In plain words
The Bhāratīyas are the ones who have taken a great stride forward in the field of the spirit. Bhakti for God and faith in God run very high among the Bhāratīyas. Whether they are to build a house, dig a well or hold a wedding, they begin any undertaking, however small, first of all with pūjā. Long ago, in the days when Śrī Kṛṣṇadevarāya ruled the Vijayanagara empire, the Pāduṣā who had ascended the throne of Delhi had no right understanding of Bhāratīya culture and traditions. “These Bhāratīyas worship the earth, they worship wells, they worship stones, they worship trees. All this is great foolishness. So I must teach them a lesson somehow,” he resolved, and went on making plans that had no sense in them. He had a big well dug in his kingdom and announced that he would celebrate its wedding. He sent letters of invitation to all the Bhāratīya kings, Śrī Kṛṣṇadevarāya included. What did they say? “I have had a big well dug in my kingdom. I have resolved to perform its wedding. To this wedding I am inviting all the wells in your kingdom. So I request you to bring your wells along with you and grace this wedding,” he wrote. Well, this letter of invitation reached Śrī Kṛṣṇadevarāya too. He read it, and saw that the Pāduṣā, in his foolishness, was trying to mock Bhāratīya culture. He resolved to give it a fitting answer and shut the Pāduṣā’s mouth, and at once sent for his chief minister, Timmarusu. The two of them together thought long, until two o’clock past midnight, about what answer it would be best to give the Pāduṣā. But no plan at all came to them. Then Rāyalu: “Great Minister! Tenāli Rāmakṛṣṇa alone is able to give it a fitting answer. Go to his house just once and try,” he said. At two o’clock in the night Timmarusu went and knocked on the door of Rāmakṛṣṇa’s house.