Sri Varamangai muni Vaibhavam-3

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

 

Sri VanAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

 

Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramya jAmataram munim

 

 

 

RamyajAmatru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

 

thathAyathatAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

 

 

 

In the previous posting we saw that Sri Rangachariyar and his three sons

proceeded towards alwar thirunagari for Acharya samAsrayanam. Let us continue

further….

 

 

 

On reaching alwar thirunagari they took a refreshing bath in the divine

tAmparabharani river, which is regarded even more sacred than ganga, yamuna,

godavari, saraswathi, kaveri and all other rivers. They then went to have the

darshan of the prapanna jana koodasthar, Sri NammAzhvAr. Getting pleased with

the darshan, they then proceeded towards the thirumAligai of their acharya,

ThiruvAimozhi pillai.

 

 

 

Swamy at that time was delivering the divine arthas of thiruvAimozhi(thondarkku

amudunna sonna sol mAlai), along with sabdha, artha and bhAva rasAs to a crowd

of vaishnavas, in such a great manner that, even ignorant and innocent people

easily understood the vedantic arthas in alwar’s paasurams. Sri RangAchariyar

and his sons prostrated before the acharya, who with great love enquired about

their well being and asked them to have their seat. Then, they accepted the sree

pAdha theertham of their acharya with great regards and sat down to hear his

divine out pouring.

 

 

 

The next day, Sri RangAchAriyar took bath, finished his nithyAnusandhAnams

proceeded along with his sons to pillai’s sannadhi, prostrated the acharya, and

requested him to accept his son Azhagiya Varadar and others as his shisyas and

pour his divine grace on them. At that time, Azhagiya ManavAla perumal nAyanar,

a scholar of all sastras and a disciple of ThiruvAimozhi pillai, doing guru kula

vAsam under pillai, came and prostrated the acharya. ThiruvAimozhi pillai was a

jnani(sarvegner). Hence he realized that Azhagiya varadar was a shisyAvatAram

of Azhagiya manavAla perumal nAyanAr. So he ordered nAyanAr to do pancha

samskAram to Azhagiya varadar and others. Nayanar remained quiet hearing the

order of the acharya. He then looked at Azhagiya varadar with eyes filled with

krupai. On seeing Azhagiya varadar nAyanAr realized that he had divine

qualities (A-mudalvan evan) and hence showered his special grace on him.

 

 

 

NayanAr did pancha samskAram first to Azhagiya Varadar and then to the others.

Then Azhagiya Varadar and others did danda pranAmam to their acharya, nAyanAr

and the acharya graced them with his Sree pAda theertham and prasAdam. Nayanar

then started from his acharya thirumAligai along with his shisyas, azhagiya

varadar and others to do mangalAsAsanams to alwar. On the way, nAyanAr first

did mangalAsAsanam to EmperumAnAr, starting with “SrimAdhavAngri jalajath vaya

nithya sEvA” and ending with “RamAnujam yethi pathim pranamAmi moorthnA”.

NayanAr then showed azhagiya varadar, the divine feet of emperumAnAr but

azhagiya varadar fell into the feet of nAyAnar (vara vara muni mEva

chintayenthi), since nAyanAr has always been under the divine feet of

emperumAnAr (nithyam yatheendra tava divya vapus smrithoumE…vruthyantharEsthu

vimukam karanathrayancha) azhagiya varadar felt it to be more appropriate to

fall in his acharya nayanAr’s feet.

 

 

 

Azhagiya varadar then did mangalAsAsanam to his acharya, and requested his

divine grace always on him. (“apakatha madhamAnai: anthimOpAya nishthai:

athikatha paramArthai: arthakAma anabhEkshai:! Nikila jana suhruthbihi: nirjitha

krOdha lObhai: vara vara muni brithyair astumE nithya yoga:). They then

accepted the theertha prasAdam given in the sannadhi and then accepted the

divine thiruvadi of EmperumAnAr on their heads and with great happiness and

gratefulness came out in pradakshinam.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

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