Sri Varamangai muni Vaibhavam-10

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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 last posting we saw that Swami Azhagiya manavAla perumal nAyanAr and

vanamamalai rAmAnuja jeeyer swami reached Srivilliputtur. They did

mangalAsAsanam to vada-perun-kOil-vudaiyAn and periyAzhvar and then proceeded

towards Sri Andal sannadhi and did mangalAsAnam starting with “neelA thungastana

giri tadee” and ending with “nama etha mitham Bhooya A-vAsthu Bhooya:” They

stayed for three days over there and then nAyanAr along with jeeyer proceeded to

thirumAlirunchOlai.

 

Both of them bathed in the sacred noopuraganga and finished their anushtAnams

and proceeded to have the divine darshan of the thirumAlirunchOlai azhagar

(sundaran). On their way, Srivaishnavas of that place payed their homage to

nAyanar and jeeyer swamigal and lead their way to the temple. At the Gopura

vAsal (main entrance to the temple-“kodiani nedu madhil gOpuram”) kainkaryaparas

(the persons involved in the divine service of emperuman at the temple) and

archakas welcomed them along with the sreesadagopam.

 

Nayanar accepted the sreesadagopan on his head with great regards and entered

inside. As per the verse, “thadarsha sundaram drushtu drishti-chittApahArinam”

they were mesmerized by the beauty of azhagar (“thirumAlirunchOli nindrAn”).

They did mangalAsAsanam to the sundarar by reciting the thiruvAimozhi padhigam

“senchor kavigAl”. Accepting the theertha prasAdam, thirumAlai, thiruparivattam

and other honors they got themselves deeply involved with the emperuman and

stayed there for three days.

 

Then both of them proceeded towards Srirangam. Some days passed on the way and

they finally reached Srirangam, the bhoolOka vaikundam (“sezhunthadam punal

soozh thiruvarangam”). They took bath in kAveri – “gangayil punidhamAya

kAviri”, the kAveri which is even more sacred than even the river ganga and

finished their appropriate anushtAnams and with great joy, nAyanar and his

shisya vanamamalai Jeeyer proceeded towards the temple, passing many beautiful

gardens on the way and then the divine mAda veedhis (streets around the temple)

and then reached the ‘nAnmugan gOpura vAsal’ (nAnmugan entrance).

 

Starting with “dEvee gOdhayathi pathi sadathveshinou” they did mangalAsAsanam

and reached the sannadhi of Sri ranganAchiyAr. They prostrated the divine

mother and did mangalAsAsanam to her. Further, they proceeded towards the

perumal sannadhi, payed homage to the dvArapAlakas and then entered inside and

inbetween the two divine pillars (“mAyOnai manaththOnE pattri nindru vAyAra

vAzhththi”) had the pAdhAdhikEsAntham (from the thiruvadi to thirumudi- as per

thirupAnAzhvar in amalanAdhipiran) darshan of periya perumal and did

mangalAsAsanam with pallAndu. Then they requested perumal to bless them with

his kainkaryam and showed their gratefulness to have given such a great

Acharya-shisya sambhandam (relationship). Periya perumal with a graceful look

blessed them with his theertha prasAdham, thirumAlai, thiruparivattam and

Sreesadagopan. Nayanar and his shisya, jeeyer swami, accepting the same enjoyed

the divine beauty of emperuman along with sri and bhoo devees, with immense

happiness came out of the sannadhi in pradakshinam.

 

While doing pradakshinam, around the temple vanamamalai- ponnadikkAl jeeyer

followed nAyanar like his shadow enjoying the thirumEni (physical) beauty of

nAyanar while doing pradakshinam. Nayanar was highly pleased with the shisya

and hence he blessed him with the perumal prasAdams in his hand, to Jeeyer as

his own prasAdam. Jeeyer accepted the same with great regard and followed

nAyanar as his padarEka.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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