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214 TIRUKKOLUR-AMMAI. CH. XXXIl.
45. Did I keep my assigned place, like Bharata ?
46. Did I serve on the way, like Lakshmana ?
47. Did I land on the other shore, like Guha ?
48. Did I fight with the demon, like Jatayus ?
49. Did I land on this shore, like Vibhiahana ?
50. Did I offer sweet fruits, like Sabari ?
51. Did I say :
" Hei-e He is," like Prahiada ?
62. Did I hide (Krishna) like Dadhibhanda ?
53. Did I go to the forest, like BS>ma ?
54. Did I praclaim discovery (of Sita), like HanumS.n ?
55. Did I relinquish both hands, like Draapadi ?
56. Did I say the excuse: "milk boils over," like
Vaduga-nambi ?
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57. Did I hold my throat, like Selvappillai ?
58. Did I deserve the command: " stop here," as JdaiySitru-k-kudi
Nambi ?
« « «; 48^ ffl and so BMnayana.
Vishnu-purana.
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^ This is said to be related in Af^neya, Mahabh3.rata or BriiHlS,vana-
MS,hS.tinya? DadiiibfaS,nda was a cnrd-seller. He is said to hare ^iven
shelter to Lord Krishna when He was hotly pnrsaed after by His associates
in the play called hide and seek and when Krishna asked the cnrdseller
to ask bis reward, he asked for JfoKsha for himself and for those
who belonged to him, down to the curd-pot in which Krishna bad hid
himself. This was granted.
«'-« EamS,yana.
MabS,bhS,rata, SaXthk-Parva.
Vaduga-nambi alias Andhra-pnrna. See bis life p . 221.
'' It appears one day very hot milt was offered to the Lord at
Tirunarayanapuram (Melukote). Selvappillai, who was a great devotee
felt the milk scorch his throat ; and hence held it in pain. Also the
incident of Lord Sampatknmara embracing Bim&nuja is referable.
^ By oversight we omitted this Topic in our Divine Wisdom of
the Ddvida Saints. I. K. Nambi was a regular visitor to Srirangam
when festivities of Lord Eanga came on. After one set was over and
before another came on, he constantly dwelt in the interval in his inind
on the happy scens which he witnessed during the previons festivities.
ATiother season of celebrations came romnd. Bat Nambi had grown
nearly a hundred years old, and could not go to the first day of th&
ceremonies (Ankwr-^pana}. But Lord Eanga was never happy without
his devotee being present. Pe was however aWe to attend on th »ixth