one will understand his mistakes ; knowing this you should not dispute.
191. The darkness of centuries is dispersed at once as soon as a light is brought into the room. The accumulated ignorances and misdoings of innumerable births vanish before the single glance of the Almighty's gracious look.
192. When the Malaya breeze blows, all trees, having stamina in them, become converted into sandal-trees; but those which have no stamina remain unchanged as before, like bamboo, plantain, palm-tree, &c. So when Divine Grace descends, men having the germs of piety and goodness in them are changed at once into holy beings and are filled with Divinity, but worthless and worldly men remain as before.
193. As the dawn heralds in the rising sun, so unselfish- ness, purity, righteousness, &c., precede the advent of the Lord.
194. As a king, before going to the house of his servant, sends from his own stores the necessary seats, ornaments, food, &c., to his servant, so that the latter may properly receive him ; so before the Lord cometh, He sends love, reverence, faith, yearning, &c., into the heart of the devotee.
195. Shallow water in an open field will in time be dried up though no one may lessen it by using it So a sinner is sometimes purified by simply resigning himself totally and absolutely to the mercy and grace of God.
