Srimath ChinnAndavan Life History - Part IV

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Tomorrow, Dec. 7, 2001(KArthigai - Magam) is the Thirunakshatram

day of Srimath ChinnAndavan - Sri PAdukA sEvaka rAmAnuja mahA

dEsikan.

 

Let us all recite this mahan's thaniyan on His thirunakshatram day.

 

Sriman naatha muneendra yaamuna muni Srisamya mindraathmanaha

Sri Srivasa muneendra dEsika maNE: praapthaaga maanthath dvayam

Sri rangEsha padhE thadharpithaBHaram Sri paadukasevaka

Sri raamaanuja yoginam guruvaram vandhe dayaasaagaram

 

This is the Continuation of Posting on Life History of

Srimath ChinnAndavan. This is the Fourth Volume in the

series.

 

dAsan,

vEnkatanAthan SreenivAsan

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi

 

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When SrinivAsarAghavan swami received the "ThirumaNN katti", He looked at

it and took it to his gruham and

applied "Sri ChoorNam" to it and wrapped the "ThirumaNN

katti" back into banana leaf and prayed to the disciple to

hand it over to Srimath pEriAndavan.

 

When the disciple went back and reported the incident to

Srimath pEriAndavan, pEriAndavan was very much pleased and

decided that SrinivAsarAghavan swAmi was the right person to

succeed Him as the AchAryA of the pEriAsramam. In the

meantime, pEriAndavan's health deteriorated.

 

After a few days, SrinivAsarAghavan swAmi went back to

Srirangam from vELianallur and prostated before srimath

pEriAndavan and prayed to him that he be granted

sanyAsA. With great modesty, he went through the explanation

of qualification of oneself to take up sanyAsA thereby

indicating his readiness for the same. Like Vibheeshana's

conversation with Lord Sri Rama, swAmi told srimath

pEriAndavan that he did "Sarvasanga parithyAgam",

completely renouncing samsAra bhandham and prayed to Srimath

pEriAndavan to grant Him sanyAsA. Srimath pEriAndavan was

filled with extreme happiness to have chosen the right

successor and granted SrinivAsarAghavan swAmi , sanyAsA on

an auspicious day. He was given the title "Sri PAdukA sEvaka

rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan".

 

 

( To be Continued ....)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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