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“Oh! King of devotees! Oh! my Father! Oh! Flame of Reality! Making my body and soul soften in every pore and melt, You ente ed me and abiding in me, You have dispelled my darkness. Instruct me how I may describe You!” (22:3). The Saint is over-whelmed with delight at visualizing the gracious Feet of God and prays to bestow Them on him and worships: “Obeisance to You! Graciously bestow on us Your blossom Feet! Oh! the Primordial of all things! Obeisance! Graciously bestow on us Your rosy tender Feet, the end of all things! Obeisance to the golden Feet, the source of all beings! Obeisance to the slowery Feet, the bliss to all beings: Obeisance to the twin Feet, the salvation to all beings! Obeisance to the lotus Feet not visualized even by Vishnu or Brahma! Obeisance to the Feet of gc'den flowers which make us HIs so that we may be redeemed! Obcisance to You!” (7:20). “Oh! King! Though I was blessed to see Your anklet-girt Feet with rejoicing mind I have not been blessed to merge with Them. Oh! Lord Kindly do not folsake me!” (6:15). As the saint himself has said, it was only with His Grace he was enabled to pray to Him. It was only when he prayed that he should be endowed with unintermitting love for Him, it was granted. It was only when he, with that love for Him, thawed and melted. He bestowed on him. His pleasant Grace. It was only when his body and soul melted and melted. He entered his mind. It was only when he prayed with undying love He condescended to 47