[sri ramanuja] Kanya punarvasu-Thiruavatara utsavam of Sri Vanamamalai onnana Sri Ponnadikkal Jeeyer swamy

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Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munAyE Namaha

Punarpoosam thirunakshtra significance

Of all the twenty-seven Nakshatrams of the Tamil calendar, ¡§Punarpoosam¡¨ deserves a special mention. This nakshatram boasts of the thiruavatAram of the following divinities:

Sri Chakravarthi Thirumagan (a) Sri Ramapiran Chittirai month

Sri Kulasekara Azhwar (a) Sri Kulasekarap perumal ¡V mAsi month

Sri Embar (a) Ramanuja padhachchAya ¡V thai month

Sri Mudaliyandan (a) Sri DAsarathi ¡V Chittirai month

Sri Vanamamalai onnAna JEEyar swamy (a) Sri Ponnadikal Jeeyar swamy ¡V purattAsi month

Sri kArapankAdu venkatAchariyar swamy (a) kArapankAdu swamy. ¡V panguni month.

Significance of the title PonnadikAl Jeeyar

Owing to the vicinity of the kanyA punarvasu or the PurattAsi punarpoosam which falls on 14th of October 2006, this posting aims to bring out the prabhAvam of Sri vAnamAmalai onnana Jeeyar swamy. The pseudonym ¡§Ponnadi-kAl Jeeyar¡¨ draws a distinctive attention. It¡¦s only after the advent of this achArya, swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s sishya sampath (Wealth of Sishyas), grew multifold and hence the name ¡§ponnadikAl¡¨ (meaning feet of gold).

Swamy rAmAnuja spread Srivaishnavism through 74 of his disciples called simhAsanAdhipathis. Likewise manavAla mAmunikal spread it through eight of his disciples called Ashta Diggajas. The first and foremost amongst them is Vanamamalai onnAna Jeeyar swamy who established innumerable Mutts, throughout India called thOthAdri/Vanamamalai mutts.

Thiruvadi of Swamy manavAla mAmunikal

When the devotees (adiyArs) go to any of the Srivaishnva temples, we have the practice of, archakAs placing the lotus feet of the lord (sri SatAri or sri satakOpam) on the heads of all the presents in the gOshti (Assembly of adiyArs). This is how the relationship is established between the adiyArs and the archA moorthi of the emperuman in any divya desam. Getting the thEErtha prasadam and sri satakOpam is the primary duty of any srivaishnava. This holds good for all the azhwars and achAryas sannadhis. To elaborate,

„« emperuman¡¦s lotus feet (thiruvadi nilai) is sri satakOpam (swamy nammAzhwAr)

„« swamy nammazhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy rAmAnuja

„« swamy rAmAnuja¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy mudaliyAndAn

„« all other achAryAs (after swamy ramanuja) thiruvadi nilai is swamy manavAla mAmunikal.

„« Swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy ponnadikAl jeeyar or swamy onnana vanamAmalai jeeyar commonly called as ponnadiyAm sengamalam.

(There are certain exceptions to the above, such as

ƒæ swamy ramAnujA¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in thirumalai is swamy anandAzhwAn

ƒæ swamy nammAzhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in azhwAr thirunagari is swamy madhura kavi azhwAr )

Hence to get the sambandham (relationship) of swamy manavAla mAmunikal, ponnadikAl jeeyar swamy¡¦s importance becomes an unspoken niyamanam (rule).

PonnadikAl Jeeyar swamy¡¦s association with Periya Jeeyar

PonnadikAl jeeyar swamy was very close to periya jeeyar (swamy manavAla mAmunikal). Swamy always wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame and fortune he possessed. Hence he blessed Vanamamalai swamy also with ashtadiggajAs similar to his great ashtadiggajAs. Thereby, he appointed the following ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

mahAryar

saramapungavar

Suddha sathvam anna

appAchiyAr anna

rAmAnujam pillai

ghostipuraththayar

pallakkAl siththar

Jnana kan-AththAn.

Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted the appropriate kainkaryams to each one of them. From then on, Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great fame along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram of periya Jeeyer. Periya Jeeyer also instructed mahAchAryar to compose a thaniyan on his acharya which would proclaim his acharya¡¦s greatness for ever. Hearing such an order from periya Jeeyer, mahAryar concentrated on the divine qualities of his acharya and immersed himself in the ocean of his acharya¡¦s qualities and submitted the following to his acharya¡¦s divine feet:

RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was astonished. He felt that the verse not only got out the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also honey flowing to the ears of the listener and hence very admirable.

Pleased with the thaniyan told by mahAryar, Periya Jeeyer swamy ordered as follows:

¡§Like the ¡§SrisailEsa dayApAthram¡¨ thaniyan, which was submitted by periya perumal himself in the garuda mandapam with three kandams, this thaniyan should also be regarded equally important and should be recited by all Srivaishnavas. Like starting with ¡§pallandu pallandu¡¨ and ending with ¡§appAnjasanniyamum pallAndE¡¨ considering the first and second paasurams of thirupallandu to be like a single paasuram and recited together; and like the varaha charam slokam which has two parts (padhyadvayam) but still considered as a single mantram; and like the mantra ratnam, which though considered as a single mahA mantra rahasyam, still has two parts detailing about the angam and angi; and like the ¡¥Hari¡¦ padham which has 2 aksharas; Consider ¡§SrisailEsa¡¨ thaniyan and ¡§ramya jAmAthru yOgeendra¡¨ thaniyan to be connected to each other and to have equal importance.¡¨

Greatness of vAnamAmalai jeeyer swamy

Swamy was responsible for acting as purushakaram (recommendation) for annan and others to surrender to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer and also accepted a few of them as his shisyas as per the order of Sri Periya Jeeyer.

Swamy was responsible to bring appillai and appullAr to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer swamy. First swamy convinced periya jeeyer to accept them as his disciples and then he went to the banks of kaveri and along with the help of erumbiappa, swamy brought both appillai and appullAr to the divine feet of Periya Jeeyer and made them the two among the ashtadiggajas of Sri Mamunikal.

Sri Periya Jeeyer himself used to praise and call Swamy as ¡§PonnadikkAl Jeeyer¡¨. Periya Jeeyer considered swamy his very close disciple and also an atma bandhu and also wanted vanamamalai swamy to get all the pleasure and treasure he obtained. And hence made swamy sit in his seat and presented his thirukkai Azhvars in the hands of vanamamalai swamy and asked him to do samAsrayanam just like him. Then Periya Jeeyer appointed ashtadiggajas for vanamAmalai Jeeyer swamy just like his own ashtadiggajas.

Further Periya Jeeyer sent vanamamalai swamy to tour in the northern states as his representative and fulfill his wish to uplift all jeevatmas over there and bring them to our sampradayam by giving them ramanuja sambhandam through samAsrayanam. During his last days, Periya Jeeyer instructed his upadandam, thiruvAzhimOdhiram and thiruvadinilai of his own acharya thiruvAimozhi pillai to be given to vanamamalai Jeeyer, though swamy was not near periya Jeeyer at the time when periya jeeyer attained paramapadam. Periya Jeeyer had his special grace on vanamamalai swamy.

Vanamamalai swamy also was blessed specially by Periya perumal, and that is why he gifted him the aranganagarappan and himself went with him to vanamamalai. There is no need to say that vanamamalai perumal, who have got his divine consort, srivaramangai nAchiyar as kannikAdAnam from swamy had his special wishes for swamy and that is why he gave all the responsibilities of the deivanAyakan sannadhi kainkaryams to swamy himself. Next thiruvEnkatamudaiyan, showed the greatness of swamy and his acharya bhakthi in the dream of thiruvEnkata periya kElvi Jeeyer and thus showed his love for Vanamamalai Jeeyer. And nAchiyar in thirumalai accepting swamy as her father shows largely the great mahimai of PonnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy.

With the blessings of all the perumals swamy did a lot of kainkaryam in the deivanAyakan sannadhi, thirukkurungudi nambi sannadhi and also in spreading our ramAnuja darshanam all over India.

The greatness of swamy lies mainly in his acharya nishtai (charamOpAya nishtai). Though he took sanyasa even before his acharya, nayanar (Sri Manavala mamunigal) still he remained with great prathipaththi towards his acharya and considered mAmunigal to be upaya and upEyam (as per the well known verses, ¡§DevumattrariyEn¡¨ (Madhurakavi bhAvam); ¡§GururEva param brahma gururEva paramdhanam l gururEva param kAma: gururEva parAyanam ll gururEva parA vidhyA gururEva parAyathi: l yasmAth sadhupadhEshtasow thasmAth gurutharO guru: ll¡¨ ¡§theemanam keduththAi¡¨ ¡§maruvithozhum manamE thandhAi¡¨ ¡§ariyAdhana ariviththa¡¨ ¡§peedhagavAdaipirAnAr piramaguruvAgi vandhu¡¨ ) . Though swamy was blessed with a birth in a high caste Brahmin family (¡§therulkol nAnmarai vallAr¡¨, ¡§thEru jnanaththar¡¨ ¡§senthozhilavar¡¨, ¡§thelliyAr thirunAnmaraigal vallAr¡¨,¡¨seidhavElviyar vaiyaththEvar¡¨) and also a wealthy family and remained with great knowledge and intelligence still swamy

didn¡¦t possess even a little bit of pride due to all these. His mind was clear from the mukkurumbhu (¡§vidhyAmathO dhanamatha: thrithEyO bhijanOmatha:¡¨)

With all these and many more greatness, swamy remained with parama krupai on everyone and established our sampradayam in the world as per the wish of his acharya. Swamy showed love and care towards all including plants and animals and wanted to uplift each and every jeevatma without any barriers to the divine feet of emperuman. In this way swamy remained acting as the bridge between the paramatma and jeevatma for sometime.

Wanting to go to the divine abode of emperuman, swamy shed all his interest in this world and finally attained the nithya kainkaryam of emperuman.

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsan

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[sri ramanuja] Kanya punarvasu-Thiruavatara utsavam of Sri

Vanamamalai onnana Sri Ponnadikkal Jeeyer swamy

Ramanuja <ramanuja>

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munAyE Namaha

 

*Punarpoosam thirunakshtra significance*

 

Of all the twenty-seven Nakshatrams of the Tamil calendar, ¡§Punarpoosam¡¨

deserves a special mention. This nakshatram boasts of the thiruavatAram of

the following divinities:

Sri Chakravarthi Thirumagan (a) Sri Ramapiran Chittirai month

Sri Kulasekara Azhwar (a) Sri Kulasekarap perumal ¡V mAsi month

Sri Embar (a) Ramanuja padhachchAya ¡V thai month

Sri Mudaliyandan (a) Sri DAsarathi ¡V Chittirai month

Sri Vanamamalai onnAna JEEyar swamy (a) Sri Ponnadikal Jeeyar swamy ¡V

purattAsi month

Sri kArapankAdu venkatAchariyar swamy (a) kArapankAdu swamy. ¡V panguni

month.

 

*Significance of the title PonnadikAl Jeeyar*

 

Owing to the vicinity of the kanyA punarvasu or the PurattAsi punarpoosam

which falls on 14th of October 2006, this posting aims to bring out the

prabhAvam of Sri vAnamAmalai onnana Jeeyar swamy. The pseudonym

¡§Ponnadi-kAl Jeeyar¡¨ draws a distinctive attention. It¡¦s only after the

advent of this achArya, swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s sishya sampath (Wealth

of Sishyas), grew multifold and hence the name ¡§ponnadikAl¡¨ (meaning feet

of gold).

Swamy rAmAnuja spread Srivaishnavism through 74 of his disciples called

simhAsanAdhipathis. Likewise manavAla mAmunikal spread it through eight of

his disciples called Ashta Diggajas. The first and foremost amongst them is

Vanamamalai onnAna Jeeyar swamy who established innumerable Mutts,

throughout India called thOthAdri/Vanamamalai mutts.

 

*Thiruvadi of Swamy manavAla mAmunikal*

 

When the devotees (adiyArs) go to any of the Srivaishnva temples, we have

the practice of, archakAs placing the lotus feet of the lord (sri SatAri or

sri satakOpam) on the heads of all the presents in the gOshti (Assembly of

adiyArs). This is how the relationship is established between the adiyArs

and the archA moorthi of the emperuman in any divya desam. Getting the

thEErtha prasadam and sri satakOpam is the primary duty of any srivaishnava..

This holds good for all the azhwars and achAryas sannadhis. To elaborate,

 

„« emperuman¡¦s lotus feet *(thiruvadi nilai)* is sri satakOpam (swamy

nammAzhwAr)

„« swamy nammazhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy rAmAnuja

„« swamy rAmAnuja¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy mudaliyAndAn

„« all other achAryAs (after swamy ramanuja) thiruvadi nilai is swamy

manavAla mAmunikal.

„« Swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy ponnadikAl

jeeyar or swamy onnana vanamAmalai jeeyar commonly called as ponnadiyAm

sengamalam.

(There are certain exceptions to the above, such as

ƒæ swamy ramAnujA¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in thirumalai is swamy anandAzhwAn

ƒæ swamy nammAzhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in azhwAr thirunagari is swamy

madhura kavi azhwAr )

 

Hence to get the sambandham (relationship) of swamy manavAla mAmunikal,

ponnadikAl jeeyar swamy¡¦s importance becomes an unspoken niyamanam (rule).

 

*PonnadikAl Jeeyar swamy¡¦s association with Periya Jeeyar*

PonnadikAl jeeyar swamy was very close to periya jeeyar (swamy manavAla

mAmunikal). Swamy always wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame and

fortune he possessed. Hence he blessed Vanamamalai swamy also with

ashtadiggajAs similar to his great ashtadiggajAs. Thereby, he appointed the

following ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

 

*mahAryar *

*saramapungavar *

*Suddha sathvam anna *

*appAchiyAr anna *

*rAmAnujam pillai *

*ghostipuraththayar *

*pallakkAl siththar *

*Jnana kan-AththAn*.

 

Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted the appropriate kainkaryams to each one

of them. From then on, Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great

fame along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram of periya Jeeyer. Periya

Jeeyer also instructed mahAchAryar to compose a thaniyan on his acharya

which would proclaim his acharya¡¦s greatness for ever. Hearing such an

order from periya Jeeyer, mahAryar concentrated on the divine qualities of

his acharya and immersed himself in the ocean of his acharya¡¦s qualities

and submitted the following to his acharya¡¦s divine feet:

* *

* RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA *

*ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE*

 

Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was astonished. He felt that the

verse not only got out the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also

honey flowing to the ears of the listener and hence very admirable.

Pleased with the thaniyan told by mahAryar, Periya Jeeyer swamy ordered as

follows:

 

*¡§Like the ¡§SrisailEsa dayApAthram¡¨ thaniyan, which was submitted by

periya perumal himself in the garuda mandapam with three kandams, this

thaniyan should also be regarded equally important and should be recited by

all Srivaishnavas. Like starting with ¡§pallandu pallandu¡¨ and ending with

¡§appAnjasanniyamum pallAndE¡¨ considering the first and second paasurams of

thirupallandu to be like a single paasuram and recited together; and like

the varaha charam slokam which has two parts (padhyadvayam) but still

considered as a single mantram; and like the mantra ratnam, which though

considered as a single mahA mantra rahasyam, still has two parts detailing

about the angam and angi; and like the ¡¥Hari¡¦ padham which has 2 aksharas;

Consider ¡§SrisailEsa¡¨ thaniyan and ¡§ramya jAmAthru yOgeendra¡¨ thaniyan

to be connected to each other and to have equal importance.¡¨*

 

 

*Greatness of vAnamAmalai jeeyer swamy*

Swamy was responsible for acting as purushakaram (recommendation) for annan

and others to surrender to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer and also

accepted a few of them as his shisyas as per the order of Sri Periya Jeeyer..

 

Swamy was responsible to bring appillai and appullAr to the divine feet of

Sri Periya Jeeyer swamy. First swamy convinced periya jeeyer to accept them

as his disciples and then he went to the banks of kaveri and along with the

help of erumbiappa, swamy brought both appillai and appullAr to the divine

feet of Periya Jeeyer and made them the two among the ashtadiggajas of Sri

Mamunikal.

Sri Periya Jeeyer himself used to praise and call Swamy as ¡§PonnadikkAl

Jeeyer¡¨. Periya Jeeyer considered swamy his very close disciple and also an

atma bandhu and also wanted vanamamalai swamy to get all the pleasure and

treasure he obtained. And hence made swamy sit in his seat and presented his

thirukkai Azhvars in the hands of vanamamalai swamy and asked him to do

samAsrayanam just like him. Then Periya Jeeyer appointed ashtadiggajas for

vanamAmalai Jeeyer swamy just like his own ashtadiggajas.

 

Further Periya Jeeyer sent vanamamalai swamy to tour in the northern states

as his representative and fulfill his wish to uplift all jeevatmas over

there and bring them to our sampradayam by giving them ramanuja sambhandam

through samAsrayanam. During his last days, Periya Jeeyer instructed his

upadandam, thiruvAzhimOdhiram and thiruvadinilai of his own acharya

thiruvAimozhi pillai to be given to vanamamalai Jeeyer, though swamy was not

near periya Jeeyer at the time when periya jeeyer attained paramapadam. Periya

Jeeyer had his special grace on vanamamalai swamy.

 

Vanamamalai swamy also was blessed specially by Periya perumal, and that is

why he gifted him the aranganagarappan and himself went with him to

vanamamalai. There is no need to say that vanamamalai perumal, who have got

his divine consort, srivaramangai nAchiyar as kannikAdAnam from swamy had

his special wishes for swamy and that is why he gave all the

responsibilities of the deivanAyakan sannadhi kainkaryams to swamy himself.

Next thiruvEnkatamudaiyan, showed the greatness of swamy and his acharya

bhakthi in the dream of thiruvEnkata periya kElvi Jeeyer and thus showed his

love for Vanamamalai Jeeyer. And nAchiyar in thirumalai accepting swamy as

her father shows largely the great mahimai of PonnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy.

 

With the blessings of all the perumals swamy did a lot of kainkaryam in the

deivanAyakan sannadhi, thirukkurungudi nambi sannadhi and also in spreading

our ramAnuja darshanam all over India.

 

The greatness of swamy lies mainly in his acharya nishtai (charamOpAya

nishtai). Though he took sanyasa even before his acharya, nayanar (Sri

Manavala mamunigal) still he remained with great prathipaththi towards his

acharya and considered mAmunigal to be upaya and upEyam (as per the well

known verses, ¡§DevumattrariyEn¡¨ (Madhurakavi bhAvam); ¡§GururEva param

brahma gururEva paramdhanam l gururEva param kAma: gururEva parAyanam

ll gururEva

parA vidhyA gururEva parAyathi: l yasmAth sadhupadhEshtasow thasmAth

gurutharO guru: ll¡¨ ¡§theemanam keduththAi¡¨ ¡§maruvithozhum manamE

thandhAi¡¨ ¡§ariyAdhana ariviththa¡¨ ¡§peedhagavAdaipirAnAr piramaguruvAgi

vandhu¡¨ ) . Though swamy was blessed with a birth in a high caste Brahmin

family (¡§therulkol nAnmarai vallAr¡¨, ¡§thEru jnanaththar¡¨

¡§senthozhilavar¡¨, ¡§thelliyAr thirunAnmaraigal vallAr¡¨,¡¨seidhavElviyar

vaiyaththEvar¡¨) and also a wealthy family and remained with great knowledge

and intelligence still swamy didn¡¦t possess even a little bit of pride due

to all these. His mind was clear from the mukkurumbhu (¡§vidhyAmathO

dhanamatha: thrithEyO bhijanOmatha:¡¨)

With all these and many more greatness, swamy remained with parama krupai

on everyone and established our sampradayam in the world as per the wish of

his acharya. Swamy showed love and care towards all including plants and

animals and wanted to uplift each and every jeevatma without any barriers to

the divine feet of emperuman. In this way swamy remained acting as the

bridge between the paramatma and jeevatma for sometime.

 

Wanting to go to the divine abode of emperuman, swamy shed all his interest

in this world and finally attained the nithya kainkaryam of emperuman.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsan

Varadarajan

 

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Dear SrI Varadarajan Swamin:

Its a nice post on Sri VAnamAmalai oNAna Jeeyar Swami

on his thiruavatAra day celebrations. AdiyEn also

thought about mentioning some points on the importance

of "PonnadikAl Jeeyar". But your post made it and you

have pointed out many events which is new to adiyEn.

THanks for your post.

adiyEn,

senthil.b

 

--- Varadarajan Sourirajan <varadarajan_tcs >

wrote:

 

> Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

> Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

> Sri vAnAchala mahA munAyE Namaha

>

> Punarpoosam thirunakshtra significance

>

> Of all the twenty-seven Nakshatrams of the Tamil

> calendar, ¡§Punarpoosam¡¨ deserves a special

> mention. This nakshatram boasts of the

> thiruavatAram of the following divinities:

> Sri Chakravarthi Thirumagan (a) Sri Ramapiran

> Chittirai month

> Sri Kulasekara Azhwar (a) Sri Kulasekarap perumal

> ¡V mAsi month

> Sri Embar (a) Ramanuja padhachchAya ¡V thai month

> Sri Mudaliyandan (a) Sri DAsarathi ¡V Chittirai

> month

> Sri Vanamamalai onnAna JEEyar swamy (a) Sri

> Ponnadikal Jeeyar swamy ¡V purattAsi month

> Sri kArapankAdu venkatAchariyar swamy (a)

> kArapankAdu swamy. ¡V panguni month.

>

> Significance of the title PonnadikAl Jeeyar

>

> Owing to the vicinity of the kanyA punarvasu or

> the PurattAsi punarpoosam which falls on 14th of

> October 2006, this posting aims to bring out the

> prabhAvam of Sri vAnamAmalai onnana Jeeyar swamy.

> The pseudonym ¡§Ponnadi-kAl Jeeyar¡¨ draws a

> distinctive attention. It¡¦s only after the advent

> of this achArya, swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s sishya

> sampath (Wealth of Sishyas), grew multifold and

> hence the name ¡§ponnadikAl¡¨ (meaning feet of

> gold).

> Swamy rAmAnuja spread Srivaishnavism through 74 of

> his disciples called simhAsanAdhipathis. Likewise

> manavAla mAmunikal spread it through eight of his

> disciples called Ashta Diggajas. The first and

> foremost amongst them is Vanamamalai onnAna Jeeyar

> swamy who established innumerable Mutts, throughout

> India called thOthAdri/Vanamamalai mutts.

>

> Thiruvadi of Swamy manavAla mAmunikal

>

> When the devotees (adiyArs) go to any of the

> Srivaishnva temples, we have the practice of,

> archakAs placing the lotus feet of the lord (sri

> SatAri or sri satakOpam) on the heads of all the

> presents in the gOshti (Assembly of adiyArs). This

> is how the relationship is established between the

> adiyArs and the archA moorthi of the emperuman in

> any divya desam. Getting the thEErtha prasadam and

> sri satakOpam is the primary duty of any

> srivaishnava. This holds good for all the azhwars

> and achAryas sannadhis. To elaborate,

>

> „« emperuman¡¦s lotus feet (thiruvadi nilai)

> is sri satakOpam (swamy nammAzhwAr)

> „« swamy nammazhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is

> swamy rAmAnuja

> „« swamy rAmAnuja¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy

> mudaliyAndAn

> „« all other achAryAs (after swamy ramanuja)

> thiruvadi nilai is swamy manavAla mAmunikal.

> „« Swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s thiruvadi

> nilai is swamy ponnadikAl jeeyar or swamy onnana

> vanamAmalai jeeyar commonly called as ponnadiyAm

> sengamalam.

> (There are certain exceptions to the above, such

> as

> ƒæ swamy ramAnujA¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> thirumalai is swamy anandAzhwAn

> ƒæ swamy nammAzhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> azhwAr thirunagari is swamy madhura kavi azhwAr )

>

> Hence to get the sambandham (relationship) of

> swamy manavAla mAmunikal, ponnadikAl jeeyar swamy¡¦s

> importance becomes an unspoken niyamanam (rule).

>

> PonnadikAl Jeeyar swamy¡¦s association with Periya

> Jeeyar

> PonnadikAl jeeyar swamy was very close to periya

> jeeyar (swamy manavAla mAmunikal). Swamy always

> wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame and

> fortune he possessed. Hence he blessed Vanamamalai

> swamy also with ashtadiggajAs similar to his great

> ashtadiggajAs. Thereby, he appointed the following

> ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

>

> mahAryar

> saramapungavar

> Suddha sathvam anna

> appAchiyAr anna

> rAmAnujam pillai

> ghostipuraththayar

> pallakkAl siththar

> Jnana kan-AththAn.

>

> Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted the appropriate

> kainkaryams to each one of them. From then on,

> Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great

> fame along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram

> of periya Jeeyer. Periya Jeeyer also instructed

> mahAchAryar to compose a thaniyan on his acharya

> which would proclaim his acharya¡¦s greatness for

> ever. Hearing such an order from periya Jeeyer,

> mahAryar concentrated on the divine qualities of his

> acharya and immersed himself in the ocean of his

> acharya¡¦s qualities and submitted the following to

> his acharya¡¦s divine feet:

>

> RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

> ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim

> bhajE

>

> Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was

> astonished. He felt that the verse not only got out

> the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also

> honey flowing to the ears of the listener and hence

> very admirable.

> Pleased with the thaniyan told by mahAryar, Periya

> Jeeyer swamy ordered as follows:

>

> ¡§Like the ¡§SrisailEsa dayApAthram¡¨ thaniyan,

> which was submitted by periya perumal himself in the

> garuda mandapam with three kandams, this thaniyan

> should also be regarded equally important and should

> be recited by all Srivaishnavas. Like starting with

> ¡§pallandu pallandu¡¨ and ending with

> ¡§appAnjasanniyamum pallAndE¡¨ considering the first

> and second paasurams of thirupallandu to be like a

> single paasuram and recited together; and like the

> varaha charam slokam which has two parts

> (padhyadvayam) but still considered as a single

> mantram; and like the mantra ratnam, which though

> considered as a single mahA mantra rahasyam, still

> has two parts detailing about the angam and angi;

> and like the ¡¥Hari¡¦ padham which has 2 aksharas;

> Consider ¡§SrisailEsa¡¨ thaniyan and ¡§ramya

> jAmAthru yOgeendra¡¨ thaniyan to be connected to

> each other and to have equal importance.¡¨

>

>

> Greatness of vAnamAmalai jeeyer swamy

> Swamy was responsible for acting as purushakaram

> (recommendation) for annan and others to surrender

> to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer and also

> accepted a few of them as his shisyas as per the

> order of Sri Periya Jeeyer.

> Swamy was responsible to bring appillai and

> appullAr to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer

> swamy. First swamy convinced periya jeeyer to

> accept them as his disciples and then he went to the

> banks of kaveri and along with the help of

> erumbiappa, swamy brought both appillai and appullAr

> to the divine feet of Periya Jeeyer and made them

> the two among the ashtadiggajas of Sri Mamunikal.

> Sri Periya Jeeyer himself used to praise and call

> Swamy as ¡§PonnadikkAl Jeeyer¡¨. Periya Jeeyer

> considered swamy his very close disciple and also an

> atma bandhu and also wanted vanamamalai swamy to get

> all the pleasure and treasure he obtained. And hence

> made swamy sit in his seat and presented his

> thirukkai Azhvars in the hands of vanamamalai swamy

> and asked him to do samAsrayanam just like him. Then

> Periya Jeeyer appointed ashtadiggajas for

> vanamAmalai Jeeyer swamy just like his own

> ashtadiggajas.

>

> Further Periya Jeeyer sent vanamamalai swamy to

> tour in the northern states as his representative

> and fulfill his wish to uplift all jeevatmas over

> there and bring them to our sampradayam by giving

> them ramanuja sambhandam through samAsrayanam.

> During his last days, Periya Jeeyer instructed his

> upadandam, thiruvAzhimOdhiram and thiruvadinilai of

> his own acharya thiruvAimozhi pillai to be given to

> vanamamalai Jeeyer, though swamy was not near periya

> Jeeyer at the time when periya jeeyer attained

> paramapadam. Periya Jeeyer had his special grace on

> vanamamalai swamy.

>

> Vanamamalai swamy also was blessed specially by

> Periya perumal, and that is why he gifted him the

> aranganagarappan and himself went with him to

> vanamamalai. There is no need to say that

> vanamamalai perumal, who have got his divine

> consort, srivaramangai nAchiyar as kannikAdAnam from

> swamy had his special wishes for swamy and that is

> why he gave all the responsibilities of the

> deivanAyakan sannadhi kainkaryams to swamy himself.

> Next thiruvEnkatamudaiyan, showed the greatness of

> swamy and his acharya bhakthi in the dream of

> thiruvEnkata periya kElvi Jeeyer and thus showed his

> love for Vanamamalai Jeeyer. And nAchiyar in

> thirumalai accepting swamy as her father shows

> largely the great mahimai of PonnadikkAl Jeeyer

> swamy.

>

> With the blessings of all the perumals swamy did

> a lot of kainkaryam in the deivanAyakan sannadhi,

> thirukkurungudi

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Dear Vardarajan Swamin:

 

Adiyen heard that, the thiruvadi nilai of Swamy

Nammalwar at Alwar Thirunagari is Swamy Ramanujar.

AT other divydesams , thiruvadi nilai of Swamy

Nammalwar is Madhurakavi Alwar.

 

Adiyen requests Swamin to kindly verify and conform

the above...

 

adiyEn

senthil.b

 

 

--- Varadarajan Sourirajan <varadarajan_tcs >

wrote:

 

> Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

> Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

> Sri vAnAchala mahA munAyE Namaha

>

> Punarpoosam thirunakshtra significance

>

> Of all the twenty-seven Nakshatrams of the Tamil

> calendar, ¡§Punarpoosam¡¨ deserves a special

> mention. This nakshatram boasts of the

> thiruavatAram of the following divinities:

> Sri Chakravarthi Thirumagan (a) Sri Ramapiran

> Chittirai month

> Sri Kulasekara Azhwar (a) Sri Kulasekarap perumal

> ¡V mAsi month

> Sri Embar (a) Ramanuja padhachchAya ¡V thai month

> Sri Mudaliyandan (a) Sri DAsarathi ¡V Chittirai

> month

> Sri Vanamamalai onnAna JEEyar swamy (a) Sri

> Ponnadikal Jeeyar swamy ¡V purattAsi month

> Sri kArapankAdu venkatAchariyar swamy (a)

> kArapankAdu swamy. ¡V panguni month.

>

> Significance of the title PonnadikAl Jeeyar

>

> Owing to the vicinity of the kanyA punarvasu or

> the PurattAsi punarpoosam which falls on 14th of

> October 2006, this posting aims to bring out the

> prabhAvam of Sri vAnamAmalai onnana Jeeyar swamy.

> The pseudonym ¡§Ponnadi-kAl Jeeyar¡¨ draws a

> distinctive attention. It¡¦s only after the advent

> of this achArya, swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s sishya

> sampath (Wealth of Sishyas), grew multifold and

> hence the name ¡§ponnadikAl¡¨ (meaning feet of

> gold).

> Swamy rAmAnuja spread Srivaishnavism through 74 of

> his disciples called simhAsanAdhipathis. Likewise

> manavAla mAmunikal spread it through eight of his

> disciples called Ashta Diggajas. The first and

> foremost amongst them is Vanamamalai onnAna Jeeyar

> swamy who established innumerable Mutts, throughout

> India called thOthAdri/Vanamamalai mutts.

>

> Thiruvadi of Swamy manavAla mAmunikal

>

> When the devotees (adiyArs) go to any of the

> Srivaishnva temples, we have the practice of,

> archakAs placing the lotus feet of the lord (sri

> SatAri or sri satakOpam) on the heads of all the

> presents in the gOshti (Assembly of adiyArs). This

> is how the relationship is established between the

> adiyArs and the archA moorthi of the emperuman in

> any divya desam. Getting the thEErtha prasadam and

> sri satakOpam is the primary duty of any

> srivaishnava. This holds good for all the azhwars

> and achAryas sannadhis. To elaborate,

>

> „« emperuman¡¦s lotus feet (thiruvadi nilai)

> is sri satakOpam (swamy nammAzhwAr)

> „« swamy nammazhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is

> swamy rAmAnuja

> „« swamy rAmAnuja¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy

> mudaliyAndAn

> „« all other achAryAs (after swamy ramanuja)

> thiruvadi nilai is swamy manavAla mAmunikal.

> „« Swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s thiruvadi

> nilai is swamy ponnadikAl jeeyar or swamy onnana

> vanamAmalai jeeyar commonly called as ponnadiyAm

> sengamalam.

> (There are certain exceptions to the above, such

> as

> ƒæ swamy ramAnujA¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> thirumalai is swamy anandAzhwAn

> ƒæ swamy nammAzhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> azhwAr thirunagari is swamy madhura kavi azhwAr )

>

> Hence to get the sambandham (relationship) of

> swamy manavAla mAmunikal, ponnadikAl jeeyar swamy¡¦s

> importance becomes an unspoken niyamanam (rule).

>

> PonnadikAl Jeeyar swamy¡¦s association with Periya

> Jeeyar

> PonnadikAl jeeyar swamy was very close to periya

> jeeyar (swamy manavAla mAmunikal). Swamy always

> wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame and

> fortune he possessed. Hence he blessed Vanamamalai

> swamy also with ashtadiggajAs similar to his great

> ashtadiggajAs. Thereby, he appointed the following

> ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

>

> mahAryar

> saramapungavar

> Suddha sathvam anna

> appAchiyAr anna

> rAmAnujam pillai

> ghostipuraththayar

> pallakkAl siththar

> Jnana kan-AththAn.

>

> Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted the appropriate

> kainkaryams to each one of them. From then on,

> Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great

> fame along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram

> of periya Jeeyer. Periya Jeeyer also instructed

> mahAchAryar to compose a thaniyan on his acharya

> which would proclaim his acharya¡¦s greatness for

> ever. Hearing such an order from periya Jeeyer,

> mahAryar concentrated on the divine qualities of his

> acharya and immersed himself in the ocean of his

> acharya¡¦s qualities and submitted the following to

> his acharya¡¦s divine feet:

>

> RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

> ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim

> bhajE

>

> Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was

> astonished. He felt that the verse not only got out

> the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also

> honey flowing to the ears of the listener and hence

> very admirable.

> Pleased with the thaniyan told by mahAryar, Periya

> Jeeyer swamy ordered as follows:

>

> ¡§Like the ¡§SrisailEsa dayApAthram¡¨ thaniyan,

> which was submitted by periya perumal himself in the

> garuda mandapam with three kandams, this thaniyan

> should also be regarded equally important and should

> be recited by all Srivaishnavas. Like starting with

> ¡§pallandu pallandu¡¨ and ending with

> ¡§appAnjasanniyamum pallAndE¡¨ considering the first

> and second paasurams of thirupallandu to be like a

> single paasuram and recited together; and like the

> varaha charam slokam which has two parts

> (padhyadvayam) but still considered as a single

> mantram; and like the mantra ratnam, which though

> considered as a single mahA mantra rahasyam, still

> has two parts detailing about the angam and angi;

> and like the ¡¥Hari¡¦ padham which has 2 aksharas;

> Consider ¡§SrisailEsa¡¨ thaniyan and ¡§ramya

> jAmAthru yOgeendra¡¨ thaniyan to be connected to

> each other and to have equal importance.¡¨

>

>

> Greatness of vAnamAmalai jeeyer swamy

> Swamy was responsible for acting as purushakaram

> (recommendation) for annan and others to surrender

> to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer and also

> accepted a few of them as his shisyas as per the

> order of Sri Periya Jeeyer.

> Swamy was responsible to bring appillai and

> appullAr to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer

> swamy. First swamy convinced periya jeeyer to

> accept them as his disciples and then he went to the

> banks of kaveri and along with the help of

> erumbiappa, swamy brought both appillai and appullAr

> to the divine feet of Periya Jeeyer and made them

> the two among the ashtadiggajas of Sri Mamunikal.

> Sri Periya Jeeyer himself used to praise and call

> Swamy as ¡§PonnadikkAl Jeeyer¡¨. Periya Jeeyer

> considered swamy his very close disciple and also an

> atma bandhu and also wanted vanamamalai swamy to get

> all the pleasure and treasure he obtained. And hence

> made swamy sit in his seat and presented his

> thirukkai Azhvars in the hands of vanamamalai swamy

> and asked him to do samAsrayanam just like him. Then

> Periya Jeeyer appointed ashtadiggajas for

> vanamAmalai Jeeyer swamy just like his own

> ashtadiggajas.

>

> Further Periya Jeeyer sent vanamamalai swamy to

> tour in the northern states as his representative

> and fulfill his wish to uplift all jeevatmas over

> there and bring them to our sampradayam by giving

> them ramanuja sambhandam through samAsrayanam.

> During his last days, Periya Jeeyer instructed his

> upadandam, thiruvAzhimOdhiram and thiruvadinilai of

> his own acharya thiruvAimozhi pillai to be given to

> vanamamalai Jeeyer, though swamy was not near periya

> Jeeyer at the time when periya jeeyer attained

> paramapadam. Periya Jeeyer had his special grace on

> vanamamalai swamy.

>

> Vanamamalai swamy also was blessed specially by

> Periya perumal, and that is why he gifted him the

> aranganagarappan and himself went with him to

> vanamamalai. There is no need to say that

> vanamamalai perumal, who have got his divine

> consort, srivaramangai nAchiyar as kannikAdAnam from

> swamy had his special wishes for swamy and that is

> why he gave all the responsibilities of the

> deivanAyakan sannadhi kainkaryams to swamy himself.

> Next thiruvEnkatamudaiyan, showed the greatness of

> swamy and his acharya bhakthi in the dream of

> thiruvEnkata periya kElvi Jeeyer and thus showed his

> love for Vanamamalai Jeeyer. And nAchiyar in

> thirumalai accepting swamy as her father shows

> largely the great mahimai of PonnadikkAl Jeeyer

> swamy.

>

> With the blessings of all the perumals swamy did

> a lot of kainkaryam in the deivanAyakan sannadhi,

> thirukkurungudi

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

 

Dear Senthil Swamin,

 

Adiyen was listening to U Ve Velukkudi Krishnan Swami's

Upanyasam, "Azhwarum Emperumanarum" where he spoke

specifically about the following.

 

He mainly explains the well known thaniyan:

 

Yo Nithyam Achutha Padham Bhuja Yugma Rukma-

Vyamohatas Thadhitharani Thrunaya Mene |

Asmad Guror Bhagavatosya Dhayaika Sindho:

Ramanujasya Charanau Sharanam Prapadhye ||

 

The first part of this was explained as:

Achuthan's thiruvadi thamarai is Nammazhwar / Satagopan.

Swami Udayavar is in so much moham (Vyamohatas) of Sri

Satagopan's thiruvadi, that he considers everything else like

mere grass (thadhitarani thrunaya mene).

 

He further goes on

to explain how in Swami Nammazhwar's Sannidhi

in Thirukurugoor (Azhwar Thirunagari), one says

"Sri Ramanusan Saadhiyum" for the "satari" (as opposed to saying

Madhurakavigal Saadhiyum as one would in all other Nammazhwar

Sannidhis). Also, similarly, in Thirupathi, correspondingly

one says, at Swami Udayavar's Sannidhi, "Ananthazhwan Saadhiyum"

(for obvious reasons) and in all other desams, one would say "Mudhaliyandan

Saadhiyum".

 

Adiyen thinks, Swami Udayavar's image is on the "satari" in Nammazhwar

Sannidhi in Azhwar Thirunagari.

 

This is all so beautiful & wanted to share the snippet from the upanyasam.

 

Mistakes in this mail are all adiyen's ignorance.

 

Adiyen dasanu dasan.

 

 

senthil b <b_senthil2002 (AT) (DOT) co.in>

ramanuja

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:51:09

PM

Re: [sri ramanuja] Kanya punarvasu-Thiruavatara utsavam of Sri Vanamamalai onnana Sri Ponnadikkal Jeeyer swamy

 

 

Dear Vardarajan Swamin:

 

Adiyen heard that, the thiruvadi nilai of Swamy

Nammalwar at Alwar Thirunagari is Swamy Ramanujar.

AT other divydesams , thiruvadi nilai of Swamy

Nammalwar is Madhurakavi Alwar.

 

Adiyen requests Swamin to kindly verify and conform

the above...

 

adiyEn

senthil.b

 

 

--- Varadarajan Sourirajan <varadarajan_tcs >

wrote:

 

> Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

> Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

> Sri vAnAchala mahA munAyE Namaha

>

> Punarpoosam thirunakshtra significance

>

> Of all the twenty-seven Nakshatrams of the Tamil

> calendar, ¡§Punarpoosam¡¨ deserves a special

> mention. This nakshatram boasts

of the

> thiruavatAram of the following divinities:

> Sri Chakravarthi Thirumagan (a) Sri Ramapiran

> Chittirai month

> Sri Kulasekara Azhwar (a) Sri Kulasekarap perumal

> ¡V mAsi month

> Sri Embar (a) Ramanuja padhachchAya ¡V thai month

> Sri Mudaliyandan (a) Sri DAsarathi ¡V Chittirai

> month

> Sri Vanamamalai onnAna JEEyar swamy (a) Sri

> Ponnadikal Jeeyar swamy ¡V purattAsi month

> Sri kArapankAdu venkatAchariyar swamy (a)

> kArapankAdu swamy. ¡V panguni month.

>

> Significance of the title PonnadikAl Jeeyar

>

> Owing to the vicinity of the kanyA punarvasu or

> the PurattAsi punarpoosam which falls on 14th of

> October 2006, this posting aims to bring out the

> prabhAvam of Sri vAnamAmalai onnana Jeeyar

swamy.

> The pseudonym ¡§Ponnadi-kAl Jeeyar¡¨ draws a

> distinctive attention. It¡¦s only after the advent

> of this achArya, swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s sishya

> sampath (Wealth of Sishyas), grew multifold and

> hence the name ¡§ponnadikAl¡¨ (meaning feet of

> gold).

> Swamy rAmAnuja spread Srivaishnavism through 74 of

> his disciples called simhAsanAdhipathis. Likewise

> manavAla mAmunikal spread it through eight of his

> disciples called Ashta Diggajas. The first and

> foremost amongst them is Vanamamalai onnAna Jeeyar

> swamy who established innumerable Mutts, throughout

> India called thOthAdri/Vanamamalai mutts.

>

> Thiruvadi of Swamy manavAla mAmunikal

>

> When the devotees (adiyArs) go to any of the

> Srivaishnva temples, we have the practice

of,

> archakAs placing the lotus feet of the lord (sri

> SatAri or sri satakOpam) on the heads of all the

> presents in the gOshti (Assembly of adiyArs). This

> is how the relationship is established between the

> adiyArs and the archA moorthi of the emperuman in

> any divya desam. Getting the thEErtha prasadam and

> sri satakOpam is the primary duty of any

> srivaishnava. This holds good for all the azhwars

> and achAryas sannadhis. To elaborate,

>

> „« emperuman¡¦s lotus feet (thiruvadi nilai)

> is sri satakOpam (swamy nammAzhwAr)

> „« swamy nammazhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is

> swamy rAmAnuja

> „« swamy rAmAnuja¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy

>

mudaliyAndAn

> „« all other achAryAs (after swamy ramanuja)

> thiruvadi nilai is swamy manavAla mAmunikal.

> „« Swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s thiruvadi

> nilai is swamy ponnadikAl jeeyar or swamy onnana

> vanamAmalai jeeyar commonly called as ponnadiyAm

> sengamalam.

> (There are certain exceptions to the above, such

> as

> ƒæ swamy ramAnujA¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> thirumalai is swamy anandAzhwAn

> ƒæ swamy nammAzhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> azhwAr thirunagari is swamy madhura kavi azhwAr )

>

> Hence to get the sambandham (relationship) of

> swamy manavAla mAmunikal, ponnadikAl jeeyar swamy¡¦s

> importance becomes an unspoken niyamanam

(rule).

>

> PonnadikAl Jeeyar swamy¡¦s association with Periya

> Jeeyar

> PonnadikAl jeeyar swamy was very close to periya

> jeeyar (swamy manavAla mAmunikal). Swamy always

> wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame and

> fortune he possessed. Hence he blessed Vanamamalai

> swamy also with ashtadiggajAs similar to his great

> ashtadiggajAs. Thereby, he appointed the following

> ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

>

> mahAryar

> saramapungavar

> Suddha sathvam anna

> appAchiyAr anna

> rAmAnujam pillai

> ghostipuraththayar

> pallakkAl siththar

> Jnana kan-AththAn.

>

> Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted

the appropriate

> kainkaryams to each one of them. From then on,

> Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great

> fame along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram

> of periya Jeeyer. Periya Jeeyer also instructed

> mahAchAryar to compose a thaniyan on his acharya

> which would proclaim his acharya¡¦s greatness for

> ever. Hearing such an order from periya Jeeyer,

> mahAryar concentrated on the divine qualities of his

> acharya and immersed himself in the ocean of his

> acharya¡¦s qualities and submitted the following to

> his acharya¡¦s divine feet:

>

> RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

> ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim

> bhajE

>

> Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was

>

astonished. He felt that the verse not only got out

> the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also

> honey flowing to the ears of the listener and hence

> very admirable.

> Pleased with the thaniyan told by mahAryar, Periya

> Jeeyer swamy ordered as follows:

>

> ¡§Like the ¡§SrisailEsa dayApAthram¡¨ thaniyan,

> which was submitted by periya perumal himself in the

> garuda mandapam with three kandams, this thaniyan

> should also be regarded equally important and should

> be recited by all Srivaishnavas. Like starting with

> ¡§pallandu pallandu¡¨ and ending with

> ¡§appAnjasanniyamum pallAndE¡¨ considering the first

> and second paasurams of thirupallandu to be like a

> single paasuram and recited together; and like the

> varaha charam slokam which has two parts

> (padhyadvayam) but

still considered as a single

> mantram; and like the mantra ratnam, which though

> considered as a single mahA mantra rahasyam, still

> has two parts detailing about the angam and angi;

> and like the ¡¥Hari¡¦ padham which has 2 aksharas;

> Consider ¡§SrisailEsa¡¨ thaniyan and ¡§ramya

> jAmAthru yOgeendra¡¨ thaniyan to be connected to

> each other and to have equal importance.¡¨

>

>

> Greatness of vAnamAmalai jeeyer swamy

> Swamy was responsible for acting as purushakaram

> (recommendation) for annan and others to surrender

> to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer and also

> accepted a few of them as his shisyas as per the

> order of Sri Periya Jeeyer.

> Swamy was responsible to bring appillai and

> appullAr to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer

>

swamy. First swamy convinced periya jeeyer to

> accept them as his disciples and then he went to the

> banks of kaveri and along with the help of

> erumbiappa, swamy brought both appillai and appullAr

> to the divine feet of Periya Jeeyer and made them

> the two among the ashtadiggajas of Sri Mamunikal.

> Sri Periya Jeeyer himself used to praise and call

> Swamy as ¡§PonnadikkAl Jeeyer¡¨. Periya Jeeyer

> considered swamy his very close disciple and also an

> atma bandhu and also wanted vanamamalai swamy to get

> all the pleasure and treasure he obtained. And hence

> made swamy sit in his seat and presented his

> thirukkai Azhvars in the hands of vanamamalai swamy

> and asked him to do samAsrayanam just like him. Then

> Periya Jeeyer appointed ashtadiggajas for

> vanamAmalai Jeeyer swamy just like his own

> ashtadiggajas.

 

>

> Further Periya Jeeyer sent vanamamalai swamy to

> tour in the northern states as his representative

> and fulfill his wish to uplift all jeevatmas over

> there and bring them to our sampradayam by giving

> them ramanuja sambhandam through samAsrayanam.

> During his last days, Periya Jeeyer instructed his

> upadandam, thiruvAzhimOdhiram and thiruvadinilai of

> his own acharya thiruvAimozhi pillai to be given to

> vanamamalai Jeeyer, though swamy was not near periya

> Jeeyer at the time when periya jeeyer attained

> paramapadam. Periya Jeeyer had his special grace on

> vanamamalai swamy.

>

> Vanamamalai swamy also was blessed specially by

> Periya perumal, and that is why he gifted him the

> aranganagarappan and himself went with him to

> vanamamalai. There is no need

to say that

> vanamamalai perumal, who have got his divine

> consort, srivaramangai nAchiyar as kannikAdAnam from

> swamy had his special wishes for swamy and that is

> why he gave all the responsibilities of the

> deivanAyakan sannadhi kainkaryams to swamy himself.

> Next thiruvEnkatamudaiyan, showed the greatness of

> swamy and his acharya bhakthi in the dream of

> thiruvEnkata periya kElvi Jeeyer and thus showed his

> love for Vanamamalai Jeeyer. And nAchiyar in

> thirumalai accepting swamy as her father shows

> largely the great mahimai of PonnadikkAl Jeeyer

> swamy.

>

> With the blessings of all the perumals swamy did

> a lot of kainkaryam in the deivanAyakan sannadhi,

> thirukkurungudi

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Dear Raghuram/Sethil swamin,

Adiyen apologizes for the incorrect information and thanks a lot for correcting adiyen in this regard.

Adiyen ramanuja dasan,

Varadarajan

 

Raghuram Madabushi <scifilvr > wrote:

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

 

Dear Senthil Swamin,

 

Adiyen was listening to U Ve Velukkudi Krishnan Swami's

Upanyasam, "Azhwarum Emperumanarum" where he spoke

specifically about the following.

 

He mainly explains the well known thaniyan:

 

Yo Nithyam Achutha Padham Bhuja Yugma Rukma-

Vyamohatas Thadhitharani Thrunaya Mene |

Asmad Guror Bhagavatosya Dhayaika Sindho:

Ramanujasya Charanau Sharanam Prapadhye ||

 

The first part of this was explained as:

Achuthan's thiruvadi thamarai is Nammazhwar / Satagopan.

Swami Udayavar is in so much moham (Vyamohatas) of Sri

Satagopan's thiruvadi, that he considers everything else like

mere grass (thadhitarani thrunaya mene).

 

He further goes on to explain how in Swami Nammazhwar's Sannidhi

in Thirukurugoor (Azhwar Thirunagari), one says

"Sri Ramanusan Saadhiyum" for the "satari" (as opposed to saying

Madhurakavigal Saadhiyum as one would in all other Nammazhwar

Sannidhis). Also, similarly, in Thirupathi, correspondingly

one says, at Swami Udayavar's Sannidhi, "Ananthazhwan Saadhiyum"

(for obvious reasons) and in all other desams, one would say "Mudhaliyandan

Saadhiyum".

 

Adiyen thinks, Swami Udayavar's image is on the "satari" in Nammazhwar

Sannidhi in Azhwar Thirunagari.

 

This is all so beautiful & wanted to share the snippet from the upanyasam.

 

Mistakes in this mail are all adiyen's ignorance.

 

Adiyen dasanu dasan.

 

senthil b <b_senthil2002 (AT) (DOT) co.in>

ramanuja

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:51:09 PM

Re: [sri ramanuja] Kanya punarvasu-Thiruavatara utsavam of Sri Vanamamalai onnana Sri Ponnadikkal Jeeyer swamy

 

Dear Vardarajan Swamin:

 

Adiyen heard that, the thiruvadi nilai of Swamy

Nammalwar at Alwar Thirunagari is Swamy Ramanujar.

AT other divydesams , thiruvadi nilai of Swamy

Nammalwar is Madhurakavi Alwar.

 

Adiyen requests Swamin to kindly verify and conform

the above...

 

adiyEn

senthil.b

 

 

--- Varadarajan Sourirajan <varadarajan_tcs >

wrote:

 

> Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

> Srimad Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

> Sri vAnAchala mahA munAyE Namaha

>

> Punarpoosam thirunakshtra significance

>

> Of all the twenty-seven Nakshatrams of the Tamil

> calendar, ¡§Punarpoosam¡¨ deserves a special

> mention. This nakshatram boasts of the

> thiruavatAram of the following divinities:

> Sri Chakravarthi Thirumagan (a) Sri Ramapiran

> Chittirai month

> Sri Kulasekara Azhwar (a) Sri Kulasekarap perumal

> ¡V mAsi month

> Sri Embar (a) Ramanuja padhachchAya ¡V thai month

> Sri Mudaliyandan (a) Sri DAsarathi ¡V Chittirai

> month

> Sri Vanamamalai onnAna JEEyar swamy (a) Sri

> Ponnadikal Jeeyar swamy ¡V purattAsi month

> Sri kArapankAdu venkatAchariyar swamy (a)

> kArapankAdu swamy. ¡V panguni month.

>

> Significance of the title PonnadikAl Jeeyar

>

> Owing to the vicinity of the kanyA punarvasu or

> the PurattAsi punarpoosam which falls on 14th of

> October 2006, this posting aims to bring out the

> prabhAvam of Sri vAnamAmalai onnana Jeeyar swamy.

> The pseudonym ¡§Ponnadi-kAl Jeeyar¡¨ draws a

> distinctive attention. It¡¦s only after the advent

> of this achArya, swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s sishya

> sampath (Wealth of Sishyas), grew multifold and

> hence the name ¡§ponnadikAl¡¨ (meaning feet of

> gold).

> Swamy rAmAnuja spread Srivaishnavism through 74 of

> his disciples called simhAsanAdhipathis. Likewise

> manavAla mAmunikal spread it through eight of his

> disciples called Ashta Diggajas. The first and

> foremost amongst them is Vanamamalai onnAna Jeeyar

> swamy who established innumerable Mutts, throughout

> India called thOthAdri/Vanamamalai mutts.

>

> Thiruvadi of Swamy manavAla mAmunikal

>

> When the devotees (adiyArs) go to any of the

> Srivaishnva temples, we have the practice of,

> archakAs placing the lotus feet of the lord (sri

> SatAri or sri satakOpam) on the heads of all the

> presents in the gOshti (Assembly of adiyArs). This

> is how the relationship is established between the

> adiyArs and the archA moorthi of the emperuman in

> any divya desam. Getting the thEErtha prasadam and

> sri satakOpam is the primary duty of any

> srivaishnava. This holds good for all the azhwars

> and achAryas sannadhis. To elaborate,

>

> „« emperuman¡¦s lotus feet (thiruvadi nilai)

> is sri satakOpam (swamy nammAzhwAr)

> „« swamy nammazhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is

> swamy rAmAnuja

> „« swamy rAmAnuja¡¦s thiruvadi nilai is swamy

> mudaliyAndAn

> „« all other achAryAs (after swamy ramanuja)

> thiruvadi nilai is swamy manavAla mAmunikal.

> „« Swamy manavAla mAmunikal¡¦s thiruvadi

> nilai is swamy ponnadikAl jeeyar or swamy onnana

> vanamAmalai jeeyar commonly called as ponnadiyAm

> sengamalam.

> (There are certain exceptions to the above, such

> as

> ƒæ swamy ramAnujA¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> thirumalai is swamy anandAzhwAn

> ƒæ swamy nammAzhwAr¡¦s thiruvadi nilai in

> azhwAr thirunagari is swamy madhura kavi azhwAr )

>

> Hence to get the sambandham (relationship) of

> swamy manavAla mAmunikal, ponnadikAl jeeyar swamy¡¦s

> importance becomes an unspoken niyamanam (rule).

>

> PonnadikAl Jeeyar swamy¡¦s association with Periya

> Jeeyar

> PonnadikAl jeeyar swamy was very close to periya

> jeeyar (swamy manavAla mAmunikal). Swamy always

> wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame and

> fortune he possessed. Hence he blessed Vanamamalai

> swamy also with ashtadiggajAs similar to his great

> ashtadiggajAs. Thereby, he appointed the following

> ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

>

> mahAryar

> saramapungavar

> Suddha sathvam anna

> appAchiyAr anna

> rAmAnujam pillai

> ghostipuraththayar

> pallakkAl siththar

> Jnana kan-AththAn.

>

> Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted the appropriate

> kainkaryams to each one of them. From then on,

> Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great

> fame along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram

> of periya Jeeyer. Periya Jeeyer also instructed

> mahAchAryar to compose a thaniyan on his acharya

> which would proclaim his acharya¡¦s greatness for

> ever. Hearing such an order from periya Jeeyer,

> mahAryar concentrated on the divine qualities of his

> acharya and immersed himself in the ocean of his

> acharya¡¦s qualities and submitted the following to

> his acharya¡¦s divine feet:

>

> RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

> ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim

> bhajE

>

> Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was

> astonished. He felt that the verse not only got out

> the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also

> honey flowing to the ears of the listener and hence

> very admirable.

> Pleased with the thaniyan told by mahAryar, Periya

> Jeeyer swamy ordered as follows:

>

> ¡§Like the ¡§SrisailEsa dayApAthram¡¨ thaniyan,

> which was submitted by periya perumal himself in the

> garuda mandapam with three kandams, this thaniyan

> should also be regarded equally important and should

> be recited by all Srivaishnavas. Like starting with

> ¡§pallandu pallandu¡¨ and ending with

> ¡§appAnjasanniyamum pallAndE¡¨ considering the first

> and second paasurams of thirupallandu to be like a

> single paasuram and recited together; and like the

> varaha charam slokam which has two parts

> (padhyadvayam) but still considered as a single

> mantram; and like the mantra ratnam, which though

> considered as a single mahA mantra rahasyam, still

> has two parts detailing about the angam and angi;

> and like the ¡¥Hari¡¦ padham which has 2 aksharas;

> Consider ¡§SrisailEsa¡¨ thaniyan and ¡§ramya

> jAmAthru yOgeendra¡¨ thaniyan to be connected to

> each other and to have equal importance.¡¨

>

>

> Greatness of vAnamAmalai jeeyer swamy

> Swamy was responsible for acting as purushakaram

> (recommendation) for annan and others to surrender

> to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer and also

> accepted a few of them as his shisyas as per the

> order of Sri Periya Jeeyer.

> Swamy was responsible to bring appillai and

> appullAr to the divine feet of Sri Periya Jeeyer

> swamy. First swamy convinced periya jeeyer to

> accept them as his disciples and then he went to the

> banks of kaveri and along with the help of

> erumbiappa, swamy brought both appillai and appullAr

> to the divine feet of Periya Jeeyer and made them

> the two among the ashtadiggajas of Sri Mamunikal.

> Sri Periya Jeeyer himself used to praise and call

> Swamy as ¡§PonnadikkAl Jeeyer¡¨. Periya Jeeyer

> considered swamy his very close disciple and also an

> atma bandhu and also wanted vanamamalai swamy to get

> all the pleasure and treasure he obtained. And hence

> made swamy sit in his seat and presented his

> thirukkai Azhvars in the hands of vanamamalai swamy

> and asked him to do samAsrayanam just like him. Then

> Periya Jeeyer appointed ashtadiggajas for

> vanamAmalai Jeeyer swamy just like his own

> ashtadiggajas.

>

> Further Periya Jeeyer sent vanamamalai swamy to

> tour in the northern states as his representative

> and fulfill his wish to uplift all jeevatmas over

> there and bring them to our sampradayam by giving

> them ramanuja sambhandam through samAsrayanam.

> During his last days, Periya Jeeyer instructed his

> upadandam, thiruvAzhimOdhiram and thiruvadinilai of

> his own acharya thiruvAimozhi pillai to be given to

> vanamamalai Jeeyer, though swamy was not near periya

> Jeeyer at the time when periya jeeyer attained

> paramapadam. Periya Jeeyer had his special grace on

> vanamamalai swamy.

>

> Vanamamalai swamy also was blessed specially by

> Periya perumal, and that is why he gifted him the

> aranganagarappan and himself went with him to

> vanamamalai. There is no need to say that

> vanamamalai perumal, who have got his divine

> consort, srivaramangai nAchiyar as kannikAdAnam from

> swamy had his special wishes for swamy and that is

> why he gave all the responsibilities of the

> deivanAyakan sannadhi kainkaryams to swamy himself.

> Next thiruvEnkatamudaiyan, showed the greatness of

> swamy and his acharya bhakthi in the dream of

> thiruvEnkata periya kElvi Jeeyer and thus showed his

> love for Vanamamalai Jeeyer. And nAchiyar in

> thirumalai accepting swamy as her father shows

> largely the great mahimai of PonnadikkAl Jeeyer

> swamy.

>

> With the blessings of all the perumals swamy did

> a lot of kainkaryam in the deivanAyakan sannadhi,

> thirukkurungudi

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