Gaganagiri Muni Guru paramparA prabhAvam-1

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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

thathAyathatAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

 

HH Sri Vanamamalai Varada rAmAnuja Jeeyer (Second pattam-kalamoor varadamuni)

 

Thirunakshatra thaniyan

 

“parithApyAhvayE varshE mEsha shravana sambhavam I

vAnAchalamunim thAntham manavai varadAhvayam II

mEshasravana sampootham kalyAnaguna sAgaram I

srivAnAchala yOgeendram varadAhvaya mAsrayE II

 

Vaibhava thaniyan

 

“krupAm vyOma mahAsaila rAmAnujamahAmunE: I

samprApyEnthAna sathvruththim rAmAnuja munim bhajE II”

 

arpudhan mangai erAmAnusa munik kAmbhanikkE

tharparanAna erAmAnusa muni thanvadivum

porpuyamum senthuvarAdaiyum ambhuyavizhiyum

karpagamanna karamum mukkOlum kannindridumE.

 

SeerArum ethirAsar thirantherilOn vAzhiyE

See sadagOpan pAdham sindhippOn vAzhiyE

ErArum varamuniyai Ethumavan vAzhiyE

Endhai erAmAnusamunik kiniyavanAr vAzhiyE

SOrAmal adiyEnai thodarinthalippOn vAzhiyE

Sottramizh vEdapporulai thoguththuraippOn vAzhiyE

ArAdha Arvamudan AththAnum adiparavum

arul kalapa rAmAnujan anavaradam vAzhiyE.

 

VAzhi kalamoor varadamuni sEvadigal

vAzhiavan vAzhkarunaik kanninaiyum-vAzhiyavE

vAnamA malaimunivan vAzharulAl AzhvArgal

vAnmozhiyin veeruraikkum seer.

 

HH’s kainkaryams:

 

During the reign of Sri varada rAmanuja jeeyer as the peedAdhipathi of the

Vanamamalai mutt, one of the prime and very close ashtadigga of Periya

Vanamamalai jeeyer, rAmAnujam pillai wanting to do upanayanam to his son,

started along with his son towards Vanamamalai. He reached jeeyer sannadhi and

requested the same to swamy. Swamy with great happiness let the upanayanam to

be done in the mutt itself and submitted the boy under the divine feet of Periya

jeeyer and remarked, “dEvarir pillai thiruvamsam”. Then wanting to do a thing

that will satisfy Periya jeeyer presented the thiruvilachchinai (divine symbols)

in the hands of ramanuja pillai and ordered him to do pancha samskAram to his

son. As per the order of swamy, ramanujam pillai did panchasamskAram (thApa:

pundra: thathA nAma manthrO yAgascha panchama:) to his son.

 

Thereby, Pillai’s son Varada guru obtained the sambhandam (relation) of

Vanamamalai Jeeyer. Commonly called Aththan, varada guru then engaged himself

deeply in spreading the arulicheyal and bhagavat vishayam in a kalashepa mode

and remained with great fame. Happy with the kalyana gunas of varadAryar,

Vanamamalai perumal himself took avatar as his son, sundarAryar and remained

with great fame. The greatness of sundarAryar was such that even great vidwans

considered his relation atmost important for anyone to clearly understand and

learn the arulicheyals (works) of azhwars. In this way sundarAryar remained

like a victory pillar supporting the ramanuja siddhantham. And thereby, the

jnana parampara of Vanamamalai ramanuja jeeyer flourished.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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