Swami Ramanujar in Kanchipuram

After being saved by Sri Varadaraja Perumāl and Perundevi, Tāyār Rāmānujar stayed back in Kanchipuram, performing kainkaryam to Varadaraja Perumāl. In a few months, Yādava Prakashar started the journey back to Kanchipuram. On the way back, he and his entourage made a stop at Kalahasti. Here, Yādava Prakashar was impressed with Govindan and told him that he should no longer be a Vaishṇava and applied vibuthi on his forehead. Yādava Prakashar then placed a rudrāksha-mala on Govindan's neck and renamed him Ulangai Kulindha Naayanaar.

He left Govindan there to perform puja and kainkaryam to Lord Shiva.

Upon reaching Kanchipuram, Yādava Prakashar realized that Swami Rāmānujar was still alive and well. He also noticed that he seemed oblivious to his plan to kill Swami Rāmānujar. Yādava Prakashar then went to Swami Rāmānujar and invited him to be his student again. Swami Rāmānujar obliged and went back to Yādava Prakashar's gurukulam. The daily routine continued for Swami Rāmānujar, who fell under the tutelage of Yādava Prakashar.

At around this time, Āḷavandār was visiting Kanchipuram in search of a future propagator for the Sri Vaishṇava philosophy.

One day, when Yādava Prakashar and his students were taking a trip to Kanchipuram, Āḷavandār caught a glimpse of Swami Rāmānujar. He asked his pupils who that person was. They told Āḷavandār of all the exploits they had heard of Swami Rāmānujar and how he had dared to give a new commentary to the various Upanishad Vaakyams. It was then that Āḷavandār decided that Swami Rāmānujar would become the future torchbearer to propagate the Sri Vaishṇava Philosophy.

Soon, in another Upanishad lecture, there arose a controversy between Swami Rāmānujar and Yādava Prakashar. It was at this time that a royal guard from the king's court approached Yādava Prakashar. The imperial guard brought news that the local princess had become the victim of a Brahmā-rakshas and that the king had requested Yādava Prakashar to appear before the royal court to break Brahmā-rakshas' hold over the princess.

Yādava Prakashar thought it was a waste of his time and told the guard to inform the brahma-rakshas that Yādava Prakashar had commanded the brahma-rakshas to release the princess at once. When the guard approached the brahma-rakshas, it mocked Yādava Prakashar, saying it would not leave until the old fool came in person and tried to release it from the princess.

The next day, Yādava Prakashar, along with his student group, went to the royal palace to assess the situation and release the brahma-rakshas. Yādava Prakashar was placed face-to-face with the possessed princess and was asked to help her. Yādava Prakashar, in pride, spoke to the brahma-rakshas. He told the brahma-rakshas that he was the great Advaita Sanyāsī Yādava Prakashar, and he commanded the brahma-rakshas to release the princess.

The brahma-rakshas started cackling and told Yādava Prakashar that it remembered everything about its previous life and also knew everything about Yādava Prakashar's past life.

It said to Yādava Prakashar that in his earlier life, he was a peasant who would eat out of others' leftover plates. It then said that once, when he was living in Maduranthakam, he had the opportunity to eat a single grain of rice out of a Vaishanva's plate, which gave him the punyam to be reborn as an Advaita Sanyāsī in this life. It further said that in its previous life, it was a brahmin who was well-versed in the Vedas. It was brought into this form after an error was made in the shruthi while chanting the Vedas.

It then stated that Yādava Prakashar was not qualified to be a teacher and would not leave the princess under his instruction. Yādava Prakashar felt brutally insulted. He asked a final question to the brahma-rakshsas. He wondered whose command it would free the princess. The brahma-rakshsas laughed and asked him to look behind him to his pupil, who would dare to defy him.

There was only one student who had ever challenged his saying. In complete embarrassment, Yādava Prakashar called Rāmānujar to release the brahma-rakshsas. Swami Rāmānujar approached the princess and gently told the brahma-rakshas to leave the princess's body, pointing to a tree from the window.

He instructed the brahma-rakshasas to break a branch of that tree, thereby relieving them of their current state. The brahma-rakshsas immediately left as commanded, and Swami Rāmānujar's fame started to grow once again.