Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam-8

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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

 

Meanwhile, the king of kerala heard about the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer

swamigal and wanted to have darshan of this great mahan. He came to

vanamamalai, bathed in the sacred tank ‘settru thAmarai’(which has been praised

as, “rAjabhAvA vahEchuna:”,”bhukthi mukthi pradhE” etc), finished his

anushtanams and with clear mind and body proceeded towards devanAthan sannadhi.

He submitted to emperuman all the valuable stone studded jewels and grand

vastrams he has got. He ordered to make special prasadams(thaligai-

akkAravadisil and many others) and with great love submitted to the emperuman.

 

Later he proceeded to have darshan of the jeeyar with great enthusiasm. As he

entered the doorsteps of the mutt, he was awestricken by the divine glory of the

jeeyar filled with atmost jnanam, wearing dvadasa pundram all over his body,

beautified by the yagnOpaveetham, thulasi mAla, nalinAksha mAla and various

thirupavithra malas. The thirumugam(divine face) of the jeeyer was like a lotus

flower and his eyes like the petals of the flower. With a beautiful shikai

adding to the beauty of his back the jeeyer was seated on a koormAsanam. With

all grace, the jeeyer was delivering bhagavat vishayam to all the srivaishnavas

in front of him. The king out of great respect fell down on the same place and

did danda pranAmams to the great mahan. The king went to the state of ecstasy,

considering his bhakyam to have obtained this opportunity to have the darshan of

such a great acharya in his lifetime. To show his joy he submitted some wealth

and a few villages to the mutt, to be used for nithya dhadhiyArAdhanam.

 

The king then requested Jeeyer swamy to present him with sreepAda theertham and

prasAda sEsham, to purify his soul. Since the king didn’t have any

sambandham(relation) with the mutt, Jeeyer hesitated but on the request of all

the srivaishnavas collected over there to shower his grace on the king, jeeyer

blessed the king with the same. Accepting with atmost pleasure, the king

submitted all the responsibilities of the deivanAyaka perumal temple

administration, along with the villages and all the properties of the temple

under the incharge of vanamamalai jeeyer and returned back to his own place with

mental peace.

 

SOME KAINKARYAMS OF THE JEEYER SWAMIGAL:

 

1. Construction of the udaiyavar sannadhi;

2. Renovation of the vanamamalai vimAnam which was in a very bad state;

3. Construction of the artha mandapam;

 

Along with all these kainkaryams, Jeeyer also took care of the vanamamalai

temple administration just like udaiyavar’s administration of the periya koil.

He also took care of the nithya dhadhiyArAdhanam at the vanamamalai mutt.

Though very busy with all these kainkaryams his mind was always in the thought

of his acharya and he very badly wanted to go and do nithya kainkaryam to

nayanAr. Deciding to go for the same to thirunagari, he appointed one

srivaishnava to be incharge of dhadhiyArAdhanam in the mutt and srikAryams in

the temple. At the same time………….

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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