We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises.

What matters is that we be rich in justice, mercy, love, holiness and truth; that we be generous sharers of the bounty he bestows.

"त्रैलोक्यनाथं महदेवमीशं शरण्यं शिवं शङ्करं शूलपाणिम्। भक्तानुकम्पिं जगदेकबन्धुं त्वमेव शम्भो शरणं प्रपद्ये॥" “I surrender to Shambhu, the one Lord of the three worlds, compassionate to His devotees, ...