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GH. XXXH. KURES.VS PRAYER FOR EYESIGHT. 209
Rainanuja was sore at hea.rt at Kurfesa's liaving become
blind. One day, he called him anxiously to his side and
said:— " Son, beloved ! Lord Varada of Kanchi is, as we know,
a ready granter of wishes. I enjoin thee to sing a hymn to
Him to bestow sight on thee a^gain." " Sire," submitted KuiSsa,
" this niatei'ial sight, I desire not." " But, beloved, do as I
desire," often exhorted Eamanuja. Kur^Sa accordingly sang
the hymn khown as Vaiadardja-stava—one of the five stavas—
beginning with :
??iwi'^frmH*:d'5i«fHW'piHici,HR(«'srafiT: i
Hari ! who deck the top of the Hasti-Hill, whom tlie Vedas
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declare as to have neither equal nor superior, "bless me.' And
in the twenty -third stanza, he prayed :
Hasti-Lord of bluish hue ! Recliner on Ananta 1 I beseecli
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Thee to ever let my sight Fee Thy bewitching beauty.' That
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very night, the Lord appeared in his dream and said granted,"
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Kui€sa rose next morning with a joyful heart, and after performing
the day's ablutions, &c., finished the stava, and proceeding
to Ramanuja, repeated before him the whole stava, and
said :— " Sire, the previous night, the Lord appeared in mj
dream and he has granted me such spiritual sight as is able
ever to enjoy his Beatific Vision—Vision such as obtains in
Vaikuntha, according to the verse :
(Continued) foot note on page 238.
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