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शासनस्य नगरे तत्त्वं परं चिन्त्यते । (The highest truth is contem-
plated now in the city of Siva i. e. Kāši); this latter
reading seems on the face of it to have been the concoction
of some Pundit who, being already aware of the incident
between Jagannātha and Appayya Dixit, felt the absurdity
of the present reading and wanted to do away with it. It
is open to us, in the last resort, to conclude, as it is
already suggested, that Jagannātha may have lived for
some time both in Kāśī and in Mathurā in his last days.
JAGANNATHA AS A MAN.
Jagannātha must have been a man of ambitions in
life, for, as we have already seen, after finishing his
studies he left his native place and travelled abroad.
His temperament seems
sensitive, as can be seen from his dealings with others.
His attitude towards his parents is one
of warm filial love but also of reverence.
who had taken so much care to bring up their son were
rewarded by the gratefulness and affection which the
latter cherished for them. To his patron, the Emperor,
Jagannātha bore high loyalty, which is shown by the
warmth of feeling with which the Emperor is referred to
by him, whenever an occasion arises for him to do so.
This emotional sensitivity bordered on impulsiveness.
His emotional response to any stimulus was very great.
And it is to this source indeed that are to be traced the
to have been emotionally
not only
The parents
warm love and loyalty on the one hand, and the violent
antagonism, on the other, both of which Jagannātha
showed. He was as loyal and friendly to his patron and
others as he was hostile to his foes. He undertook to write
his refutation of Hara of Bhattoji Dixit mainly because
Bhattoji Dixit had turned "faithless to his Guru"-an
attitude which Jagannātha could never understand, much