Thrilling all over with excess love, the sage rivetted his eyes on the Lord’s lotus face. He thought to himself,”What prayers did I mutter and what austerity did I perform that I was enabled to behold with my own eyes the Lord who is beyond all knowledge and transcends the three Gu˜as as well as the senses and mind. It is through Japa (muttering of prayers). Yoga (concentration of mind) and a host of religious observances that man acquires devotion, which is incomparable ( as a means of God-Realization). So does Tulas¶dŒsa sing the all-holy exploits of Ýr¶ RŒma (the Hero of Raghu’s line) day and night.