Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam-26

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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

 

On reaching Srirangam, VanamAmalai Jeeyer bathed in the sacred kaveri river

(“gangaiyil punithamAya kaviri”), changed clothes adorned himself with the

dvadasa urdhva pundrams and finished his anushtanams. Meanwhile, periya perumal

sent uththama nambi, along with his “uduththukalaintha peedhaga vAdhai”,

vanamAlai, abhaya hastham and other honors accompanied by many Srivaishnavas and

chatra samara respects and sound of divine instruments, to welcome Jeeyer.

 

Seeing the whole lot of Srivaishnavas, vanamamalai Jeeyer wondered if they were

adiyars of ranganatha or the nithya sooris themselves. Immediately alwar’s

paasuram, “van ponnip pErAru pOl varum kannaneer kondu arangan kOil thirumuttram

sEru sei thondar sEvadi chEru en sennikku anivanE” flashed in Jeeyer’s memory

and getting deeply involved with the divine arthas of the paasuram fell down to

prostrate and show his due regards to the crowd of Srivaishnavas. The

Srivaishnavas happily submitted to swamy all the honors sent by namperumal and

swamy accepting the same and entered Srirangam. Swamy enjoyed the divine beauty

of the beautiful gardens, mAda veedhis, palaces and gopurams as per the

anubhavams of the alwars about this great divya desam and finally reached the

mutt of his beloved acharya, Sri manavala mAmunigal.

 

At the entrance swamy did sAshtAnga pranAmam and then went inside to do

mangalAsAsanam. Swamy prostrated once again in front of the thirumalai-Azhvar

(the place in which periya jeeyer used to sit and deliver kalashepam). Swamy

then glanced at the picture, which he himself has installed during the

renovation of the mutt. The picture, which got to memory the divine exotic

beauty of the thirumEni (physic) of Sri Periya Jeeyer swamy. Swamy enjoyed and

expressed his anubhavam in sweet words to the shisyas near him. Swamy’s memory

ran to the sweet old days, which he spent, in the very same mutt along with his

acharya. Then, imagining his acharya to go in front, swamy followed him to the

nanmuga gopura vAsal and did mangalAsAsanam as before starting with “devi godhA”

to Sri andal and then to udaiyavar and azhvar and then proceeded to

ranganAchiyAr sannadhi.

 

As per the verse, “rakshakAm sAparAdhanam AhEduka krupA mayeem I parathanthram

param pathyu: anyAm seiva vallabhAm” thAyar remained with her divine grace

showering mercy irrespective of anyone’s umpteen number of mistakes. Having

darshan of the divine mother, swamy did mangalAsAsanam starting with “ullAsa

pallavidha” and ended with “sriranga raja mahisheem sriyamAsrayAma:” and stood

reciting the strotras of the poorvAcharyas when Sri ranganAyaki thAyar said,

 

“Oh! Jeeyer! You being very close to periya perumal’s heart is very close to me

too”.

 

Then with great pleasure thAyar blessed Jeeyer with her thiruparivattam,

thirumAlai and other honors. Accepting them Jeeyer then proceeded towards the

chandra pushkarini, payed his homage to the divine theertham and proceeded

inside. Swamy then had the darshan of ranga vimAnam and senai mudaliyAr and

further proceeded towards the dvajasthambham when namperumal as a welcoming note

sent his Srisadagopan through the adiyars to swamy. Swamy accepted the same

with due regards and then went inside. After taking the permission of the

dvarapAlakars swamy went into the sannadhi and mesmerized by the beauty of the

divine thirumEni of periya perumal stood inbetween the two divine pillars

(thirumana thoongal).

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

P.S: The earlier postings have been archived at

http://www.geocities.com/sumivaradan/General.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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