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One day king  Krishna Deva Raya was engaged in a literary discussion with his ministers. One of his ministers was Rama Raja Bhushan who was known to write poetry on a woman's beauty. The king asked him to write one extempore. Rama Raja Bhushan thought for a minute and immediately composed a beautiful poem. Krishna Deva Raya was impressed by Rama Raja's description of a woman's beauty and felicitated him with 1000 gold coins.

Tenali Rama who was watching all this immediately rose to his feet

Ramalinga, 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 counter Ramalinga, though he wished to, as the damage was already done. He could only manage sitting calm grinding his teeth on Ramalinga.

Some days later, one fine evening Rama Raja Bhushana along with his disciple was passing through the street in which Nandi Thimmana’s residence was located. A subject discussion was going on in Thimmana’s house during that time. Rama Raja Bhushana could locate Ramalinga 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, Ramalinga 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 Ramalinga humiliated Rama Raja Bhushana.