[426] Pâṇini, IV. 3. 95-98.
[427] Kaṭhâ Up. I. 1. 2, 23.
[428] R.V. X. 125.
[429] Compare too the hymns of the R.V. to Varuṇa as a rudimentary expression of Bhakti from the worshipper's point of view.
[430] E.g. Theragâthâ, 818-841 and 1231-1245.
[431] I. 2.
[432] They are called the Śândilya Sûtras and appear to be not older than about the twelfth century A.D., but the tradition which connects them with the School of Śândilya may be just, for the teaching of this sage (Chândog. Up. III. 14) lays stress on will and belief. Râmânuja (Śrîbhâshya, II. 2. 43) refers to Śândilya as the alleged author of the Pâncarâtra. There are other Bhakti sûtras called Nâradiya and ascribed to Nârada, published and translated in The Sacred Books of the Hindus, No. 23. They consist of 84 short aphorisms. Raj. Mitra in his notices of Sanskrit MSS. describes a great number of modern works dealing with Bhakti.
[433] Yet it is found in Francis Thompson's poem called Any Saint
So best
God loves to jest
With children small, a freak
Of heavenly hide and seek
Fit
For thy wayward wit.
[434] Pope, The History of Manikka-Vaçagar, p. 23. For the 64 sports of Śiva see Siddhanta Dipika, vol. IX.