Sri Varamangai muni Vaibhavam-37

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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

 

VANAMAMALAI SWAMI’S DINACHARYA (DAILY ROUTINE)-3

 

9. As the day passed, in the evening swamy finished his evening anushtanams and

went to deivanAyakan sannadhi and headed the nithyAnusandhAnams (daily

procedures at the temple). Swamy accepted the theertham and prasadam of

perumal, did mangalasasanams and returned back to the mutt. In the mutt swamy

did mangalasasanams to aranganagarappan and sat in an Asanam (seat) in front of

perumal and delivered the divine sampradhayic meanings in a elegant, sweet voice

to his disciples who stayed with great respect under the divine feet of swamy,

with the following verse in mind: “tvam mE bhandu: tvamasi janaka: tvam sakA

desika: tvam vidhya vriththam sukrutha mathulam vidhdhamapyuththamA! tvam” Swamy

and the shisyas spend a lot of time in enjoying the divine kalyana gunas

(qualities) of emperuman.

 

10. Then completing the day’s lectures swamy blessed all his shisyas who

prostrated swamy and started from there. Swamy sent all of them and with the

kalyana gunas of his acharya lingering in his mind swamy rested for sometime.

 

In this way swamy spent each day of his life. The shisyas of swamy, according

to the verse, “yath thainam dhina sathkriya yathivrathyA sAra sanmathrukA”

medidated on swamy’s daily routine while swamy remained in the meditation on the

dhinacharya of emperumAnAr and his acharya Sri Periya Jeeyer. Swamy had a great

regard for his acharya Sri Manavala mAmunigal. Swamy’s mind lingered around the

kalyana gunas of his acharya always. Due to the love and affection swamy had

towards his acharya, he has lamented many times due to the separation from him.

The great slokas which came out of swamy’s mouth due to his grief of separation

from his acharya are great and are worth remembering now, tomorrow being the

thirunakshatram of Sri Manavala mAmunigal (Iypasi thriumoolam, Nov 8th 2002).

 

VANAMAMALAI RAMANUJA JEEYER SWAMY’S ACHARYA BHAKTHI

 

“vedapporul vuraiththa viththaganE !

Mandhargalin pEdhai madhi turakkum periyOnE !

PAdhamalar thandaruli OyAch sananam kazhiththarulAi endhai varamuniyE endru.”

 

Meaning: Oh! My master who explained all the vedic meanings. The master! Who

removes all the ignorance from the minds of people. Please bless us with your

divine grace today and remove the cycle of birth and death Oh! Varavaramuni.

 

“viththaganE! VEndhE! Manavala muniyE! SuththanE! SOdhi sudarmudiyanE! MuththE!

Karumbin suvayE! KadalilamudhanE! Arumbhina thAl neeyE arul”

 

Swamy here calls his acharya like a mother calling her beloved kid. The

affection swamy had towards mAmunigal is enormous which is reflected in the

above verse.

 

Meaning: Oh! My capable master, the king! Manavala muni! You are a clear

personality, with a glowing bright crown, you are like a pearl, you are as sweet

as a sugarcane, you are like the divine nectar which came out of the ocean

please grant us your divine feet with mercy.

 

There are similarly 18 slokas of swamy under the name “guna vaguppu”. Swamy

spent his time immersed in the divine qualities of his acharya. Then the fine

day Iyappasi thirumoolam came. Swamy celebrated the day in a grand manner with

great enthusiasm and submitted the nAl pAttu (song of the day) to the divine

feet of Periya Jeeyer. The song goes as follows:

 

“senthamizh vEdiyar sindhai thelindhu sirandhu magizhthidu nAl

seerulagAriyar seitharul narkalai dEsu polindidu nAl

mandha madhippuvi mAnidar thangalai vAniluyarththidunAl

mAsaru Jnaniyar sEr ethirAsartham vAzhvu mulaiththidunAl

kandha malarppozhil soozhkuru kAdhipan kalaigal vilangidunAl

kAramar mEni yaranga nagarkkirai kangal kaliththidunAl

andhamil seer manavAlamunip paranavadhAram seithidunAl

azhagu thikazhinthidu iyppasiyil thirumoolamenu nAlE.”

 

Meaning: This is the day when the dravida vedic scholars got cleared of all

their doubts and are filled with ecstasy; This is the day the divine works of

lOkAcharya has attained its glory; This is the day which uplifts even the

ignorant and less intelligent masses to the divine abode of emperuman; This is

the day the divine glory of ethirajar, to whom all the flawless scholars

surrender spread everywhere; This is the day when the work of nammAzhvar,

kurugoor nambi wearing the sweet smelling magizh mAlai (garland), attained its

height of glory; This is the day when the king of Srirangam, ranganatha with a

divine beauty, rejoiced with his eyes; This is the day our dear manavala muni

took avataram to lift us all; This is the beautiful day of “IYPASI THIRUMOOLAM”.

 

No more words to really explain the greatness of this day(iypasi moolam), the

acharya of this day(Sri manavala mamunigal) and the shisya of the acharya

(vanamamalai ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy). The Iyappasi thirumoolam is a great day,

on which day our Periya Jeeyer, ettuperukkar, ramya jAmaatru muni, yatheendra

pravanar, Sri manavala mAmunigal took avataram to lift us all from this ocean of

samsAram to the divine abode of emperuman. Each Srivaishnava is destined to

celebrate this day in a grand manner and also recite the nAl pattu as given by

swamy above and the srisailEsa thaniyan given by namperumal himself as a

sambhAvanai to his acharya, mAmunigal. Even today the nAl pattu is recited in

all the divya desams on this very special day.

 

The other works of vanamamalai swamy are: ThiruppAvai svapadesam and the

thaniyan “kOla surisangai mAyan”.

 

Let us see some of the greatness of swamy in the next posting.

 

(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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