Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam-20

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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

ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

 

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.”

 

Ramanuja pillai and others considered it to be their greatest wealth, bestowed

on them by periya jeeyer on that very auspicious day and felt elated to have the

blessings of such great mahans. From that day, they followed Periya Jeeyer’s

words as their prime duty and recited the thaniyans in the appropriate manner.

(“Eka padhamAghavum anga angi pradhipAdhyamAna EkamanthramAgavum anusandhiththu

pOruvargal”).

 

Some days passed and vanamamalai deivanAyaka perumal wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer

swamy for his service in the temple and hence a note was sent by senai mudaliyar

to Srirangam to send Vanamamalai Jeeyer to sreekAryam at vanamamalai sannadhi.

Seeing the note, periya Jeeyer ordered ponadikkAl jeeyer accordingly. Not being

able to refuse the order of mAmunigal and emperuman himself, vanamamalai Jeeyer

was depressed again with sorrow with the following excellent verse reverberating

in his mind “Acharyanai pirindiruppArAr manamE pEsu” (“Oh! My mind Tell me who

will stay away from his acharya?”).

 

At the same time, mAmunigal ordered appAchiyAr anna to go to kainkaryam at

perumAl kOil and anna was also hesitant and worried to leave the ghosti and

sevai. Periya Jeeyer held his hand, went to the sannadhi and told him, “Go and

get the theertha sombhu (vessel to keep water), which I have named ‘ramanusan’

and had used for many years and when it become old and worn out the same is

being kept in Vanamamalai Jeeyers thiruman basket”. Vanamamalai Jeeyer

considering it to be jeeyer’s prasadam placed it in his ‘thiruman basket’ and

payed homage to it regularly. When appAchiyAr anna got it, swamy took it in his

hand and along with the old thiruvAzhi, thirusanghu, thiruman and srichoorna

symbol markers with him which has worn out and unusable, swamy ordered anna to

use all of them and make 2 vigrahams like mAmunigal, one for him and one for his

acharya.

 

When the vigrahams were ready swamy showered his grace on them and with his own

hands handed them over to vanamamalai swamy and anna and said, “Now that I am

accompanying both of you in the form of archA vigraham, shed all your worry and

proceed to do your duties in vanamamalai and perumal koil respectively.”

 

Taking the vigraham from swamy, Vanamamalai Jeeyer consoled himself and

proceeded his journey towards sreevaramangai.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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