gpp6000(3)-Sriman Nathamunigal vaibhavam

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Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

Nathamunigal Vaibhavam

Many decades passed by, after the alwars ascending to the divine abode of

emperumAn. In the southern part of India, in a place called Veeranarayanapuram,

there lived a pious man, Eshwarabhattazhwar with his son Nadhamunigal and

grandson Eshwaramunigal (Nathamunigal’s son). This small family involved

themselves totally in doing kainkaryam to the lord Mannanar of

Veeranarayanapuram. One fine day, this divine trio expressed an earnest wish in

front of the lord Mannar as, "Oh lord! You said in the Bhagavat Gita

pavithrAnAya sAdhOnAm vinAshAyata dhushkritAm, dharmasam stApanArthAya

sambhavAmi yugE yugE. You not only stopped in just uttering these words, but

proved them in practice by taking various avatArs for eradicating adharmA and

to re-establish dharmA. Hence we wish to have your divya darshanam in various

divyadesams in the north namely Sri Mathura, Thiruvaippadi, Sri Brindavanam on

the banks of Yamuna, Sri Govardana Giri, Srimath Dwaraka, Thiruvayodhya, Sri

SalagrAmam, Sri BadrikAshramam, Sri NaimisAranyam and Sri Narasimhagiri". On

hearing the sincere wish of his devotees, the lord immediately gave them

permission to do so as per their wish through the archaka’s words.

The three along with their families started on a pilgrimage to the various

Divyadesams in the north. They visited places like, Mathura, Salagramam,

Vaikundam, DvArakai, Ayodhi and Vadhari and had the divine darshan of the

emperumans. As per the verses of Vishnu purana "yAmunAj jadhigambhEram nAnA

Varttacha ShAkulam", the river Yamuna is flowing with great vigor, making

number of circles (Suzhigal) on its way. At the banks of this great river, lies

the village Sri Govardanapuram. The emperuman here is called ‘Thooya peruneer

yamunai thuraivar’. They enjoyed the sevai of this emperuman so much that, here

after they decided to live under his divine feet and do all sorts of kanikaryams

to him. But Mannanar came in the dream of Nadhamunigal and ordered them to

return back to his service. Astonished and confused by the dream, and hence

unable to take a firm decision, they surrendered to the lotus feet of Yamunai

thuraivar and requested him to guide them. Emperuman told them to do as per the

instructions of Mannanar in the dream and sent them off, after giving his

theertha prasAdam.

Again, the three with their families continued their journey through Varanasi to

a kshetram called Purushotamam. "saptha saptha shu lOkeshu lOkA lOkE charA charE

– nAsti nAsti samam kshetram uttamam purushOttamam" meaning even if we search

all the seven lokas, we can never find a place as equal to that of

Purushotthamam. There they had the darshan of emperuman who is called as

Jagannatha perumal. Then they went to a kshetram called SimhAdri and had the

darshan of the emperuman called SimhAdrinaathan. From there they proceeded on

to a divyadesam called Ahobilam. The emperuman there is Narashimhan who is

rightly explained by the verse "ahO vErya mahA sowryam ahO BhAhu parAkramaha: -

narashimha: parandaivam ahObala ahObilam" meaning Narashimhan has the qualities

such as vErya, sowrya, bala and parAkrama. After receiving the blessings of

Narasimhan, they went to the divine "paran sendru sEr thiruvEngada mAmalai"

kshetram Thirupati. There they went up the Thirumalai hill and had the darshan

of Thirumalai nAdhan. "mAyAvE paramAnandhan DyakthvA vaikunda muththamam -

swami pushkarani thErE ramayA saha mOdhathe" Emperuman Srivaikundanathan who is

a great dramatist, left his Paramapadam and descended to this world( leela

vibudhi) aspiring to save the jeevathmaas, he settled in the banks of the river

Thirukoneri along with Sridevi Naachiyar in a form which is easily accesible by

all.

Sri Nadhamunigal and others prostrated to the lotus feet of Thirumalaiappan and

thoroughly enjoyed the divya sevai of the lord. Here also they wished to

prolong their stay, but since it would be against the wishes of Mannanar, they

quickly changed minds and left to a place called Kadigaachalam. Here they had

the sevai of Akkarakani emperuman Azhagiaya singar on top of the hill Kadigai

malai. Then they went to Thiruputkuzhi where they had the darshan of

Thiruputkuzhi yemporettru Nayanaar (Thiruputkuzhi vijayaraghavan) and Periya

vudayaar (Jadaayu) and continued to the great Divya desam Kanchipuram.

"nagareenAncha sarvA sAmpuri kAnchi vishishyathe – Girinanchabhi sarvEsham

srEshtO hastigiri smritaha: vegavath utthare dheere punya kotyAm harisswayam

varadhas sarva bhOthAnAm Athya pibari drishyathe". On the northern banks of the

Vegavathi, in the sacred Kanchi city, on the top of the hill Hastigiri (Supreme

among the giris (mountains)), in-between the Punniya koti vimanams, they had

the darshan of Emperuman Sri PErarulaalan. This Emperuman is know to be one,

who gives darshan to all bhakthas at all times and grants whatever boon they

ask for and hence he is called Sarvapalapradhan.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen

Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan

Sumithra Ramanuja Dasyai

 

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