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 Periya Pattarbiran jeeyer 1843-1853 (nineteenth pattam) Swamy?s kainkaryams (Contd.) Thereby swamy spent six months in brindavan and then wanted to go to pushkar to have darshan of theertharoopi (the holy water itself is god incarnation) emperuman overthere. Swamy told his wish to radhakrishnan and others who submitted huge amount of wealth with great love and respect to the divinefeet of swamy. Swamy also accepted them and then left for pushkar. On the way the king of jayapuram came along with all honours and welcomed swamy to his kingdom. But the king was filled with pride and ego and hence he wanted to be seated equal to swamy. Swamy thereby didn?t want to take evena drop of water in his kingdom and left from there immediately. Coming toknow of this, the king?s mother felt very bad for the abhacharam (insult) done to the great mahan. She immediately came running to swamy and fell to his feet and apologized for the mistake her son has committed. She submitted wealth and other offerings to the divine feet of swamy. Swamy due tohis grace forgave the mistake of the king and further proceeded towards pushkar. There a vaishna prabhu by the name poorna mallu welcomed swamy and made allarrangements for swamy?s stay. Swamy stayed there for 2 days had the darshan of emperuman and then proceeded to ayodhya. Then swamy had the darshan of various other places on the way and finally reached varanasi through the banks of ganga. The vidwans in kasi got very angry to see swamy being praised with various titles and honours and hence they came for a debate with swamy. Swamy delivered a grand speech on the VishistAdvaita philosophy and left all the pandits gathered over there dumbfolded. The king of kasi was highly impressed by the mastery of swamy and his scolarliness. The king showed his due respect to swamy. Swamy stayed there for 1 or 2 days as per the request of the king and then proceeded towards chitrakoodam. Swamy stayed in chitrakoodam for 2 months and completed his chaturmAsa viratham over there. From there swamy proceeded to jagannatha kshetram and hadthe divine darshan of purushotamam, did mangalasasanams to the perumal. On the way many kings and srivaishnavas prostrated swamy. Swamy showered his grace on one and all and inorder went to krushnaveni, godavari and finally reached Madhya pradesh. At that time the king over there, came and fell to swamy?s feet along with his family and welcomed swamy. Then swamy went to sanivArapettai, where he was again welcomed by the king along with hisfamily and was honoured with a village submitted to swamy?s feet. Swamyblessed the king and then proceeded to hasthigiri and had the divine darshan of perarulalan and perundevi thayar. Swamy did mangalasasanams to the divine couples and then proceeded towards chola desam. (To be continued) Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee, Sumithra Varadarajan --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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