The manifold pathways prescribed in different sastras as leading to the supreme human end meet in Thee alone, like the streams of the Ganges which, running along different courses, join the ocean. Thou art the sole means to liberation for those, who being freed from passion, dedicate all their activities unto Thee and meditate upon Thee.

Professor Gorresio occupied the first Chair for Sanskrit in Italy at the University of Turin. It was to his credit that the Eastern version of Valmiki Ramayana was published in ten volumes, with Italian translation, Introduction and Notes as early as 1843-67. King Albert of Italy extended the necessary financial support for the great work. The edition by Gorresio has been unavailable for several decades and it is little known in India. India heritage Trust with painstaking effort has brought at the original ten volume set in eight volumes.