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Rh My strength I broke, and I have become weak; my unstable mind I fixed and made stable; my unfashioned mind I fashioned, and then I quaffed nectar. In that state I sang of Him who preceded the soul and the three qualities. The idea that Thou and I are distinct hath been removed. What was worthy of worship I worshipped, what was worthy of trust I trusted; and I have become blended with God as water with water. Saith Jaidev, I have repeated God's name, and becoming absorbed in His love have obtained Him who liveth undisturbed.

was the son of Damasheti, a tailor, who resided at Narsi Bamani, a village near Karhad in the Satara district of the Bombay Presidency. Namdev's mother was Gonabai, daughter of a tailor at Kalyan, in the same district. Both Namdev's