The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

What is the significance in the word "unaware" in line 285? What does it tell us about the mariners salvation?

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This is the Mariner's moment of epiphany. He realizes that all God's creatures are special, even the slimy Sea Snakes. He blesses them without realizing it, his pride now falling away with the shackles of the albatross.