Passage 4

In English

Sweetness in abundance. EMBODIMENTS of the Divine Self! The sage , who was pure, holy and utterly selfless, wrote the in hundred of stanzas for the redemption of mankind. But the and , realising the supreme greatness of the , sought from a share in his great work. Responding to their appeal, distributed the (verses) among the denizens of the three worlds. After the distribution of the in equal shares among the three one shloka of 32 syllables remained. After distributing in equal measure 30 of them, two syllables remained. These two syllables were the letters , which he gave to the dwellers of the three worlds. The same two syllables are found in the names of , , Jesus, and . Thus offered to the residents of all the three worlds the two-syllable name of the Lord equally.