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CH. XXXir. TIRUKKOLUJR-AMMAI. Sl5
59. Did I carry the message "
: He is dead," like Marutiyandan
?
60. Did I oro in pursuit (of God) like Nathamunigal ?
61. Did I say "
: I want Him not," like Kurfesa ?
62. Did I refute Advaita, like Ramsbnuja ?
63. Did I see the discus, like Nallan ?
64. Did I go to Anantapuram (Trivendram), like Alavand&r
?
65. Did I feel separation like Teyva-variyandan ?
66. Did I compose AndMi like Anindaii&r ?
67. Did I give counsel, like M alyavan ?
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68. Did I opine : mere ocean-roar,' like Mahapurna ?
Poot note on page 214—(continued).
day, when the Lord asked "
: what can we do for thee, beloved ?
" Lord," he said, " so long has the body, Thou gavest me, served me well
now it is so old and worn out that it cannot serve any good purpose. It is
on that account that I have this season been for five days absent." " In
that case return no more from Us," said the Lord. And by the time the
Lord's procession approached the middle entrance of the Temple, Nambi
had shuffled oS his mortal coil.
^ Read R£lmS,auja's Life. He refers to Krimikantha-Ch6]a [Bhaga
vad-vishaya Vol. Til, p. 3538, rdykkum VII, 10, 4.]
«> Bead his life.
^ Where KAresa refused to enter Lord Banga's Shrine [Page 1973.
^ See Bimanuja's Life.
^ Nallan was a Brahman disciple of
Ram^nuja, and a great devotee
of Lord Varada of Kanchi. He saw a corpse floating down the river
Vaigai which bore on its arms the Vaishnava symbols of discus. This
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was enough for Nallan to drag it to shore and perform funeral rites.
The Brahmanas of KiLnchi resented this and declined to eat with him.
But Lord Varada put on a Brahmana's disguise and attended the funeral
meals. The Lord thereon gave him the title : NaltuMu polldn, Namdkku
nallan' i.e. '
Though the whole world is against him, we are for him,'
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See Yamunacharya's Life.