01Vasudeva of Pajaka
His childhood name was Vasudeva. He took sannyasa young from Achyutapreksha and was named Purnaprajna; he is also called Anandatirtha. Madhvas hold him to be the third descent of Vayu, after Hanuman and Bhima. He wrote thirty-seven works, the Sarvamula Granthas, among them a commentary on the Brahma Sutras with the Anuvyakhyana, commentaries on the Gita and the Upanishads, and the Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya. He walked twice to Badrikashrama to meet Maharshi Vyasa.
02The Krishna of Udupi
The Udupi account says a ship ran into trouble off Malpe, Madhva guided it to safety, and from its ballast of gopichandana clay came an image of Bala Krishna holding a churning rod. He carried it to Udupi and installed it. He gave its worship to eight disciples, each heading a matha, and the eight take turns in the Paryaya, every two years, a cycle unbroken to this day. Madhva Navami marks the day in 1317 when, by the tradition, he was teaching the Aitareya Upanishad and departed for Badrikashrama.
