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                  It was one of those finest days
                  at Bhuvana Vijayam. King Rayalu along with his Ashta Diggajas was enjoying the
                  literary discussion session that day. 
                  
  
                  Rama Raja Bhushana was known to
                  be a romantic poet, authoring prose and poetry reciting women and their beauty.
                  Rayalu asked Rama Raja Bhushana to frame a stanza on the beauty of women,
                  extempore. 
                  
                  Rama Raja Bhushana rose from his
                  seat and thought for a second or two and immediately composed, 
                  
                  "Naanaa soona vithavai vaasanala
                  naa ghraaenchu saarangame  
                  Laa nannolla datanchu gandha phalithabal, kakan bondiyo  
                  Shaa naasaa kruthii booni sarva sumassourabha samvasamai  
                  Poonen brekshana maalika madhukaree punjambui lirvankalakun"
                  
  
                  Rayalu was impressed about the
                  way Rama Raja Bhushana described the beauty of woman instantly. Pleased over,
                  Rayalu appreciated him and felicitated him with one thousand gold coins. 
                  
                  Tenali Rama , as everyone knows
                  is not for sitting quite on any happening. He sprung off his seat to say, My
                  Lord, Rama Raja Bhushana bought this poem from Nandi Thimmanna for one thousand
                  gold coins. It is surprising how come you know the exact price of the deal. It
                  would not be profitable to him if you pay him exactly the same price at which
                  he purchased 
                  Hearing this the total gathering
                  immersed in laughter. Rama Raja Bhushana had no way to counterTenali
                  Rama, though he wished to, as the damage was
                  already done. He could only manage sitting calm grinding his teeth on Tenali
                  Rama. 
  
                  
                  Some days later, one fine evening
                  Rama Raja Bhushana along with his disciple was passing through the street in
                  which Nandi Thimmanas residence was located. A subject discussion was going on
                  in Thimmanas house during that time. Rama Raja Bhushana could locate Tenali
                  Rama from distance, participating in the discussions. 
                  
                  Loudly Rama Raja Bhushana told
                  his disciple describing the session as,
                   
                  "Vaakila Kaavali Thimmana  
                  Vaakita Kavi Koti Maadhavakitakaade"
                  
  
                  The sarcastic poetry described
                  that the session was like an assembly of pigs that gathered near the threshold
                  of Nandi Thimmana.
                  
  
                  Hearing this, Tenali Rama picked
                  up the tone in which Rama Raja Bhushana was speaking. Immediately he stopped
                  the discussion and said, 
                   
                  "Prakrutha, Sanskrutha,
                  Ghaarjhura  
                  mookee krutha kukavi thunga mustha thathikin  
                  Vaakila Kaavali Thimmana  
                  Vaakita Kavi Koti Maadhavakitakaade"
                  
  
                  This meant that the discussion
                  session would resemble similar to the gathering of pigs, for those who composes
                  prose and poetry with a mixture of nonsense, brutal language, and irrelevant
                  issues. 
                  
                  Rama Raja Bhushana taking the
                  meaning immediately rushed off the place along with his disciple.
                  
                  That was how Tenali Rama humiliated
                  Rama Raja Bhushana. 
                  
                  
                  
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