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70 THE LIFE OP BAMANUJA. CH. XI.
B4md>iiuja betook himBelf to Vara^la, and there prostrating
before Hiiu, prayed tlius :
" Granter of boons ! Warder of
death ! Bestower of the Land of the Angels! I have seen
enough of all the varieties of worldly delusions, fathers and
mothers, wives and children and all worldly goods. I -feel
sure that these ties block one's way to Thee, Tliine and Spiritual
Preceptors. I value them not ; I value Thee and Thj' Holy
Blessed feet alone. Grant me deliverance from those and
service to these. Invest me therefore with all the insignia of
the Vaishnava ascetic ; the Triple-staff, the Holy-thread, the
ITnder-cloth, the Loin-cloth, the L~pper-cloth and the begging
hoop (or rope-swing for receiving alms)' " So did HamSinuja
supplicate. Lord Varada was pleased, and through His official
agent- (archaka), He was pleased to grant his prayers, and gave
him from that day the name of RfLmEinnja-muni. " My own
Ramanuja, thou shalt don the robe of the Sanydisim and serve
Me ", was the command given through Kilnchi-purna. Receiving
this command in due humility, Ra,mfi,nnja retired and
became a Sanyasin from that day.
f|R^[^iWR^?R:,l%^irP?l^?J5^ll irati-iJhnrma-sa'mucchaya'}.