Chronology of Bhagavath RaamAnujA's Kaimkaryams for Sri VaishNavam (1017-1137 CE ): Part II

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Dear RaamAnuja DaasAs and Daasis :

 

41. KurEsar fasts for a month to qualify himself to recieve

Charama slOka UpadEsam from Ramanuja ---1054 ( Age 36)

 

42. First Female child born to KurEsar ---1054( Age 36)

 

43. MudaliyANDAn peforming kaimkaryam for ThirukkOshtiyUr

Nambi and recieves permission to gain upadEsam from AchArya

RaamAnuja-----1054 (Age 36)

 

44. Creation of Gadhya Thrayam & Peformance of SaraNAgathy

during Panguni Utthiram day---1054(Age 36)

 

45. Utthama Nambi's attempt to poison RamAnuja ; 3 day upavAsam

by Ramanuja ; alarmed ThirukkOttiyUr nambi arrives at Srirangam and

appoints Kidambi AcchAn for Kitchen Kaimkaryam for Ramanuja .

KidAmbi AcchAn becomes MadapaLLI AacchAn---PurattAsi 1054 (Age 36).

 

46. KurEsar attends the yEkAham for Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr's

Mother and gets the pledge from him to take over Temple nirvAham

( PurOhitham , PurANa Padanam and Brahma Ratham ride ) along

with the keys to the Temple and hands it over to Ramanuja---Iyppasi 1054

( Age 36)

 

47. Kaasi Vaasi from TamilnAdu, Adhvaithi Yaj~na Moorthy looses in

debate with Ramanuja ; after 18 days of debate , he admits his defeat

and becomes the sishyA of Ramanuja with the dAsya nAmam of

AruLALa PerumAL EmperumAnAr and stays at a seperate Matam

created for him by Ramanuja ---1055 (Age 37)

 

48. Reacting to this , ThirukkOttiyUr Nambi , Thirumalai Andan

send their children to become sishyAs of Ramanuja---1055(Age 37)

 

49. Rejection of the Prabhandhams brought by AmudanAr and

instructing him to compose on KurEsar , AzhwArs and dhivya dEsams

and demonstrating how to compose it . Ramanuja NooRandhAthi

is born ---1055 (Age 37)

 

50. Visiting Thiruvaranga PerumAL Arayar to beg for the rights to recite

IyaRppaa and handing over that right to AmudanAr and instructing him

to recite RaamAnuja NooRanthAdhi with Iyarppaa---Karthikai 1055 (Age 37)

 

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51. AruLALa PerumAL EmperumAnAr creating Jn~Ana Saaram and

PramEya Saaram ; NallAn Chakravarthy becoming a sishya--1055(Age 37).

 

52. Wife of Bitti Devan arrives at Srirangam to recieve RaamAnuja's

blessings and to visit ThondanUr Nambi; she returns home to Belur

and presses her husband to become a VaishNavan ---Marghazhi 1055

(Age 37).

 

53. AnanthAzhwAn goes to Thiruppathi to create a nandavanam

named Ramanujam and serves Lord SrinivAsan ---AvaNi 1056( Age 38)

 

54. Bitti Devan consecrates Vijaya NaarAyaNan at Belur---hEviLambi

Chiittirai, 1055 ( Age 37) .

 

55. Thiruvaranga PerumAL Arayar ,one of the five AchAryans of

Ramanujar ascends to Sri Vaikuntam--1057 ( Age 39)

 

56. The birth of a second female child to KurEsar ---1057 ( Age 39)

 

57. Visit of Ramanujar to Thiruppathy ---1057 (Age 39)

 

58. On the way stays at Parutthikkollai AmmAl 's( VaradAchAr's )

house ---1057 ( Age 39)

 

59. Impressed there by VaradAcchAr 's wife Lakshmi's AchArya Nishtai

 

60. Keezha Thiruppathi: Yaadhavakatti DevarAyan prostrates and cedes

Vila Mandiyam village to AchAryan ; Ramanuja populates that village

with 30 VaishNavAs---1057 (Age 39)

 

61. Hesitation to Climb Thirumala ; AnanthAzhwAn , His disciple urges

Ramanuja to perform MangaLAsAsanam there ; half way beteween Thirumala

and Thiruppathy , Periya Nambi , his uncle meets Ramanuja . Stays at

Tirumala , observes upavAsam for 3 days so he does not need to create

any asudhdi at Thirumala---1057 ( Age 39).

 

62. Learning SookshmArthams of Srimath RamayaNam from

His uncle ( Periya Thirumalai Nambi ) for an year at Lower

Thiruppathi---Kaarthigai 1057 ( Age 39) .

 

63. Creation of VedArtha Sangraham in front of Lord SrinivAsa

at Thirumala ---1057/58 ( Age 40).

 

64. Ramanuja accepts Govindhar (Embar) as dhAnam from

Periya Thiru,malai Nambi and PiLLai Thirumalai Nambi

as sishya ---PurattAsi 1058 (Age 40)

 

65. When resting at Kanchi after visit to Thirumala, Govindhar

wants to return to Periya Thirumalai Nambi ; Ramanuja sends him back

and Periya Thirumalai Nambi rejects him ; Govindhar returns and begs

to be accepted again as a Sishya by Ramanuja --- 1058 ( Age 40) .

 

66. Govindhar accepts SanyAsAsramam & becomes EmbAr--1058

(Age 40).

 

67. Some SishyAs get jealous over the speical affection of Ramanujar

for AzhwAn ; Ramanuja sends AzhwAn to cut and bring a banana leaf

and asks the jealous sishyAs to observe AzhwAn; SishyAs watch the tears

flowing from AzhwAn's eyes , when he had to cut the leaf from the Banana

plant and recognize AzhwAn's greatness ---1059 (Age 41)

 

68. AruLALa PerumAnAr EmperumAnAr levels the walls of his Matam

created by Ramanuja for him and becomes a resident of Ramanuja's Matam

to be close to his AchAryan---1059 ( Age 41)

 

From here on the coverage is on Ramanuja asEmperumAnAr

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69. Ramanuja entrusts the protection of the temple to UrangAvilli

Daasar , Koil NirvAham to MudaliyANDAn and parivAra nirvAham

to AkaLanganAttAzhwAn and leaves on a dhig vijayam with

KurEsar and a few other sishyAs ---1059 ( Age 41).

 

70. At Kurungudi , Ramanuja performs UpadEsam on dhvayam

to PerumAl, who came as a sishyan and names his new sishyan

as VaishNava Nambi.

 

71. Visit to DhwAraka on the way to Kaashmir to defeat adhvaithis

in front of SaaradhA Peeta Saraswathi's sannidhi , declared winner by

Her ; Gains BodhAyana Vrutthi and on the way adhvaithis attack and

take the Vrutthi back; KurEsar says that he has retained the Vruthti

by heart for future reference .

 

72. Poori JagannAth Visit: Establishment of Ramanuja Matam ;

Resistance from local priests to introduce PaancharAthram--1060

(Age 42).

 

73. Visit to ThiruvEnkatam: rejection of the rights claimed by

Saivites and asking the Lord to accept the Sanku and chakram

that were removed earlier by the Saivites ; Composition of MangaLa

slOkma to commence the writing of Sri BhAshyam---1060 (Age 42).

 

74. Return to Srirangam ---1060 ( Age 42).

 

75. The birth of Bhattar and SrirAma PiLLai for KurEsar and

naming of them as ParAsara and VyAsa by Ramanuja---1062(Age 44).

 

76. Completion of Sri BhAshyam---1062( Age 44).

 

77. Ramanuja performs abhinayam for a Paasuram in a locked room ;

PiLLAn sees this thru a key hole and guesses correctly from the signs

that his AchAryan was performing abhinayam for Swamy NammAzhwAr's

Paasuram on ThirumAlirumchOlai . When Ramanuja hears about it ,

He celebrates PiLLAn as the descendant of the NaaTa Muni Vamsam

and names him as KuruhUrpirAn PiLLAn and accepts him as

his Jn~Ana puthran---1074(Age 56).

 

78. Delighted over the blissful reaction of Swamy NammAzhwAr's

Paasuram by PiLLAn , Ramanuja assigns the task of composing

the first commentary on ThiruvAimozhi known as 6000 Padi by

PiLLAn- - -1074 (Age 56) .

 

79. PiLLAn completes his commentary (6000 Padi) -- -- 1076 ( Age 58).

 

( To Be continued )

 

RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan