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en. XVI. JIAMANUJA'S IXTBllPUETATIOXS. 103
don't remember Yamuna so explaining to me,"' expcstalated
Maladhara, " I like not sucli interpretations from tliee."
So .saying,
he ceased teaching further. The news of this interruption
of .studies reached the ears of G. Piii'iia. He journeyed tliereon
to Srirangam to inquire into the cause. Meeting Maladhara, he
asked for an explanation:— "Compeer!'" began Maladhara,
" our studies never go on smoothly, for Ramanuja, I find, is too
ranch for nie. He has an eternal store of new interpretations.
For instance, we had a pas.sage-at-arms over St. Nammazhvar's
ver-se Ariyd &a. [II. 3. 3.]. Whereas I construed it as
conveying a spirit of invective against God for His ways of
dealing with souls, Ramanuja construed it
as an expression of
gratitude to God, so as to make verse 3 harmonize with the
other verses of this Decad. Such a protesting spirit seemed
to me a violation of a disciple's decorum, while his constructions
also seemed at variance with our Yamuna's mind. Hence I had
to stop studying with an eccentric pupil like Ramanuja." " But,
pardon me," interrupted Piirna, " IlamAnuja is right, for I
remember our Yamuna having so explained. You seem to have
forgotten. Friend ! Ramanuja is incapable of going wrong.
If any one knows Y3,muna's mind, it is he. Look upon him as
like another Krishna who went to Sandipani ' for instruction.
You are but a pretence. He knows all. No more be under the
delusion that you are teaching him truths not already known to
him. So, permit me as a friend, to laj- it on you henceforth
as a sacred duty to continue the Tiru-vay-mozhi from where
you dropped it ; even if, to do so, it were necessary on your part
to wait on Ramanuja, instead of his waiting on you. He is
such disciple as his Gurus must go to him." So saying,
G. Piirna went to Ramanuja's monastery, accompanied by
Mdl&dhara and Mahd,piirna. Seeing them, RAraaijuja rose
exultingly, au'I prostrating himself, welcomed them all.
G. Purna thus made peace and saw to the Prabandha-.studies
being again pursued in right earnest.
They sat to the study again under these
terms of conciliation.
A passage was again being explained by MalSdhara. " Not
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Consult Vishnu-Purdna.