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206 GOVrXDARAJA. CH. XXXII.
the north." E.4md/nuja heard all this vandalistic tale with a
troubled heart, and hot tears rolled down his cheeks. " Beloved
disciples, take heart and be comforted, I will set matters right."
So saying, he again girded himself up for action, though now
very old and exhausted.' " Start," commanded he, " let us go
to Venkat63a." So they all went to Tirupati, arriving at which
place, Bamdinuja had a temple built at the foot of the hill, by
the h Ip of a Yadava-r&ja or Kattiyadeva,' and had Govindaraja
of Chitrakuta installed there. He called Him by the name
Tillai- Govindaraja, ' and created a town round the Temple,
Goviudaraja-pattana"(PMapuri), which is still flourishing at the
present time. Kamannja now recollected the old Saint's verse :
and wondered how prophetic it was of the Saint to have sung
the Shrine of Tirupati along with the Shrine of Chitrakutam
> RamSiimjarra-Divya-Cliarita of gives the date of the destruction
this Tiahon Shrine by Kulottunga Cholaas:
i.e., 1009 Saka = lOS7 A.C., so have also their etymological aignithat
it mast have been just im- fications and assouiatioua. We are
mediately or after llamanaja left thus rigid monotheists. It is the
Srirangam for the table-land of One God under different symbols
Mysore.
and images, one Light lighted from
1L17A.C. finds Raminnjaat Melu- another Light as we say: Dl'pddkote,
and thns he must have now utpanna-pradipavat;—one God probeen
past his centenary,- when he lating or hvpustaaixing so to s.iy.
was back at Srirangam 20 years 'Jhis remind's us of what Dionysius
more brings it to 1137 A,C., the the Areopagite said, though he said
year of his death.
' it with reference to another matter,
» See p. 86, Venkatachal-etihaaa- — " That light is one and entirely
Tnala. Bis capital is said to have the same through all things and
been Na,ra,yan».pQra. although there is diversity of obrhe
reader will perhaps run jeots, the light remains one and
away with the idea that the Vaish- undivided in different objects so
navaa are polytheists—not mono- that, without confusion, variety
theists as we profess—inasmuch as may be assigned to the objects
we speak of God Kanganatha, God identity to the light " fP 474
Varada,God Venkatesaand so forth. Ua.x.UaneT' a Psychological Religion!
Theaenamesatevanoas names given See Topic 171 in our Divine
to but one God, a different name Wiadom.
for a different Shrine. The Names