Introduction

I bow down to that one and eternal Being who is conceived of by his devotees as half-male and half-female (representing in Himself both the masculine and feminine aspects of the universe), who is the only abode of eternal and uninterrupted bliss—who brings into being, maintains, and destroys the universe—whose real existence is nothing but consciousness itself and not any corporal frame—who always makes His presence felt in the hearts of his devotes—who is incapable of being properly described by words and can never be realised in his true nature even by those who have been able to form a spiritual union with Him, Alas ! my unsteady mind is nuable (unable?) to concentrate itself upon his feet, much more radiant than the accumulated brilliance of hundreds of suns.