The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c24.157

v1.c24.157

On one occasion, one of the four Governors of Muttu Virappa Nayaka, in the city of Madura, went to pay a visit to the Father. A brother of his, who had been governing one of the palaiyams, had died childless shortly before, and had been succeeded by him. De Nobili asked him where his brother, once noble and rich, was; and concluded his interrogatory by saying that as he had not known the law of salvation, he was, on account of this ignorance, in hell. De Nobili spoke with such fervour on this point that his visitor burst into tears, and promised to come back to hear more of his teaching ⁴.