Word Made Flesh

The Name of the Lord wells up in the saints,
and the saints are steeped in his Name.
The saints are steeped in his Name
and they alone can bestow the gift of the Name.
Adepts in the practice of the Name,
they impart the way to unite with it.
Austerities, penances, fasts and pilgrimages,
one may endlessly perform,
But without the help of the saint
one can never find entrance to the Name.
Try as one may in a million ways,
one will still wander endlessly.
The chamber of the Name will not open
until one comes to the door of the saint.
The Name lies, O Paltu, beyond the reach of pranas –
It is at the beginning; it is at the end.
The Name of the Lord wells up in the saints,
and the saints are steeped in his Name.
_{Saint Paltu}