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Adi sankara then proceeded to debate with Mandana Mishra.It seems he was so famous that ppl used 2 say even parrots in his house trees used to sing vedas.
when sankara reached mandana mishra's house, mandana was performing thithi for his father.so, he has asked the house guards not to let anyone inside.
Sankara used his magic powers to get inside the house somehow and this angered Mandana Mishra a lot.

The conversation following this between sankara and mandana mishra is very acerbic and full of sarcasm,abuse etc.It was a play of words in Sanskrit but it was "your momma vs my momma" type of abuse!!!

Finally, mandana mishra agreed to a debate with Sankara.The judge was supposed to be bharathi(wife of mandana mishra) and supposed to be amsa of saraswathi.She asked both of them to wear a garland which will fade if the person loses in debate.this she did because she did not want to pronounce her husband as defeated from her mouth.I think the debate was going on for 3 days and mandana mishra's garland began to fade.

So, Bharathi said that she will not accept defeat of her husband as she too was part of her husband and Sankara has to debate and win her if he was to be declared winner.then, followed the debate between Bharathi and Sankara