Sri Varamangai muni Vaibhavam-33

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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

 

Adding to the kainkaryams in vanamamalai, ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy also made and

submitted a crown and other jewels (thiruvAbharanams) for thirukurungudi nambi,

renovated the madhis (walls) and gopurams over there and also built a

kaisikOtsava mahA mandapam and many other mandapams as part of his kainkaryams

in thirukurungudi. Swamy thereby stayed with the kainkarya sri.

 

At that time, one-day swamy bathed in settruthAmarai and finished his

anushtanams when one of swamy’s shisyas chinniammAl came and payed homage to

swamy’s divine feet. Swamy enquired her about her whereabouts as a series of

questions. For which chinniammAl answered as follows (the dialogue shows how

great a srivaishnavite she was):

 

Oh lady! Which is your

 

Country: Thiruvazhudhi nAdu (place of nammazhvar)

House: PandudaiyAn veedu (or pandE adimaiyAgakkonda eraivan veedu,

paramapadam)

Kulam: Achchudha kulam

VEdam: Dravida vEdam (thiruvAimozhi)

Sootram: Ramanuja sootram

KArigai: parakAla kArigai (parakAlan is thirumangai mannan)

Kudi: Anju kudi (andai is praised as ‘anju kudikku oru

santhadhiyAi’)

Friends: Athma bandhus (those who are not physically related to us but

mentally related)

Relation: One who knows to join

Relatives: uttradhum vumadiyAr (those who do service to the servants of

lord)

Father: DeivanAyakan

Mother: Srivaramangai Nachiyar

Inlaws place: VanamAmalai

Husband: Varamangai muni (samAsrayanam is equal to marriage between the

shisya and acharya)

Father-in-law: kAnthOpayanthA (Sri Manavala mAmunigal)

Job: bhAgavata kainkaryam

Payment: The job itself is a payment (svayamprayOjanam)

Eligibility: sarvAdhikAram (have the right to do all types of kainkaryams)

Nishtai: panchamOpAya nishtai (Acharya pratipaththi)

UpAyam: charmOpAyam (last among the 5 upayas viz., karma, jnana, bhakthi,

prapaththi and acharya bhakthi)

AbhimAnam: BhAgavatAbhimAnam

Prayer: kainkarya prarthanai

 

Highly pleased with the great intelligence and devotion of the lady, swamy

blessed her with the divine abode of emperuman.

 

(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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