In English
God responds to unadulterated devotion
, in her pride, imagined that her Lord could be appropriated by her if jewels and gems were presented. She piled them on one pan of the balance which was weighing Him. But this was of no avail. had effaced herself and knew only the -principle. So, when she placed a single leaf with her prayer on the pan, could be weighed and the pan with rose up. Unadulterated devotion, total renunciation - these alone can help us to achieve the awareness of our Divinity. was the headman of a village in the days of . His other name was . He revered , the of (qualified nondualism), the great Master of Vaishnavism, as his . He renounced his riches, lands and home in the village and proceeded to the holy shrine of on the River. His wife accompanied him. They had to walk through a thick jungle when night fell. The wife asked him, her voice tremulous with fear, "Are there robbers around?" He. replied, "Why should we fear? We have nothing with us for them to rob." The wife confessed that she had with her a small gold cup, which she had brought along to serve water to her husband. did not approve of her action. He asked for the cup and threw it far into the jungle, and they proceeded in peace.