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earth

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strikes,
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pile

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with

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Fortune

that

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for

now

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I

years

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years

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buried

sought,
sight;

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seen

cast

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my

temple

have

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strikes

flashes

in

gold.
alchemy

earth,

my

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past

behind

me,

Forever, Oh! Guheshwar;

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creeper

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sought

long

my

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longing

is

now

leg
of

my

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entwined.
heart

is

now

my

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poor

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seekers

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man

grasp
stumbling

tireless

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the

sweep

have

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seen

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splendour,

Source

of

of

the

having

consciousness;

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my

gaze
upon

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come

my

within

at

his

have

supernal

gazed

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trove,
Inconceivable;

of

being,
in

have

the

whole

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upon

steps

seen

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so

Supreme

Master
wonder

on

light;

unfathomable

emblem

seen,

all

his

have

palm.

been

saved,

Oh! Guheshwara.
The meeting of Prabhu and Animisha, as Prabhu himself relates, was like the meeting of mutes; for, as Animisha was
lost in trance, he remained without speech and action. Prabhu was eager to have his initiation, but Animisha was
silent-bound. How could it be effected? It was effected through the silent transmission of power, through the transfer
of Linga from the palm of ones hand to the palm of another. The Linga, charged with power touched Prabhu and
turned him into an adept by emptying him of Karmamala.
Prabhu exclaims:
Oh!

Guheshwaralinga,

All

the

You

emptied

Where

is

the

into

cuckoo,

and

the

the
where
child

the

so

have

superconscious.

the

mango

of

the

met,

hills,
salt?

they
we

tree?
meet.

sea-bred

yet

Guheshwaralinga.

unconscious,

they
myrobalan,

where

And

removing
the

yet
is

And
Even

of

me

And
Where

by

contents

meet;
you

and

In Veerashaiva terminology Linga is the grace of Guru formulated. It cannot be gainsaid that the grace of Animisha
wrought a miraculous change in Prabhu. Animisha, a marvel of silent dynamism and magnetic personality attracted
Prabhu. He was steeped in God consciousness from which he radiated silent light which sparks out a Gospel of
silence that goes in the heart of Prabhu. Animisha neither speaks nor acts, yet he has moved Prabhu intensely in the
realm of the Divine. The silent communion has been effected by one inspiring the other. Of course words fail to
express this intimate communion. Prabhu, being freed from the fetters of malatraya by virtue of his self-discipline and
the Divine Grace of Animisha, became a pure man, a perfect man, a superman, a cosmic man. Such a one is termed
Sharana or Jangama in Veerashaivism. Sharana in virtue of his essence is the cosmic thought assuming flesh and
connecting the Absolute with the world of nature. While every appearance shows some attribute of Reality, Sharanas
microcosm in which all attributes are united, and in all its diverse aspects. To state it otherwise, the Absolute having
completely realized itself Sharana returns into itself through him. God and man become one in the perfect man the
enraptured prophet or saint whose religious function as a mediator between man and God corresponds with his
metaphysical function as the unifying principle by means of which the opposite terms of reality and appearance are
harmonized. Hence the upward movement of the absolute from the sphere of manifestation back to the unmanifest
essence takes place in and through the intuitive experience of Sharana. So there is an exchange of philosophy for
mysticism.