At this the Bhattamaris took up arms and flocked round the Master to thrash Him. But the weapons dropped from their hands and struck their own limbs, so that they fled away on all sides. Lamentation rose in their houses. The Master dragged Krishna-das away by the hair, and that day reached the Payaswini river, in which He bathed and visited the temple of Adi Keshav, where He bowed, prayed, danced and sang for a long while in rapture, to the amazement of the beholders. All the people treated Him very respectfully and He joined the assembly of the very devout there. Here He got a manuscript of the book _Brahma-samhitádhyáya_ to His boundless delight, tremour, weeping, thrill, perspiration, stupor, and frenzy (of joy), because the _Brahma Samhita_ is unrivalled among works of exegetics (_siddhanta shastra_) and it is the chief instrument for teaching the glory of Govinda, as it expresses vast dogmas in a few words. It is the very cream of Vaishnav sacred writings. Very carefully did He get the book copied. Thence He went to Ananta Padmanáv, where He spent two days, to Shri Janárdan, where also He hymned and danced for some two days, to Payoshni, where Shankar Náráyan is worshipped, to the monastery of Shringeri, the seat of Sankaracharya, to _Matsya-tirtha_ (Fish shrine), to the river Tungabhadrá, and to [Upidi], the seat of Madhwáchárya, the spokesman of spiritual truth. Here He gazed devotedly on the Udupa-Krishna. The image of Krishna in the form of the dancing young cowherd (_Gopal_) was very charming. Madhwáchárya was moved by a dream to rescue this image from a cargo of consecrated earth [_Gopichandan_] in a sunken ship, and to install it [at Udipi], where it is worshipped to this day. The Master was overjoyed to see the image of Krishna, and in fervour of devotion danced and sang (before it) for many a day. The _tattwavádis_, taking the Master for a _máyávadi_, at first slighted Him, but afterwards they marvelled at His religious ecstasy, and venerated Him greatly as a (true) Vaishnav. Aware of their pride in Vaishnavism, the Master began a discourse with them. The high priest of the _tattwavádis_ was an expert in all the holy books. The Master, assuming the tone of a humble inquirer, put questions to him: "I do not clearly comprehend _sádhya_ (end) and _sádhan_ (means). Do please enlighten me on the subject." The high priest replied, "To the worshipper of Krishna the highest _sádhan_ is to resign to Krishna the religious system centring round caste and ashram. Translation to Vishnu's heaven, after attaining to the fivefold salvation, is the supreme _sádhya_. Thus speak the _Shastras_." The Master objected, "The _Shastras_ assert that the supreme _sádhan_ of the love and service of Krishna is listening to and singing His praise. _Vide Bhágabat_, VII. v. 18.