Gaganagiri Guru paramparA prabhAvam-47 (Twenty-Third 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 Chinna saTakOpa ramanuja Jeeyer 1883-1896 (Twenty-Third

pattam)

 

 

 

Swamy's Kainkaryams (Contd)

 

 

 

Swamy then visited all the divya desams in chola desam and did mangalAsAsanams

and proceeded to thirunagari and had the divine darshan of " mAdamAligai soozh

thirumangai mannan " and chanted the paasuram of manavala mAmunikal " anaiththa

vElum " . Honoured by azhvar, swamy then proceeded his journey and visited all

the divya desams on the way and reached thirukkovaloor. There he did

mangalAsAsanams to AyanAr and accepted the respective honours and built a mutt

over there. Further swamy visited madurAnthakam where swamy emperumAnAr

underwent his samAsrayanam and then proceeded towards maduramangalam to do

mangalAsAsanams to embAr. Then swamy visited sriperumbudoor and did

mangalAsAsanams to emperumAnAr and proceeded to thirumalai.

 

 

 

In thirumalai, first swamy had the divine darshan of govindarajan in the

footsteps of the divine hill and then climbed thirumala where swamy was deeply

honoured. Swamy did mangalAsAsanams to " vadathiruvEnkatam mEya maindhan "

starting with " agalagillEn " and ending with " adikkeezh amarindhu pugundhEnE " and

stood frozen in front of the emperuman. ThiruvEnkatamudaiyan blessed him with

his Sri satakOpan along with arulappadu and theertham and other prasadams.

 

 

 

Then swamy went to solasimhapuram and did mangalasasanams to " kadigai

thadankundrin misai erundha akkArakkani " . Further swamy visited pachchai

vAranapperumAl sannadhi, thirumazhisai, poovirundhavalli, mayilai and finally

reached thiruvallikeni.

 

 

 

Swamy did mangalAsAsanams to " pattralar veezha kOlkaiyil kondu pArththan than

thEr mun nindrAn " and stayed there for some days. Swamy enjoyed the

brahmotsavam of Sri Parthasarathi emperuman and then proceeded to Sriperumbudoor

and took part in the udaiyavar utsavam fully. Then swamy visited kAnchipuram

during the vaikAsi utsavam and enjoyed the divine brahmotsavam of devaperumal.

Then swamy did mangalAsAsanams to vijayaraghavan in thiruputkuzhi and then

wanting to have the darshan of thirunAranan started his journey towards melkOte.

On the way swamy was welcomed and honoured by number of Srivaishnavas. Then

swamy reached bangalore part of mahisoorapuri. At that time, incidently the

king of karnataka who was on the visit to the same place came to know about

swamy's visit in a very grand manner welcomed swamy amidst a procession of

elephants, horses and many instrumental music. As per the usual practice swamy

was honoured with raja mariyAdai. Swamy accepted the same and blessed the king.

Then as per the request of some Srivaishnavas over there for swamy to stay there

for some days and bless them with sripAda theertham and hithOpadEsam swamy

stayed there for a few days.

 

 

 

Then wanting to have the darshan of chellapillai swamy proceeded his journey.

As the king had a deep respect for swamy he made arrangements for honouring

swamy all through the way. Swamy visited srirangapattinam and other places and

reached thirunArAyanapuram. Swamy first took a divine dip in the thirukalyAni

saras and then finishing his anushtanams was ready to do mangalasasanams when

thirunArAyanan sent his devotees amidst chatrasAmaram honours with thirumAlai,

thiruparivattam, abhayahastham and prasadams to welcome swamy. Accepting the

same with great pleasure swamy proceeded to the temple. There swamy did

mangalAsAsanams to chellapillai, thirunArAyanan, yadugiri nAchiyar, udaiyavar,

mAmunikal and then returned back to his mutt.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

 

Sumithra Varadarajan