Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam-30

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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

 

Thiruvenkata Jeeyer, then welcomed swamy and made the required arrangements for

swamy’s stay. Jeeyer then requested swamy to bless them all with bhagavat

vishaya kalashEpam. Swamy accepted for the same. During the days while swamy

delivered kalashEpams on alwar’s arulicheyals, many mahans surrendered to

swamy’s divine feet and deeply enjoyed the divine outpourings. Swamy completed

the kalashEpam and did sattrumurai and then proceeded to thiruvEnkatamudaiyan

sannadhi for mangalAsAsanam. Swamy then took the permission of perumal to leave

the next day to continue his kainkaryams in vanamamalai and returned back to the

mutt.

 

That night in the dream of swamy, appeared a pretty young girl, with a face like

a freshly blossomed lotus flower. She climbed over the lap of vanamamalai

swamy. Like a beloved daughter talking to her father and enchanting him with

her sweet innocent kid’s talk, the girl continued to talk to swamy calling him,

“Anna” (a reference to father) and said “Take me also to vanamamalai”. Swamy

woke up astonished by the dream. At that time, many others including

thiruvEnkata Jeeyer had similar dreams which they expressed in front of swamy.

In their dreams, nAchiyar has said as follows, “My father, vAnamAmalai rAmAnuja

Jeeyer, is returning back to his place. Send me also along with him to

vanamAmalai”.

 

Many of them had the same dream and hence they rushed immediately to swamy’s

sannadhi. At that time swamy, told about his dream to thiruvEnkata Jeeyer.

Hearing this everyone got further surprised and totally believed that there was

absolute truth in the dream that each one of them witnessed. ThiruvEnkata

Jeeyer, then told the following poorva vruththANtham (old legend):

 

“Many Many years ago, one thanikkOil nAchiyar appeared in thirumalai. But since

alarmEl mangai thAyAr is already present in the divine chest of emperumAn it was

finally decided before the kalyana mahOtsavam that there should not be a

separate sannadhi for thayar on the hills. So from then this thAyar has

remained without any separate sannadhi and kalyana mahOtsavam. “

 

Saying this Jeeyer continued to say, “yesterday thAyAr appeared in my dream and

said, ‘vanamAmalai jeeyer is my father and deivanAyakan my husband. I am going

along with him to varamangai. You also come following me’. So this is the wish

of nAchiyar and hence vanamamalai jeeyer swamy take your daughter along with you

to vanamamalai and celebrate a grand kalyAnOtsavam. Since this nAchiyAr has

appeared due to the wish of AlarmEl mangai uraimArban, you will attain all the

athma balam (“Atma lAbhAth param kinchithanya nAsthi”) from deivanAyakan due to

her purushakAram (recommendation) and will become a poornar (complete one)”

 

Listening to all these words of thiruvEnkata jeeyer with great surprise, swamy

then with great joy prostrated appan and with nAchiyar in a separate palanquin,

along with sufficient archakas, parichArakas and srivaishnavas for safety

started on his journey.

 

(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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