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YAJNA.ilUUTI.
CU. XVII.
Yajiia-murti was already there. Ramaauja's dignified manner,
stately gait, and glory of countenance, struck terror
into him. A presage of defeat, it seemed to him ali-eady.
" What a contrast," exclaimed he, " between the state in which
I left him yesterday, and that in which I see him this day !
He is advancing towards me in all the majesty of a mad elephant.
This is surely extraordinary. He must be more than
human." So thinking tj himself, he instinctively rose, and
advancing towards Rsimanuja, cried "
: Sire, no more words
between us, I pray. I confess I am beaten." As he said, he
placed Ram4nuja's sandals on his head, and implored him to
deign to gather him to his holy fold." '• What i| this ? " said
Ramslnnja, surprised, " I never expected this from you. Oar
case is still contested. Let us argue it throngli and see where
it will land us." " Pardon me, Siie," submitted Yajfia-murti,
" no more fight. When I actually see you are one with God,
I dare not open my mouth again." "And yet," rejoined
Rd,manuja, " I wish to say that the Mdydvdda or illusion-doctrine
necessarily strips God {Para-hrahman) of any attribute.
But from our Scriptures we derive no support for an attributeless
God. Such texts as that ' God is Truth '