gaganagiri Muni guru paramparA prabhAvam-52 (Twenty-fifth 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 Kaliyan Vanamamalai ramanuja Jeeyer 1905-1933 (Twenty-fifth pattam)

 

 

 

Swamy's Kainkaryams

 

 

 

Sri Kaliyan ramanuja swamy completed all the final rites to his acharyan Sri

Pattarbiran swamy according to the yethisamskara vidhi (procedures) in a very

grand and cordial manner and also completed the thiruadyayanam in a similar

manner. Further swamy started taking care of the responsibilities of nithya

kainkaryam, pakshOtsava, mAsOtsavams of Sri deivanayaka perumal and

Sirivaramangai nAchiyar combined with the nithya dhadheeyArAdhanam and ubhaya

Vedanta grandha kalashEpams at the mutt.

 

 

 

After a year, wanting to establish " rAmAnujArya divyAgnA. varthathAm " in all the

divya desas (vugandharulina nilangal) Swamy started his divya desa mangalasasana

trip, on a fine vaikasi month.

 

 

 

First swamy visited koil, thirumalai, perumal koil and at all places rendered

his divine sampradayic kalashepams in his own style in a very effective manner

so that it reached even the common masses. Swamy then traveled till Sri (puri)

jagannatham the travel lasting for about 3 years, celebrating it as a mahOtsava

and returned back to srivaramangalanagar.

 

 

 

Then for sometime swamy stayed at the mutt rendering ubhaya Vedanta kalashepams

to interested shisyas. During that time one fine day, Sirivaramangai thayar

appeared in swamy's yogam and said, " Even in this vibhuthi there are divya

desams adorned as 'vadadisai madurai sAlagrAmam vaikundam tuvarai ayodhdhi

edamudaivadari' in the northern direction equivalent to Srivaikundam. Oh!

Jeeyer this is the right time for you to visit those divya desams and also

uplift the poor souls in those places. " As per the orders of nachiyar, swamy

immediately ordered his shisyas to prepare for the journey.

 

" poomagal niyamaththai thAmadamindri tamargAl

 

kAvalan thannudhaviyOdum poovalan vandhARRiduvEn "

 

 

 

Immediately without any delay the shisyas coordinated with the government and

made arrangements for smooth journey for swamy all through the way and to

celebrate swamy's trip as a great happening.

 

 

 

First swamy along with number of shisyas visited thiruvanparisAram, thiruvattAru

and then reached " tadamudaivayal nandhapuranagar " where swamy had the divine

darshan of " padamudai aravil pallipayindra emperuman " . Swamy with heartfelt

pleasure did pooja to emperuman with flowers. The king of that region informed

swamy about the moola thirunAl and thereby swamy stayed there for 3 days.

During that time the king visited swamy in person and was highly impressed with

the divine qualities and scholarship of swamy. The king requested swamy to

accept bhikshai from his paditanam which swamy gracefully accepted, which is

carried on till date. Later swamy visited all the malainAdu dd's and proceeded

to yedugiri to do mangalasasanams to thirunArAyanan and selvapillai. After

accepting the respective honours over there, swamy started from there and

proceeded towards kiskinda and MAlyavan Mountains. Iterating in mind the divine

kalyana gunas of chakravarthi thirumagan swamy payed his atmost homage to each

and every place where perumal would have stayed during the ramavatara. Then

swamy reached bhakyApuram (hyderabad) enroute to panchavadi (nAsik).

 

 

 

After reaching panchavati swamy had the darshan of the godavari banks that once

provided a pleasant happy atmosphere with shade and cool breeze for perumal and

piratti to rejoice walking and playing with each other ( " jalarAmaNyagam yatra

sthala rAmaNyagam tathA " ). Amidst the number of yogis in that place swamy,

being a yogeendrar stayed there for some days ( " sObhanam tandakAranyam " ).

During his stay in panchavati many devotees were deeply impressed with the godly

nature of swamy and hence they requested swamy to visit mumbai and bless many

with his divine kataksham. Swamy accepted the invitation as his duty and

visited mumbai and stayed in a place called " kArkOpar " . Fortunately that was

time for chaturmAsa sankalpam and as per the wish of the devotees swamy accepted

to undergo his sankalpam in that very place.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan