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strength of his devotion and of the God's grace as He did in the cases of Ajāmīla, Jasu, Vyādha, etc.!
Sūradāsa says that he danced and danced in the world of Máyā being possessed by the passions like desire (kāma), anger (krodha), greed (lobha), infatuation (moha), and assuming various forms of bodies, exhibited himself variously; he danced through the eighty-four lacs of species and still did not acquire perfection. Being tired of such a life, he now returned and surrendered (s'araņāgata) to the all-compassionate Lord who has owned him. Thus, Sūradása seeks his final rest and peace in the heart of the Lord who possesses immense love and compassion for His creation.
Sūradasa gives supreme importance to the name of the Lord as the only means of attaining liberation. He says that like Hari there is nothing else and there cannot be deliverance (mukti) without Hari, even though millions of other efforts are made. Without Hari no one can achieve bliss, neither on the earth nor in the heaven; therefore, His name must be uttered, day and night. He advocates the utterence of the name of Hari constantly with full faith in Him just like a faithful wife who has devotion for her beloved; or remembering Him as intensely as the Cakora does the moon and the Cataka prays for the
i Sūradāsa : Sūrasā gara, Vol. I (Hindi), Skandha I, Verse 204, p. 67.
2 Ibid. Verse 205, pp. 67-68. 3 Ibid. Skandha II, Verse 5, p. 116.
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