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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 Vanamamalai Periya satakOpa rAmAnuja Jeeyer 1813-1843 (Eighteenth pattam)

 

Swamy?s kainkaryams (contd.)

 

As the days passed swamy wanting to have the darshan of soodikoduththa 
sudarkodi, along with all his shisyas went to srivilliputtur to do 
mangalasAsanams to andal and halted in the kannan temple in the outskirts of 
the city. Coming to know about the arrival of swamy the people in the service 
of andal in the temple informed the same in front of nachiyar and according to 
her order, went to welcome swamy with thirumalai, parivattam and other honours 
accompanied by divine instruments and number of srivaishnavas.

 

Swamy prostrated the andal ghosti (group of srivaishnavas devoted to the divine 
service to andal) and accepted the honours humbly. Then amidst the sound of the 
divine instruments swamy then came round the divine streets of srivilliputtur 
and entered the temple and prostrated infront of the dwajasthambham. Meanwhile 
andal sent her srisadagopan to welcome satakOpa jeeyer swamy. Jeeyer swamy 
accepted the same with great regards and then proceeded inside. Then swamy had 
the great darshan of andal and rangamannar and did his heart felt 
mangalAsAsanams to the divine couples. Pleased by the same the divine couples 
blessed jeeyer with their thirumAlai thiruparivattam, abhaya hastham, 
srisatagopam and prasadams. Then swamy bid goodbye and proceeded to 
vadaperunkoiludaiyAn sannadhi and did mangalasasanams to perumal followed by 
mangalAsAsanams to periyAzhvar. Then swamy proceeded back to his mutt after 
receiving all the honours done at the sannadhi.

 

In this way swamy stayed there for some more days doing mangalasasanams while 
one day swamy wanted to have darshan of rAjamannar and hence got permission 
from andal for the same and proceeded towards that place. Swamy reached the 
banks of kaveri (haridra river, a river which has originally separated from 
kaveri), took his bath and finished the appropriate rites (anushtanams) and 
reached rAjamannar?s punnaivAhana thirumandapam.

 

Coming to know about swamy?s arrival rajamannar sent his kainkaryaparas 
(srivaishnavas under his service) to welcome swamy along with perumal?s 
thirumAlai, vuduththukalaindha peedhagavAdai (divine clothes earlier worn by 
perumal) and abhaya hastham (hand symbol of emperuman which shows that he is 
the saviour) in a grand manner amidst the sound of divine instruments. Seeing 
the srivaishnavas carrying perumal?s prasAdams jeeyer fell to the ground and 
did sAshtAnga pranAmams (prostration with 8 parts of the body touching the 
ground). The archargar from mannar sannadhi took the twin mAlai and garlanded 
swamy and then proceeded to honour swamy with perumal?s thiruparivattam and 
prasAdams in the usual manner. Swamy accepted them humblyand then boarded a 
palanquin made of ivory and amidst the sound of divine instruments being played 
went round the raja veedhis (main streets) and reached the front entrance to 
the sannadhi. After coming round the four majorstreets swamy entered the temple 
and prostrated in front of the balipeedam.

 

Meanwhile mannar pleased with the arrival of swamy (?kudi adiyArivar gOvindan 
thanakkendru?) sent his srisadakOpan in the hands of the archakar 
(thirukaithalaththil) to welcome swamy as per azhvar?s paasuram ?mudiyudai 
vAnavar muraimurai edhirkolla?. Jeeyer swamy prostrated the perumal?s divine 
feet in thirukkaiththalam and accepted the SrisadakOpan on his head with great 
pleasure and then proceeded inside to the nachiyar sannadhi. There swamy had 
the divine darshan of senkamalavalli nAchiyar and did mangalAsAsanams to 
nachiyar. Pleased with swamy?s mangalAsAsanams nachiyar blessed him with her 
theertham, thirumAlai, abhayahastham and prasAdams. After getting the 
purushakAram of thayar swamy then proceeded to do mangalAsAsanams to 
rajamannar. 

 

Mannar welcomed swamy with the arulappAdu ?Vanamamalai rAmAnuja Jeeyer?and 
blessed swamy with his thirumalai, thiruparivattam and other prasAdams. Swamy 
accepted the same with great pleasure and then came out of the sannadhi and did 
mangalAsAsanams to mAmunigal, Azhvar, udaiyavar and others and then returned 
back to the mutt. There swamy sat in koormAsanam and honoured all the 
srivaishnavas belonging to the sannadhi with sattupadi and adaikkAi. Later 
swamy did pancha samskAram to all those who were interested and also enriched 
them with the rahasyArthams. Then swamy did dhadheeyArAdhanam to srivaishnavas 
and gave good advices to even to those who remained indifferent. In the evening 
swamy finished his anushtAnams (daily rituals) while some vaishnavas from 
mannar sannadhi came in front of swamy and invited him for mannar?s darshan.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 



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