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138 RAMANU.TA TEACOES GOD.- CH. XXII.
to her the holy Vaishnava sacraments ; and allotted her
a place in the Shrine, where her image is to this day seen
and reverenced hy all the visitors. Thence he turned
to the south, going to Tirumal-irun-jfilai (10 miles north of
Madura), and other Shrines, in the Pfi,ndya-mandala and held
disputations there with the learned on philosophy and won
laurels. Thence he travelled to Tiru-p-pull£i,ni (Darbhasayanam
near ES,mnM), S6tu (or E&m&'s Bridge), and returned to
Tirunagari,
the birth-place of St. Namm&zhv^r,' before whom he
reverently repeated the Kanninun-Siru-t-tfl,mbu of St. Madhura-
KavigaP. The Saint was delighted with R4m3,nuja's devotion
and blessed him with tirtha, prasdda, and other honors. And
Rd-mftnuja, dedicating the verse :
took leave of the Saint after visiting the Holy Tamarind Tree
under which he is enshrined, and Lord Adin9,tha resident there-
The various Shrines in the vicinity were all visited, engaging
in polemic controversies wherever he went and overthrowing
his opponents.' Duly he reached Tiru-k-kurungndi (Kuranganagari
about 20 miles south of Tinnevelly), and visited the Lord
Nambi.
" Rftmanuja, we have
A voice came from him thus :
—
often incarnated on earth, as Eama, Krishna, and so on in
order to save mankind ; but we have never been able to persuade
people to Our ways as thou hast done. How dost thou do it ? ''
" Almighty," said Ramanuja, " if thou wilt ask me in the way
that a disciple or a pupil is required to ask his teacher or
tutor, I will answer thee." jSTambi under.stood Ram&nuja, and
commanded a throne being brought and begged Rama,nuja to
', ° Bead tlio Livps of these iiuja when hnwas asleep to a rook
Saints in our Lives of Azhi-drs. (called Varidhdna-mla) on an islet
^ Another version has that Bama- in the Sindhu river, a mile from
nuja went from here to Tiru-v- KuranKa-Nagari. Finding himself
anantapuram (Trivendram) first, alone, ho called for a disciple of his
And here he wished to introduce by name Nambi. But Lord Narabi
the Paficharatra mode of worship, appeared in the guise of this disbnt
the Nambudri Brahnians, the ciple, served him and led him to
priests of the Temple, objected, the Temple, where however Ho va-
Banianuja persisting, the Lord iiished out of sight, to KAmfuiuia's
Ananta-padnianabha, siding with great astonishment.
His old priests, transported Kama-