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90 THE LIFE OF rXmXnUJA. OH. XIT.
to the ' Beggar (Siva)' ; when we have had the glorious ' Silkmantled
(Vishnu)', I was an abject slave to the ' Tiger-skin-
'
mantled (Siva)' ; when we have had the Gang4-toed (Vishnu)',
I circummabulated tlie Grave-yard-stalker (Siva)' ' ;
when we
have had the God of the fragrant Tula-n \ I resorted to the
'
J?i7«P-fond.(3iva)' and wasted my strength by pouring pailsful
of water over the vile phallus " So went on Nayanftr,
now really Govlnda, going through the wliole gamut of the
Vishnu-Siva legends ; and very contrite at heart for his vagrancy,
supplicated Purna to save his
soul, lost in the wilds of
false faiths. Govinda thus lay prostrate. Purna looked at
his disciples and saying :
" Repentance has washed this soul
ckan, and Alavandar will now accept the purged heart," lifted
him up with loving hands, patted him on the back and discoursed
to him in soothing tones, " drinking Govinda, as it
were, with his gracious eyes, and hugging him as it were to
his heart."
The Sivite residents of
Kalahasti came to know of N^yanfta-'s
)-emorse, recantation and redemption and hemming round
Purna, remonstrated with him thus :— " How canst thou
entice, Sir, our NayanElr, by mesmerizing him with charmdust.^
? " Why do ye ask me ? " retorted Purna, " there is
your Nayanir ; ask him. Know, our ways ai'e hidden to you,
ind we never swerve to others' ways." Then thoj- turned to
NAyanar, and seizing his hand, " Come," said they. Govinda
swiftly snatched his hand away from their clutch and said in
a,nger :— "How dare ye pollute my hand with your touch ?
Here, take away the temple-keys, the signet-ring and other
articles of your cult and creed, ily connection with you
' The basil sacred to Vishna (read p. Ivii. of our iire.-- Azhrdrs.)
^ JSgle Manneloi, leaves of—sacred to Siva.
' Ammdn-podi in Tamil, a magic-dnst supposed to possess the property
of subjugating another's -vrill to one's own.