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ment, the Madhurabhāva, the approach in which God is the lover and the devotee the beloved...'15
Lastly, one would like to conclude with a Vedic prayer which characterises the essence of Vedic bhakti: Gāyanti tvā gāyantrino frcantyarkamarkinah Brahmänastvā satakrata udvamsamive yemire. (SV, 1344) i.e., O Lord with hundred names, The chanters chant of thee, and to thee the singers sing their song,
and those who pray, raise thee O Lord, as they raise a beam to the house.
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