At night they would return to the hermitage and eat a little fruit or roots. They kept their mind aloof from the objects of sight, hearing, touch, and other things of a worldly nature. The path of knowledge leads to Truth, as does the path that combines knowledge and love. The path of love, too, leads to this goal. The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge.
All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth.
Through the cooling influence, as it were, of the bahakta's love, the water has frozen at places into blocks of ice. Reasoning in this way, the mind becomes steady. Then it disappears and the aspirant goes into samAdhi. But God can be seen the moment His grace descends. He is the Sun of knowledge.