In English
Saint was a great devotee of and he composed thousands of verses in His adoration. He wanted to know which of them really appealed to . However, he had no way of knowing and so he gathered the leaves of his manuscript and dropped them into the river . All but a few leaves, containing a hundred verses, sank in the water. Only a hundred appealed to as they were composed with sincerity of feeling and one-pointed attention. They were the greatest compositions of . They were spontaneous creations of a heart inspired by sincere devotion and absolute self-surrender. The verses which sank into the water were those composed by him with pride and for pomp. Sincerity is the essential criterion of devotional poetry. or devotion to God is not enough, it must be coupled with purity of heart.