Gaganagiri Muni guru paramparA prabhAvam-60 (Twenty-fifth Jeeyer contd)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunaiSrimathe Ramanujaya NamahaSri Vara Vara MunayE NamahaSri

VanAchala mahA munayE NamahaSrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi

gunArnavamYateendra pravanam vandhE ramya jAmataram munimRamyajAmatru yOgeendra

pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhAthathAyaththAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajEHH Sri

Kaliyan Vanamamalai ramanuja Jeeyer 1905-1933 (Twenty-fifth pattam)

 

Swamy's Kainkaryams

 

Swamy took a divine dip in the godavari. For a long time there was no rain in

that area. As soon as swamy placed his divine feet into the area there was

heavy downpour that made everyone realise and talk about the greatness of

swamy. Meanwhile, a very rich resident of secanderabad and a shisya of swamy

named lakshminArayanasrEshti requested swamy to take part and lead the pratistA

mahOtsavam of a temple newly built by him. Swamy accepted the invitation and

through lAthtoor went to secanderabad next to hyderabad.

 

There swamy graced the very grand occasion of mahApradistai of lakshminarayanan

sannadhi built with lakhs of rupees. Swamy accepted all the honours made by

the disciple and as per his request swamy administered all the vaidika

procedures and stayed there for some more days. From there as per the request

of kings of vanaparuththi and Athmakoor swamy first visited vanaparuththi and

completed his chaturmasa vratham over there. The king was greatly impressed by

the divine qualities of swamy due to which he made an order that whenever Sri

swamy visited the area swamy’s chaturmasa vratha should be taken care in the

same grand manner forever.

 

Further, swamy took part in the mahavidvat sabhai that was organized in the

karthigai month. Swamy seated himself as the head of the meeting and honoured

all the vidwans according to their talents. Swamy immersed everyone with his

great upanyasams into the ocean of joy. Then swamy visited Athmakoor and as

per the request of the king stayed for some days over there and uplifted the

ignorant souls over there with swamy’s upanyasams and kalasepams.

 

At that time, many mahans and prabhus with great thirst to get the darshan of

Sri swamy came from mumbai and other places and requested swamy to visit the

northern states also and uplift those over there. Apart from personal

invitations they also submitted request invitations from various disciples

under the divine feet of Sri Swamy. Swamy was impressed by these invitations

and wanted to proceed towards north but at the same time Siri varamangai

nachiyar and other kainkaryaparas sent note to swamy not being able to be

separated from swamy any longer. As per the order of nachiyar, swamy started

his journey towards south. Swamy reached banglore and was deeply honoured by

the members of the mysore samstAnam and swamy stayed there for a week. Then

swamy via salem, nAmakkal reached koil and had the divine darshan of periya

permal and stayed there for nine days amidst all divine activities

(dhadheeyArAdhanam etc) and then rushed to vanamamalai. During this yathra

swamy stayed for nearly 4 years outside vanamamalai.

 

Then swamy as per his long wish made a beautiful golden punniya koti vimanam

capable of attracting everyone’s attention and on a beautiful day, Angirasa

varushan chaitrOtsavam manjaneer thirunAl, enjoyed the divine darshan of

varamangai nachiyar along with deivanayakan inside the divine punniyakoti

vimanam. Then swamy took part in all the samvatsarOtsavams, all through the

year and nithyOtsavams in a very grand manner. In the next panguni utsavam

swamy once again enjoyed the divine couples on the punniya koti vimanam and

submitted a beautiful big gold chain and grand peedhAmbharams.

 

(To be continued)Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNamAdiyen Ramanuja

dAsee,Sumithra Varadarajan