It Follows From This That The Guru To Be Able To So Function Must Be Free From Delusion Himself

 - If a person mistakes an alligator for a raft and is foolish enough to try to ride upon it to cross a river in floods, it will take him to the midstream, immerse him in the water and devour him also

- If similarly a person is under Great Delusion and mistakes the I for the This and the This for the I, he will find himself in all sorts of difficulties unless he has the good fortune to seek and earn the grace of a Guru who can dispel that delusion

- Such a Guru's grace must be earned by a disciple by constant service to him and such service devotedly rendered will remove all dross from his mind and make it pure and receptive of the subtle teachings which the Guru may impart out of his grace

- The author proceeds to say that this treatise is to enable such a qualified disciple to easily understand those teachings

- "This analysis of truth is made for the easy understanding of those whose minds have become pure by reason of service to his two lotus-like feet"

- Having thus indicated the subject matter of this treatise, the qualification required of the person seeking to study it and the benefit that will accrue to him by such study

- the author proceeds directly to the matter which is the main theme of this treatise. Analysis always implies that two or more things have got mixed up with one another and that they have to be separated, if the distinct characteristics of each of them are to be known without any confusion