Gaganagiri Muni guru paramparA prabhAvam-57 (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

 

 

 

Swamy stayed in vanamamalai taking care of the nithyotsavams of Sri VaramangA

sametha deivanayakan and aranganagarappan. During the vaikAsi utsavam swamy

visited thirunagari to have his heartfelt darshan of magizh mAran, that which

has been missed during his divya desa visit. Swamy enjoyed the divine darshan

of Azhvar and Adhipiran in the temple that was like the pranavam with dual

importance. Swamy received all the respective honours including prathama

theertham from the first day till the tenth day of the utsavam and stayed there

for nearly two months and adorned all the ghostis of azhvar and Adipiran, and

showering bhagavat vishayam to one and all. Swamy did mangalasasanams many

times.

 

 

 

Then swamy returned back to vanamamalai and taught ubhaya Vedanta to all those

who were interested in the same and also did ubaya nAchimAr pradhistai. Each

year swamy celebrated the thirunakshatram of onnAna jeeyer (kanya punarvasu) by

calling many catussAstra scholars through the Sri rAmAnuja siddhAnta

sampradhAyAbhivarthinee sabha run from the day swamy adorned the peedam. In

this way swamy stayed in vanamamalai for ten years.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, swamy was invited to the golden dwajasthambha pradhista to Sri

navaneethakrishnan temple in veerakeralampudur part of oothumalai jameen. One

of the heads of the place the jameendhArini (queen) humbly requested swamy to

graciously preside over the occasion. Swamy along with all his disciples went

to the occasion conducted ghosti for five days and also presided over the grand

prathistApana mahotsavam. Swamy distributed the dhakshina given, to all the

Srivaishnavas over there with his own hands. Then that queen invited swamy to

her palace and welcomed swamy with great honours seated swamy on a beautiful

crown, prostrated swamy and requested swamy to consider this temple also like

vanamamalai sannadhi close to swamy's heart (abhimAniththaruludhal). She

submitted a bag of wealth to be used for the nithya aradhana of aranganagarappan

and with all honours sent swamy back to vanamamalai.

 

After some days, swamy not being able to ignore all the request from many

interested souls who met swamy in person and those who have sent invitation

after coming to know about the greatness of swamy, swamy wanted to uplift many

many more souls in remote villages and cities and hence with the permission of

Sri varamangai and aranganagarappan started his third vijaya yathra.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan