Acharya Bhakthi

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha! Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha!

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramya jAmataram munim

 

VANAMAMALAI RAMANUJA JEEYER SWAMI’S ACHARYA BHAKTHI

 

"Oh! My master! You explained all the vedic meanings. You remove all the

ignorance from the minds of people. Please bless us with your divine grace

today and remove the cycle of birth and death. Oh! Sri Varavaramuni."

 

Swamy, in another verse calls his acharya, like a mother calling her beloved

kid. The affection swamy has towards Sri Varavara muni is enormous which is

reflected in the verse below.

 

Oh! My capable master, the king! Sri maNava:La maha:muni! You are a clear

personality, with a glowing bright crown, you are like a pearl, you are as sweet

as a sugarcane, you are like the divine nectar which came out of the ocean

please grant us your divine feet with mercy.

 

There are similarly 18 slokas of vanamamali ramanuja Jeeyer swamy, called as

ponnadikkAl Jeeyer by Sri Manavala mahAmuni himself, under the name “guna

vaguppu”. Vanamamalai Jeeyer Swamy spent his time immersed in the divine

qualities of his acharya. Then the fine day Iyappasi thirumoolam came. Swamy

celebrated the day in a grand manner with great enthusiasm and submitted the

`song of the day` to the divine feet of Sri Varavara muni:

 

"This is the day when the vedic scholars got cleared of all their doubts and are

filled with ecstasy; This is the day the divine works of lOkAcharya attained

glory; This is the day which uplifts even the ignorant and less intelligent

masses to the divine abode of God; This is the day the divine glory of ethirAja,

to whom all the flawless scholars surrender, spreads everywhere; This is the day

when the work of nammAzhvar, kurugoor nambi wearing the sweet smelling garland,

attained its height of glory; This is the day when the king of Srirangam, Sri

ranganatha with a divine beauty, rejoiced with his eyes; This is the day our

dear Sri maNava:La maha:muni took avataram to lift us all; This is the beautiful

day of “IYPASI THIRUMOOLAM”.

 

No more words to really explain the greatness of this day(iypasi thirumoolam),

the acharya of this day(Sri manavala mahamuni) and the shisya of the acharya

(vanamamalai ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy). The Iyappasi thirumoolam is a great day,

on which day our Periya Jeeyer, eetuperukkar, ramya jAmaatru muni, yatheendra

pravanar, Sri Vara Vara Muni, Sri manavala mAmunigal, Sri maNava:La maha:muni,

took avataram to lift us all from this ocean of samsAram to the divine abode of

God. Each vaishnava is destined to celebrate this day in a grand manner and

also recite the song and srisailEsa thaniyan given by God himself as a

sambhAvana to His acharya, Sri Varavara muni.

Jeeyar thriuvadigale sharanam| Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai, Sumithra Varadarajan

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Sahasra Kalasabhishekam on Sri maNava:La maha:muni Thirunakshatram Day:

http://www.chinnajeeyar.org

Celebrations of Sri Jeeyar Swami Thirunakshatram:

http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/diwali2k2.htm