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26 THE LIFE OF KAMAN0JA. CH. IV.
This passage reiterated by Araiyar was taken by Tftmuniicliarya
as a sign that a shrine so
dear to Saint NammazhvSr '
viz., AnantaSayana, was one, which' to visit became imperative
on him. He immediately rose and, placing his disciple
Teyvavari-y-andA.n in charge of his matham (monastery),
went on a pilgrimage to AnantaSayana, where he visited the
Lord SeshaSayanaby way of the three-doored sanctum. Some
time passed thus. He suddenly remembered the scrap given
him by Appan, and calling for it found to his surprize
that it was the very moment he ought to have been with
Appan for receiving the Toga-Mysteries. With sorrow indescribable,
he chid
himself for his forgetfnlness and wished, in
his agony, for a Pushpaka-vimdna ' to waft him instantly to
Appan ! Helpless and in sheer anguish he left AnantaSayana
and started back for Si'irangam.
In Srirangam, meanwhile, Teyva-vari-y-ind&n was unable
to bear the separation of his Guru, YamunScharya, and consequently
became ill and wore away daily. Physicians were
brought by his friends to examine the patient. They all
declared that some deep mental affliction was at the root of
his illness. But asked the friends "
: Is it wordly affliction
of any kind,—may be woman— gnawing at your heart
"
?
" No affliction,'' said he, " troubles me, but affection which I
have for my Guru ;
hence, if I am conducted, to him promptly,
I may hope to live." Despairing of his life, the friends laid
him on a stretcher and carried him towards AnantaSayana.
As they proceeded on their journey, Andan daily picked up
strength and revived sufficiently to be able to go on foot. At
Karaimanai river-side, the Guru and the disciple met. The
latter fell flat on sighting his Guru,—overcome by joy. The
Guru, finding him thus lying motionless, addressed him thus :
" Sri E.S,ma was a Master, hence He had the power to make
his brother Bharata carry out his behest, (viz., to stay at
Ayodhya till he returned from his exile in the forest) ; but I
'
See his life in Lives of Aehv&rs,
° A aerial vehicle Buch as that ney from Lanka to Ayodhya
nsed by BS,niachandra for his jonr-
, [B&mftyana.]