Jai Sri Ram,
The Seven books are the seven beautiful lights of steps, which the soul delights to look upon with the eyes of wisdom, the unqualified and unbounded greatness of Rama, which will be presently discussed, represents the unfathomable, depth of this holy water,
The glory of Rama and Sita constitute the nectorian water, the similes represents the soul ravishing sport of its wavelets, the beautiful caupais represents the thick growth of lotus plants, the various poetic devices constitute the lovely shells that yield beautiful pearls, other alike are cluster of charming lotuses,
The incomparable senses, the beautiful ideas and the elegant expression represents the pollen, honey and fragrance of those flowers respectively, the virtuous acts mentioned therein are the charming swarms of bees, the references to spiritual enlightenments, dispassion and reason represents the swan,
The implications and involutions and the various excellences and styles of poetry are the lovely fishes of various kinds, the four ends of human existence, viz, worldly riches, religious merits, enjoyment and liberation, the reckoning exhaustion of Jnana that knowledge of God in his absolute formless aspects, and Vijnana that knowledge of qualified divinity both with and without form, the nine sentiments of poetry, and reference to the Japa the muttering of mystic formulae, austerity, Yoga that contemplative unison with God, and detachment from the world and all these represents the charming aquatic creatures of this lake, Eulogies on various men, pious souls and the name of God, these correspond to water birds of various kinds, the assemblage of saints referred to herein are the mango grooves hemming the lake on all sides and piety has been likened to the vernal season, the exposition of the various types of devotion and the references to forbearance, compassion, and sense control represents the canopies of creepers,
Jai Siya Ram
