Gaganagiri Muni Guru paramparA prabhAvam-40 (Twenty-first 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 madurakavi ramanuja Jeeyer 1867-1874 (Twenty-first pattam)

 

 

 

Swamy got well versed in sastras in his very young age and became the disciple

of pattarbiran swamy. Then he was graced by kaliyan ramanuja swamy and learnt

manthrArtham, bhashyam and bhagavat vishayam from kaliyan swamy. Due to his

deep vairAkyam swamy took up his sanyasa from kaliyan swamy at a very early age

of 29 and was named nAthan jeeyer. The later story of his kainkaryam, yathra

and how he became the 21st pontiff of Vanamamalai mutt has already been talked

about.

 

 

 

Thirunakshatra thaniyan

 

 

 

ManmathApthE dhanurmAsE kriththikAyAm kruthOthbhavam I

 

VandhE vAnAdhriyOgeesam kavim madurapoorvakam II

 

 

 

Vaibhavam thaniyan

 

 

 

KAnthOpayanthru munivarya krupAnivAsa srivAnasaila yathirAt padhapadma hamsam I

traiyantha yugma vishadheekarana praveenam rAmAnujam yathipathim sirasA namAmi

II

 

 

 

Vazhi thirunAmam

 

 

 

Seevaramangaip padhiyil sirakka vandhOn vAzhiyE

 

DeivanAyakarkku adimai seiyumavan vAzhiyE

 

mAvarul nankaliyamuni malarpadhaththOn vAzhiyE

 

mArgazhiyil kArthigainAl vandhudhiththAn vAzhiyE

 

pAvaiyargal tharum erulai pazhiththittAn vAzhiyE

 

pattarbiran ethi padhaththai paniyumavan vAzhiyE

 

mAvalarum nandhipura mAlarulOn vAzhiyE

 

madhurakavi mAmunivan malaradigal vAzhiyE.

 

 

 

vAzhi madhurakavi mAmunivan thAlirandum

 

vAzhiavan mukkOlum vAimuruval-vAzhiyE

 

endhai kalikandri muni ennarulAl mAranthan

 

senthamizh sennAvuraikkum seer.

 

 

 

Swamy’s Kainkaryam

 

 

 

Swamy with great grief finished all the final rites to his acharyan who attain

the divine abode of emperuman in Nathan koil and after the successful completion

of the thiruadhyayanam returned back to Vanamamalai. Coming to know about the

arrival of madurakavi ramanuja jeeyer swamy devanAyaka perumal sent his

thirumalai, thiruparivattam and other respective honours through his close

devotees to welcome swamy. Thereby the adiyars along with number of

srivaishnavas welcomed swamy with great respect amidst the sound of divine

instruments and praises. Swamy pleased with the grace showered on him by

deivanAyaka perumal prostrated the ghosti of srivaishnavas humbly and accepted

the bhagavat prasadam with pleasure. Then swamy proceeded towards the mutt, did

mangalasasanams to aranganagarappan, prostrated azhagiya varadan and sat in

koormAsanam. Swamy enquired about the welfare of the elders who were crowded

over there and then after presenting them with respective honours swamy

proceeded to the temple to do mangalasasanams to the divine couples. There

swamy submitted all that was given by the disciples on the way to his acharyan

(pattu peedhAmbharangal and wealth) and had the divine darshan of emperuman.

Emperuman with great happiness called Swamy as “Vanamamalai ramanuja jeeyer!”

and honoured swamy with thirumalai, thiruparivattam, theertham, srisatakopan and

prasadam. Swamy accepted the same with great regard and then did

mangalasasanams to all other sannadhis and then returned back to the mutt and

continued his kainkaryams and did grand dhadheeyArAdhanams to Srivaishnavas.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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