and death. As the saint prays, one may pray to Him to save him from the vagaries of his mind and senses which are after sensual pleasures. He may pray to Him to bestow upon him. His mercy and grace. He may pray to him to show him the right path to reach Him. He may pray to Him io bestow upon him eternal Bliss. The best prayer is to pray to Him out of sheer love without asking for even His Bliss. This prayer of loving piety to Him shall place him in everylasting supreme and transcendent Bliss for ever and ever after. 2. (b) Gracious God Condescends By this kind of devoted prayer, God can be brought nearer home or rather the devotee can tie his mind to God in concentration and imagine Him to be in the loving pedesta of his melting heart. God has been gracious not to part from there even for as little a time as it takes to wink as the saint says (1:3). He has preferred to abide in the temple of his mind 21