MANY have died who were dear to me; how is it, O Ilari, you have survived them? Come, tell me now, O Vitthala, how is it you have lived so long ? My father died with his eyes fixed on you, my grandfather and great-grandfather. Childhood, youth and the staff of age have chased me hotly; but you have lasted so long, because you had none to withstand you. Tuka says, Thus I conclude that all men, myself too, have to be placed in you as a deposit.