In Poem 31 of Chapter 4 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the 'ocean' symbolizes the Divine Reality whose grace (pearls) overwhelms the lover's heart. The poem describes a progressive state of spiritual annihilation (Fana): the initial encounter with the Divine makes the lover 'beside himself' (ecstatic or unconscious of the ego), while a subsequent or deeper immersion promises complete loss of the self. This progression points to the ultimate stage of mystical union where the individual identity is entirely consumed by the overwhelming Divine Presence.