Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam-29

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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

 

Swamy and others then proceeded towards thirumalai. First they had darshan of

the govindaraja perumal at the foothills of thirumalai. Swamy did

mangalasasanam to emperumAnAr (who was responsible for consecrating govindaraja

perumal in that sannadhi) and then did mangalAsAsanam to emperuman, along with

the recitation of the paasuram “kayinAr surisanganalAzhiyar”. Then all of them

proceeded to have darshan of nammAzhvar and the other azhvars at the foothills

of thirumalai and stayed that night over there. Swamy showered his grace to

many during his stay.

 

Next day, swamy bathed, finished his anushtAnams, prostrated the thiruvEnkata

hill, which stays like a lighthouse to the agnAni’s (ignorant people) of this

world to reach emperuman’s divine feet (“thiladha ulagukkAi nindra

thiruvEnkatam”). Swamy then climbed the thirumalai which was like climbing

steps to vaikundam and after having the darshan of kAttusingar proceeded

climbing enjoying each and everything in the divine thirumalai (“malugandha oor”

“nan mani vannanoor”). On reaching the top, swamy was reminded of the paasuram

“kannan vinnOr thozhavE”, emperuman kannan stands there where even the nithya

sooris come to worship him.

 

At that time, thiruvEnkata periya Jeeyer and other Ekanki srivaishanavas from

the perumal sannadhi, submitted the news of arrival of periya jeeyer in perumal

sannadhi and according to the order of thiruvEnkatamudaiyan rushed to welcome

swamy with perumal’s thiruparivattam, thirumAlai and other honors, in a usual

manner along with number of srivaishnavas holding chatra sAmaram and amidst the

sound of divine instruments. Swamy on seeing the crowd of srivaishnavas

immediately did danda pranAmam to them considering them to be nithya sooris who

have been blessed to live in thirumalai as per the paasuram, “emperumAn pon

malai mEl AdhEnu mAvEnE”. The Srivaishnavas honored swamy with thirumAlai,

thiruparivattam and prasadams which swamy accepted with due regards and

proceeded inside; prostrating the vaikunda thiruvAsal and avAvara soozhthAn

vAsal went in pradakshinam towards the kOneri. After taking a divine dip in the

holy water, swamy visited the thirunandavanam (garden) of Sri ananthAzhvan named

‘rAmAnusan’ after his acharya, Sri ramanuja.

 

Then swamy had the darshan of jnanapiran and further with the recitation of the

paasurams “oonEru selvaththu” entered the temple, prostrated infront of the

dvajasthambham, had the darshan of azhagiya manavala thirumandapam (in which

namperumal stayed during the muslim invasion ) and then further proceeded to

have darshan of various sannadhis in order.

 

Swamy had darshan of aththAni puli, Sri bali pedam, the flower mandapam called

as yamunai thuraivan, senpaka thiruvAsal, periya thiruvadi, thirumadappaLLi,

thirumAmani mandapam and divya vimAnam, senai mudaliyAr, and then after getting

the permission from emperumAnAr proceeded towards the thiruvEnkata mudaiyAN

sannadhi. Swamy stood in the ‘vendru mAlai yittAn mandapam’ and then had

darshan of “vidaintha vEzh marangalum adanga veidhu vEnkatamadaidha mAl “ Sri

chakravarthi thirumagan and then finally reached near the kulasekaran padi

(step) and did mangalAsAsanam to emperuman starting with “agalagillEn” and ended

with “adikkeezh amarindhu pugundhEnE”

 

Having darshan of perumal from bottom to top (pAdhadhikEshAntham) swamy said

pallAndu to perumal and finally ended with the mangalam, “mangalam mAnushE lOkE

vaikunda mathidhistathE I sesha saila nivAsAya srinivAsAya mangalam II” Pleased

with swamy perumal presented him with all honors and showered his full grace and

blessings on swamy which swamy accepted with a lot of gratefulness and love and

came outside.

 

(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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