Gaganagiri Muni Guru paramparA prabhAvam-20 (sixteenth Jeeyer-Cont..)

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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 Thirunagari thiruvEnkata rAmAnuja Jeeyer 1782-1801 (Sixteenth

pattam)

 

Swamy’s Kainkaryams - continued

 

Meanwhile, it was time for vaikasi brahmotsavam for azhvar in azhvar

thirunagari. Swamy left there to have darshan of Azhvar and on the seventh day

of utsavam in the evening, swamy reached thirunagari and when swamy neared the

arjunOtyAnam azhvar sent his honours and prasadams and welcomed swamy. Swamy

accepted the honours and along with two type of special instruments played along

side came on the beautiful ivory palanquin in rounds through the mAda veedhis

(main streets around the temple) and reached the mutt and on the next day went

to do mangalAsAsanams to azhvar. In this way swamy stayed under the divine feet

of azhvar till the end of the utsavam and after receiving the azhvar’s honours

on the thiruththEr day swamy returned back to Vanamamalai and remained in the

grace of deivanAyakan spending his time in sath kalashepams.

 

Swamy then visited azhvar during many vaikasi utsavams. At one time when swamy

visited azhvar during the rathOtsavam swamy submitted a beautiful gem studded

crown to azhvar. Swamy arranged for the crown to be brought in rounds on top of

an elephant and then submitted it to azhvar seated on the ratham. Swamy was

highly praised by the srivaishnavas belonging to Athan’s lineage over there and

then also honoured by Azhvar himself. Then the king who had come over there

showed his deep regards towards swamy after which swamy returned back to the

mutt.

 

Later once swamy went to Srivilliputtur to do mangalAsAsanams to Sri Andal and

halted in the Krishnan temple while the srivaishnavas from the Andal sannadhi

welcomed swamy and with due honours took him to the Andal sannadhi. Swamy did

mangalAsAsanams to Andal and was graced by nachiyar. Swamy with great joy,

showed his gratitude to the srivaishnavas over there and stayed for 3 days doing

mangalAsAsanams to andal and then after getting the permission of andal returned

back to Vanamamalai.

 

Another time, wanting to do mangalAsAsanam to Periya perumal swamy started his

journey along with number of srivaishnavas and first reached Thiruppullani.

After doing mangalAsAsanams to pullani emperuman swamy went to raja mannAr

sannadhi. After receiving the regards and honours from the srivaishnavas over

there swamy then proceeded to thanjaimAmanikOil. The king of tanjore honoured

swamy and from there swamy proceeded to have darshan of kudandhai kidandha mAl

in kumbakonam. Later swamy had the darshan of nAthan in nAthan kOil and did

mangalAsAsanam. Further swamy did mangalAsAsanams to all the divya desams in

chola dEsam and then proceeded to thillai thiruchitra koodam and had darshan of

govindarajan. Then swamy went to singaperumal Koil. After mangalAsAsanam swamy

proceeded to Thiruvallikeni (“pArthan than thEr mun nindrAnai thiruvallikeni

kandu”). There swamy stayed for 3 months doing mangalAsAsanams to Parthasarathi

emperuman. Swamy accepted all the honours done by the srivaishnavas and other

rich prabhus with love. Swamy accepted all the wealth and gems submitted to his

divine feet and also the palanquin (AndOlika).

 

Then swamy proceeded to do mangalAsAsanams to thiruvEnkatamudaiyan, devaperumal

and EmperumAnAr in order and then finally reached koil (Srirangam). Swamy did

mangalAsAsanams to Periya perumal and was highly honoured by all the

srivaishnavas and bhattars over there. Then swamy started his journey back.

Swamy again went to thanjaimAmanikOil on the way back. Then again swamy visited

chambhakAranyam (mannarkudi) and after doing mangalAsAsanams to mannanar and

getting the honours returned back to vanamAmAlai.

 

Then swamy went to Azhvar thirunagari, did mangalAsAsanams to Azhvar and

submitted two white umbrellas (chatram), two sAmarams with golden handle, and

silk and high quality clothes to the divine feet of azhvar. Then swamy did a

grand dhadheeyArAdhanam to srivaishnavas and then returned back to vAnamAmalai.

 

In vanamAmalai, swamy did great kainkaryams. Swamy built a mandapam for

utsavams and then also constructed a compound wall around the Periya thiruvadi

for the purpose of thiruvArAdhanam. As swamy continued with his kainkaryams to

deivanAyaka perumal one day he selected one of his intelligent shisyas (whose

name was also thiruvenkata jeeyer which made swamy very happy) to follow him as

jeeyer and take care of all his responsibilities.

 

Then swamy again started his journey for having the divine darshan of Periya

perumal and did mangalasAsanams to all the emperumans on the way. After the

darshan of Periya perumal swamy then returned back to Vanamamalai and later did

number of thiruvAbharanams (jewellery) to deivanayakan and sirivaramangai

nAchiyar. In this way swamy remained in the peedam following the practices of

the poorvAcharyas along with a number of shisyas for 19 years.

 

Swamy’s Charama slokam

 

“durmathyapthE mAsi yugmE sadharkshE krushnE pakshE panjameepowmavArE I Sri

vAnAdri srinivAsO yatheendras svAchAryAngri dvanthva mathdvanthva mAgAth II”

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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