Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam-21

[Guest guest]

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

 

On reaching vanamAmalai, Jeeyer swamy consecrated his acharya, mAmunigal’s

vigraham in the mutt and like bharatAzhvan who ruled ayodhya as a parathantran

to chakravarthi thirumagan, considering Sri rAma pAdhuka to be the king and

himself to be its dasa, Vanamamalai Jeeyer also did all the kainkaryams

considering himself to be a parathantran (slave) of his acharya. Before

starting with any kainkaryam, vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy took the permission of

his acharya and then only proceeded to do the same. In this way, Jeeyer swamy

continued his kainkaryams in vanamamalai, which gave great pleasure to both

deivanAyaka perumal and sreevaramangai nAchiyar and stayed in vanamamalai for a

long time.

 

Here in Srirangam, Periya Jeeyer’s health started deteriorating and once when he

fell ill (nOvu sAttri errundAr), he sent a note to vAnamAmalai swamy with the

following verses:

“pArAlum mannAl erAmAnusa Jeeyer, seerArum senai mudaliyAr nAyanAr, ArAdha

anbudaiya Aththan arindilarE ennudaiya thunbhamadhai theertharkku thAn”

(ramanusa Jeeyer who rules over the world, Great senai mudaliyAr nAyanar, and

the ever loving Aththan doesn’t know how to solve my problem); ‘thAimanam nindru

erangi thaniyE nedumAl thunaiyAi pOyina’ (Leaving beside the mother with great

sorrow the girl left considering emperuman alone to be her sole refuge)”

 

Vanamamalai swamy accepted the letter from periya jeeyer with great regard and

immediately started and reached periya jeeyer’s sannadhi and prostrated to

swamy’s divine feet. Slowly Periya Jeeyer started recovering. But he had a

worry in mind. He felt bad for being unable to travel to various places and

spread the ramanuja darshanam to the innocent masses. Then he decided to

appoint vanamamalai swamy for that task for the benefit of the whole world. He

called vanamamalai Jeeyer and uttered the following:

 

“Earlier this world was organized and taken in the right path by emperumAnAr,

who remained as “pAshanda trimashanda thAvadahanar”. But now days have changed.

Many kudrishtis and local preachers have confused the masses and have changed

tracks. Mainly in the northern regions people have been totally left in the

dark. So, you on my behalf, travel in the northern direction, impart true

knowledge to the ignorant people, bring them to light from darkness by blessing

them with pancha samskAram, emperumAnAr sambandham and jnana upadEsam”.

 

Telling the above to vanamamalai Jeeyer, Periya Jeeyer wanted to get the consent

and blessings of periya perumal also in this issue and hence proceeded towards

the perumal sannadhi along with ponadikkAl Jeeyer and submitted his request to

perumal. Perumal pleased with the request of periya Jeeyer showered his grace

on vanamamalai Jeeyer and said, “ You are none other than an amsAvatAram of your

own acharya. So, undertake this journey on behalf of your acharya, successfully

establish rAmAnuja darsanam in all places and return back with glory”. After

this perumal blessed the acharya and shisya with various honors in order.

 

On returning to the mutt, Periya Jeeyer told vanamamali Jeeyer to start his

divine yAthra according to perumal’s order and come back successfully.

Vanamamalai Jeeyer considering this to be his great fortune, prostrated under

the divine feet of his acharya, manavala mamunigal (“ponnadiyAm senkamalap

pOdhugalai unni chiraththAlE theendi”), bid good-bye and along with his

disciples (his ashtadiggajas) and many more srivaishnavas started his journey in

the northern direction.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more

faith.