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xix by possessing sovereignty over an infinitesimal part of a narrow corner of the world. We are determined to serve the Supreme Being who, in His unbounded generosity, showered immense riches on Kucbela who presented a handful of rice. Will not the grains a beggar is allowed to pick from the thrashing floor sufhce to quench the fire of hunger? Is not a handful of water taken from a tank enough to sustain life? Will not the rags found on the road-side be enough to serve as clothing? In vain do men of learning serve arrogant kings for the sake of their belly." He spent all his life in the writing of religious works and in the imparting of religious instruction. When he wrote the Sankalpasuryodaya at Srirangam, he had taught the Sribhashya 30 times. He says there of himself "FETTETË SifaTari**16T" Although be proudly defied the teachers of rival schools, he was all humility to men of the Vaishnavite faith. To test his bumility, he was invited by a Vaishnava gentleman to his house. Some slippers were hung over the entrance. When Desika entered the house, he saw the slippers. Seizing them and placing them on his head he said "कर्मावलम्बकाः केचित् केचिद्ज्ञानावलम्बकाः । asi garaEMİ OTETETT54741: 11" "Some cling to Karma. Others cling to Gnana. But I would cling to the slippers of the servants of the Lord." THE KUPPUSWAMI SASTRY RESEARCH F: TITUTE MADRAS:A
