Gaganagiri Muni Guru paramparA prabhAvam-13 (eleventh Jeeyer)

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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

thathAyaththAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

 

HH Sri Vanamamalai Periya deivanAyaka rAmAnuja Jeeyer 1700-1732 (eleventh

pattam)

 

Thirunakshatra thaniyan

 

“tulAthrA thAra sambhootham nandhanAhvaya vatsarE I

dEvEsAhvaya-vAnAdri munim gunanidhim srayE II

vandhE dEvEsanAmanam tulAthrA thAra sambhavam I

kalyAnagunavArAsim suganAdhrimuneeshvaram II

 

Vaibhava thaniyan

 

“srimathvAnAdri-yOgeendra padhapankaja-samsrayamI

srirAmAnujayOgeendram vandhE vAtsalya vAridhim II

 

vAzhi thirunAmam

 

poovirundha senkamala ponnadiyOn vAzhiyE

pugazh thiruvEnkatamuniyai pottri seiyOn vAzhiyE

kAviruNdha sanganidhi kArunikan vAzhiyE

kArimAran enthamizhin karuththuraippOn vAzhiyE

mAviruNdha varamuniyai vanagumavan vAzhiyE

vaNperumbhoodoor munithAl manaththu vaippOn vAzhiyE

thEviruNdha varamangai sirakka vandhOn vAzhiyE

deivanAyakamunivan thigazh thalaththil vAzhiyE.

 

vAzhi vuyar deivanAyakanAm mAmunivan

vAzhiavan semmozhisEr sempavalam-vAzhiyE

endhai thiruvEnkata munivanarulAlmAran

senthamizh Edurakkun seer.

 

Swamy’s kainkaryams:

 

Swamy did all the charama kainkaryams to his acharyan Sri ThiruvEnkata rAmAnuja

Jeeyer swamy and also celebrated the thiruadyayanam in a very grand manner

according to the practices of elders. Swamy then stayed in the kainkaryam of

sirivaramangai samEtha Sri deivanAyaka perumal along with number of shisyas,

showing deep interest in kalashepams and doing many great kainkaryams.

 

Swamy cultivated a beautiful garden with number of sweet smelling flowers

(chenpakam, punnAgam, ashOka, kimsuka, palAsa, pAdali, pArijAtha) and delicious

tasty fruit trees (palakadali, jambeera, Amlaka, panasa, kramuka, Amra, Amla,

nAlikEra, nArangam). The garden was so attractive that it was filled with

peacocks and various types of bees enjoying themselves, making sounds of joy,

very pleasant to one’s ears. To add to the beauty of the garden swamy

constructed a pond with tasty water in the middle. The pond was filled with

lotus and lilly flowers. Many birds (hamsa, chakravAhana) were found in the

pond, which made the place a real natural beauty. Beauty is god’s creation and

it is for his pleasure. So swamy constructed a beautiful mandapam inside the

garden for deivanAyaka perumal to rest during yAthrOtsavam. Inside the

mandapam, a pushpagam (place for perumal to be seated) was constructed with

beautiful golden pillars.

 

Then swamy made vessels (gold and silver) for thiruvArAdhanam for deivanAyaka

perumal. Further swamy made a beautiful golden abhEthya kavasam for perumal.

Swamy then made beautiful gem studded crown and other jewels for deivanAyakan

and thAdaka kundalams (ear drops), golden jadai (thirumudi) and araisalangai for

nAchiyAr. Continuing with the kainkaryam swamy made golden kavachams for all

the divine parts of perumal and also karnapathram (kavacham for the ear),

kandasaram, ThiruvAzhi, thirusangu all out of gold.

 

Not stopping with this, swamy submitted variety of silk dresses, peedhAmbharams

to both deivanAyaka perumal and sirivaramangai nAchiyAr. Not satisfied with

decorating perumal and thAyar swamy then decorated the nithya peedam (daily seat

of perumal and thayar) with decorative clothes on the top and silky, soft hamsa

dhoolika pillows and cushions with beautiful covers over them.

 

Swamy then submitted a beautiful chandra prabhai, elegant and decorated with

beautiful sculptures. Followed by prabhai swamy made an “Alum pallakku”

(special type of palanquin) and finally a beautiful ratham for deivanAyaka

perumal. Then swamy submitted a new chatram and a sAmaram (used for fanning for

perumal) for deivanAyakan.

 

In the mutt, swamy built a mandapam named senAnee mandapam for the

mruthsangrahanOtsavam. Inside the sannadhi, swamy built a big and beautiful

mandapam for adyayanOtsavam.

 

Then swamy submitted 2 beautiful palanquins for perumal out of which perumal

accepted one and honored jeeyer with the other with great pleasure and

happiness.

 

Swamy’s kainkaryam during his 32-year tenure is exotic and we need 1000 mouths

like adhisesha to say all of them. So we stop with this and in the next posting

we will see how swamy graced the next jeeyer of the vAnamAmalai mutt.

 

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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