Gaganagiri Muni Guru paramparA prabhAvam-24 (Eighteenth Jeeyer-contd.)

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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 satakOpa rAmAnuja Jeeyer 1813-1843 (Eighteenth pattam)

 

Swamy’s kainkaryams (contd.)

 

While swamy was involved in the nithya kainkaryams of Srivaramangai nAchiyar and

deivanAyaka perumal, it was time for azhvar vaikasi utsavam in azhvar

thirunagari. Wanting to have the darshan of azhvar during that divine occasion,

swamy proceeded with a number of shisyas to azhvar thirunagari. Hearing about

the visit of swamy the srivaishnavas in azhvar kainkaryam happily delivered the

message in front of azhvar who sent his thirumAlai, thiruparivattam and other

honors to heartily welcome Vanamamalai swamy. Swamy who was staying near an

arjuna tree in the outskirts of thirunagari was welcomed by the srivaishnavas

with azhvar’s prasadams. Swamy prostrated and humbly accepted the honors and in

a palanquin came round the divine streets with divine instruments played and

many srivaishnavas announcing the praises of swamy in loud voices and finally

reached the mutt.

 

Swamy got up early in the morning (ushat kAlam) and finished his anushtanams

when some srivaishnavas came and welcomed swamy to have darshan of azhvar. So

swamy immediately left for the same. In the entrance swamy had darshan of

‘enavAyar thalaivan’ and then proceeded inside. Then swamy was welcomed by

“satakOpar thEmalarthAlEndhiya pAdhukamAm endhai erAmAnusan” in thirukkaithalam

(Sri ramanujan-divine feet of nammazhvar in the hands of srivaishnavas). Swamy

immediately did dhandha pranamams and humbly accepted the eramAnusan on his head

and then accepted the thirumAlai and thiruparivattam and adorning the same went

in front of azhvar and did mangalAsAsanams to azhvar. Azhvar was highly pleased

and hence along with the arulappAdu, “nam vAnamAmalai rAmAnuja jeeyer” blessed

swamy with theertham, mAlai, parivattam, abhaya hastam and other honours along

with the SrirAmAnujan placed on swamy’s head. Swamy accepted everything with

lots of gratefulness and then proceeded to do mangalAsAsanams to the other

sannadhis and then finally returned back to the mutt. Then as per usual

practice, swamy received all the honours during the utsavams and then returned

back to Vanamamalai.

 

In Vanamamalai, the chatram and sAmaram of deivanAyakan was in a very bad shape.

Swamy submitted a beautiful chatram with a golden handle and a pair of sAmaram

(hand fan). Then swamy made a beautiful thirumanjana vEdhigai (the seat on

which perumal is placed during the divine bath) with beautiful pillars and upper

cover and also a crown called the ‘bhoopAlarAyan’ and submitted it to

deivanAyakan and Srivaramangai nAchiyar to be seated and grace the crowd of

srivaishnavas. For Srivaramangai nAchiyar swamy made a silver thOlukkiniyAn (on

which the nAchiyar comes out in procession). For deivanAyaka perumal, swamy

submitted a gaja lakshmi vAhanam.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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