"Knowledge is rejection; abandon Brahman and worship Vish.nu. Here
where even the homage paid to the __prasada__ counts as faith, what
need to mention anything besides?" Thus the devotee does everything
by faith, and dispassion and enjoyment are to him alike swallowed up
in faith].

111. By association with the good and by repeatedly listening to the
story of K.rish.na's sports there has arisen in the lake of the mind
the great wave of pure faith and pure affection; abandoning the
doctrine of unity and without hesitation embracing that of duality,
we worship with our whole heart the lotus-feet of the beloved of
Lakshmi.

112. There is a rule in the things of the world, that he who is near
the king may be called the king; so too in the things of Brahman and
the soul must we understand the various sacred texts [which at first
sight appear to identify them].

113. He in whom the universe,--sun, moon, and the rest, with the three
worlds,--rose into being,--in whom it all abides until it perishes,--
and in whom, each in its own time, it is all finally dissolved,--He,
the Lord, whom, being beyond all qualities [Footnote: Cf. Sarva D. S.
p. 52, l. 8 infr. "The statements that the Supreme Spirit is devoid
of qualities, are intended to deny his possession of phenomenal
qualities (such as liking, disliking, etc.)."], even Brahman himself
cannot declare in the Vedas,--why, O teacher, dost thou teach this
miserable me the words "I am He"?

114. He in whom the storehouse of the universe with all its creatures
great and small, was all contained like a line of insects drowned in