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4. Bridal Mysticism It is said that a mystic is one who surrenders to a power of love that is greater than human and advances towards God and he is no longer in command of his own life, of his own mind and of his own will. Our saint has been a mystic par excellence in this respect as he surrendered his body, soul and his belongings to God. Love is the only device which God cannot escape and He falls into the net of devout love. Our saint converted himself as His mystic bride and with devout love bestowed upon, he enacted a gnostic drama of divine love with Him, received His grace in full measure and mingled with Him in inseparable union in His land of Bliss. Though the utterances of the saint have been rightly called as mystic theology, his love story has been dealt with in our hypothetical third part of Thiruvaachakam viz., in 14 Decads from the 7th Decad to the 20th Decad. The seventh Decad is a game of girls Thiruvempaavai - Oh our sacred Maiden - in which the bride in love is aroused from her deep slumber. In the same way the 20th Decad Thiruppalli Ezhuchchi is awaking the Lord - the Divine Lover. Most of these Decads have been sung as dialogue of young maidens (7) duet argument (12), conversation (19), group play (9,11,13-16) and group singing (8). Decad 18 deals with sending a messenger of love and the secret courtship is disclosed to mother in Decad 17. Let us elucidate the love theme of our saint with verses from each one of the 14 Decads. The saint as lady-love is infatuated with love for Civan - Maadevan (Decad: 7). It appears it is a pre-mature passionless passion for Him. However she is deeply engrossed in meditation and is crying off and on, “Oh my Lord! Oh my Lord!” ceaselessly yearning 31