आमुक्तमाल्यदा (विजयनगर सम्राट् श्रीकृष्णदेवराय - गोदा देवी आण्डाल भक्ति एवं साम्राज्य-नीति)

28 Goda's Garland of Devotion
The Pandyan King of Yamunacharya's time was a fanatic
adherent of the Saiva sect. The poet uses this opportunity to mount
a scathing attack on Saivite religious leaders who were most of
them, he thought, insincere and power-mad. The Pandyan Queen
was, however, a devotee of Narayana. She followed the Ekadesi
fast with utter sincerity. But as an ideal wife, she was careful not
to do anything that would offend her consort.
On an adesh from her ishta-devata about a young boy who was
capable of facing an oratorical contest to prove the supremacy
of Narayana, she requested the King to assemble a seminar. He
agreed. Yamunacharya reached the court, and before entering
the audience hall went round an Aswatha tree in the front invok-
ing its presence as witness to the proceedings. The hall was full of
Virasaivas and ardent Saivites with thick tresses or covered with
sacred ash and rudraksha garlands.
The King spoke to the boy rather gruffly. "O Brahmachari!
You are too young to determine the nature of the Supreme Being.
Should you lose the argument, we will tie a linga to your neck.
Take care before you begin! I have seen too many Brahmins who
have come here on false pretences, and begging for money in a
shameless manner". Then, to his Queen: "If the Saivites lose in
the debate, I shall give up vibhuti and rudraksha. I shall accept the
stamp of Vishnu's discus (Murugasmara Chakra ankithudan kaagala
vaadan) from the Brahmachari. If the boy loses, then he and your-
self will have to take to Siva deeksha." The Queen agreed to the
conditions.
Yamunacharya said that he had not come to the court as a
beggar (kadupugootikin itaran) and did not merit such an indifferent
welcome. He had really come as directed by the Lord. He would
make four statements. Let them be denied by the scholars of the
court, if they dared! He would not ask for any special favours just
because he had come here on the Queen's command. In the end,
Krishnadeva Raya sums up the entire debate in a single verse,
and proclaims Yamunacharya's victory: "Narayana is Supreme!
From the Peepul tree in the front came a voice: O "King, what
this Brahmachari says is true. As Narayana is the Parabrahman,
worship Him".
As the opposition melted away, the King realised the truth