Gaganagiri Muni guru paramparA prabhAvam-53

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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

 

 

 

Then swamy visited Indore, ujjayini and riva and well honoured by the kings in

all those areas, swamy finally reached pushkaram. There swamy bathed in the

sacred waters where emperuman stays in the form of water (jalaroopi) and then

visited bharatapur. Gracefully accepting the respectful honours of the king

over there, swamy blessed many with samAsrayanam and thereby uplifted many poor

souls. Swamy's journey then continued towards Brindavanam ( " bhagavatA subhEna

manasA dyAthamAna " ). Swamy had the divine darshan of andal and rangamannAr.

Swamy was adorned with kannan kazhalinai after he did mangalasAsanams to the

divine couples. With a very happy mind swamy visited the yamunai turai where

Krishna and the gopis did a number of leelas and enjoyed themselves and made

everyone cherish the same. Then swamy visited the birthplace of Krishna, Sri

Mathura followed by Sri Gokulam that witnessed the growth of emperuman. Then

swamy visited " kundredutta Govardhanam " each place getting to memory the bala

leelas of Sri Krishna or rather swamy enjoyed the places as if the leela has

just occurred in front of him.

 

 

 

[Can non-living things talk? Oh! Yes. Here the mountain talks krishna's leelas,

the yamunai river talks about his jala kreeda and each and every stone talks the

greatness of emperuman and his leelas. Even if a third grade soul like adiyen

who haven't yet visited those places just by typing their names experience the

joy of witnessing the bhagavat leelas what to say about a great mahan like swamy

who was originally in the place where the emperuman choose as a stage to nicely

enact his leelas?]

 

 

 

Then swamy visited " baladevan vendra pAdivadam " * followed by " vunnum pOdhil

nedunOkku kollum bhakthavilOchanam " *. Swamy was filled with anubhavams on

visiting all the above places his eyes filled with tears " ahlAda

seedhanEtrAmbhu: " In the state of paramabhakthi swamy came round the divya

stalams feeling bad for not being able to join in the divya leelas of Krishna

paramatma during his avatara along with the blessed gopis.

 

 

 

Then swamy left from there with heavy heart but with deep interest to have the

darshan of " verikol vaNdu paNgal pAdu " thiruvadari. On the way swamy visited

haridwar, Rishikesh, kandamennum kadinagaram, piridi along with taking sacred

bath in the divine rivers alaganandA, bhAgeerathi, nandhaprayAgai throughout the

way. Finally swamy reached vadari, worshipped even by the devas on the banks of

the divine gangus. After having the divine darshan of nara-nArAyana moorthi

swamy couldn't stop his enthusiasm to talk about the divine thiruvastAkshara

manthra delivered by emperuman himself posing himself to be both the acharya and

shisya. Swamy delivered upanyasam on the meaning of the divine ashtAkshari for

the benefit of all the ignorant devotees. Just the rahasyArtha lecture was not

enough for swamy nor did the emperuman over there get satisfied with the same

and hence swamy started to treat the emperuman with the divine anubhavam filled

paasurams of kaliyan. The nithyasooris treat paramapadanAthan with sAmagAnam

but even that looses its charm when emperuman enjoys the divine paasurams of our

azhvars that too from the mouth of great acharyas like our swamy.

 

 

 

Though swamy wanted to spend some more time in that divine place filled with

purity for the sake of all the waiting devotees swamy had to return back without

much delay. The journey proceeded through Ram Nagar. In-between swamy bathed

in the kowsiki river and finally reached naimisAranyam.

 

 

 

*Adiyen has opted to use the adjectives in tamil before the name of places as

they are azhvar mangalasasana verses. All the divya stalams achieve their

greatness only after being sung by our dear azhvars. So adiyen feels that the

charm of the place is never complete without these adjectives in front. No

equivalent English word can really be found to substitute the divine verses of

azhvars ( " na bhoothO na bhavishyathi " )

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan