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150 YAMUNA'S WISHES FULFILLED. CH. XXIII.
satngk&ra, naming tlie infants ParaSara Bliatt&rya,* and
VysLsa-Bhatt3,rya,* thus f allfilling another of the three wishes
of his Great Guru, Yamnnaicharya." Thus were two great
luminaries for the Faith ushered into the world—in the wake
of B4mS.nuja.
Uttama-Nambi, in a work called Lakshmi-Edvya, oonijjosed
by him, sings of them thus ;
—
Another event also occurred about this time enabling
R&m&nuja to fulfil the remaining wish of his Great Guru
Yd.mana : to name some fit person by the name of Par'lnkuSa or
Namma.zhv&r in perpetuation of the memory of the Saint of
that name.
The reader will recollect the redemption of Govinda by
SriSaila-Purna of Tirupati, described in a previous chapter.
When Govinda joined the Vaishnava-band, he felt so
blessed in his regenerate life that he would not allow his newly
awakened delight to rest in himself alone. So, he sono-ht
out his own brother by name Siriy-Govindai-p-peremal, and
explained to him the beauties of the New Faith. He
brought him to Purna, who graciously accepted him as
his disciple. Govinda and G. Perumal had thus become
spiritual associates as well, and had both come to live with
Bamanuja at Srirungam.
The event which came about was
tliat G. Perumal had a
son born to him, and this, to Bamanuja, was another v^aluable
acquisition to his Faith. So he hurried to Penimal's place
and blessing the child, named him Parankusa^-Nambi. Thi.s
^ See No. 32, in the llierarcliic Table of our Lives oj Azhvdrs.
' Sri-ltdiua-ppillui is another name.
' See pago 56. * raraukufa=St. Natniuazbvai-.