Namdev was influenced by Vaishnavite philosophy. His poems sometimes invoked Vithoba, sometimes Vishnu-Krishna as Govind-Hari, but in the larger context of Rama, which states Ronald McGregor, was not referring to the hero described in the Hindu epic Ramayana, but to a pantheistic Ultimate Being. Namdev's view of Rama can be visualised, adds McGregor, only as the one true, or real Teacher of man (satguru).. For example, in his following hymn, he mentions about worshipping One Omnipresent God rather than Hindu deities Rama or Shiva