Passage 3

In English

God is happy when He rescues those in agony

is another example of full surrender. had a gang of courtiers and ministers who catered to his whims and flattered his vanity; and while each of them advised him to challenge in open war and keep for himself, , his own brother, chastised him for his wilfulness and lust and urged him to save himself, his kingdom and his kith and kin by restoring unharmed to her Lord. When went over to , knew that he had a pure heart that could not survive in the poisonous atmosphere of . So He took him and saved him. The Lord likes to be called (protection of, and devoted to, the distressed and oppressed) more than any other name, for He is most happy when He rescues those in agony. See how He yielded to the entreaties of who required Him to demonstrate His prowess before surrendering to Him! He wanted to rescue , who had lost his kingdom and his queen, and so He was willing to be put to test by that apprehensive supplicant! gave up his mother, his throne and all his wealth and power; he revelled in travail and poverty, he dwelt only in the thought of in the forest and denied himself every thing that his brother could not get. By constant contemplation on , even his complexion changed into 's.