Sri Varamangai muni Vaibhavam-41

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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

 

The disciples, filled with deep sorrow due to the separation from their acharya,

Sri vanamamalai onnana ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy, remembered and discussed each

and every event in the life of swamy from the day swamy took avataram till the

end and talked greatly about the divine contributions of their acharya to the

srivaishnava community, following the words of his acharya, Sri manavala

mAmunigal at all times.

 

The close shisyas of swamy then, submitted the following sloka to the divine

feet of swamy to let the whole world know the greatness of the great day in

which swamy took avataram:

“ArudE katakam prabhaparibrudE srisOpakruth vatsarE moolE sukra dhinE

trayOdhasi thrithow pakshE valarshE subhE l vairAkhyAdhi samastha sathguna nidhi

rAmAnujAk Yojvala: srivAnAchala yOgirAt nijaguru: pAdharavindhou yayowll”

 

Then Varada muni, the next Jeeyer along with the others did Srisoorna

paripAlanam, accepted the sesha (left over) prasAdham himself and also

distributed the same to all the srivaishnavas, celebrated with oil and turmeric

spraying and then neatly decorated the pushpaka vimanam and placed swamy’s

vimala charama thirumEni on it. Then the disciples carried the pushpaka vimanam

with due respects (chatra sAmaram honors and amidst the sound of all divine

instruments) went through the streets of deivanayakan, which were all decorated

in a traditional manner with dvajas, flags and auspicious plants like kadali.

The other disciples carried sugarcane in hands and reciting the nootrandhadhi

and others went through the well decorated streets throwing pori (a type of rice

cereal) and flowers all over the place with the playing of a single thiruchinnam

indicating the attainment of divine abode of emperuman by Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyer

swamy. (Darshanaththil varamangai munivan thirunAttukku ezhundharulinAr).

 

Sumangali (married women with their husbands alive) womenfolks held a deepam in

their hands. Everyone had darshan of swamy and thus the divine procession

reached the eastern side of the settruthAmarai. Facing the vAnamamalai divya

vimAnam, yethi samskAram was done to Sri PonnadikkAl Jeeyer just, like that

which was done to Alavandaar, ethirajar and periya Jeeyer.

 

Then all the Srivaishnavas, along with varada ramanuja jeeyer, payed their

homage to swamy and then took avabrutha snAnam (divine dip after a holy ritual)

and returned back to the mutt. The mutt appeared to be ayodhyA without rAma

piran for all of them, quiet and without any life due to the absence of his

holiness Sri PonnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy (“ellAm veriyOdittrAlO!”). They all

talked among themselves greatly about swamy and his words and slowly recovered

from the shock of separation and did all the rituals to be done for 12 days and

on the last day did a grand thiruvadhyayanam, to honor the greatness of swamy

and accepted the theertham and prasadam with due respect.

 

Later, vanamamalai varada ramanuja jeeyer, decorated the peedam of Vanamamalai

mutt, like the change in rAsis, due to the passage of time or like the change in

rathapeedam of sooryamoorthi and took the place of vanamamalai ramanuja muni

peedam which has remained varamangai muni peedam till then. Though time has

passed and Varada Ramanuja Jeeyer took the place of Varamangai muni, he

considered himself to be the pAdhukai of varamangai muni and acted according to

the words of his acharya and continued the kainkaryams. Varada rAmanuja Jeeyer

swamy took utmost care of all the srikAryams in the vAnamAmalai perumal sannadhi

and also did all that had to be done to uplift the jeevatmas. He followed his

acharya and delivered the divine meanings of thiruvAimozhi and rahasya granthas

to the interested srivaishnavas and remained with glory in the peedam.

 

All the ashtadiggajas of ponnadikkAl swamy followed their acharyas orders and

continued with their allotted kainkaryams. Ramanuja pillai along with the divya

mangala vigraham of swamy returned back to thirunagari and stayed with great

devotion in the divine feet of his acharya, delivering ubhaya Vedanta

kalashepams to the shisyas.

 

In the next posting we will conclude, Sri Varamangai muni vaibhavam with the

thaniyan and vAzhi thirunAmams of Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy.

 

(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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