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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
thathAyathatAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

In the last posting we saw that Swami Azhagiya manavAla perumal nAyanAr 
andvanamamalai rAmAnuja jeeyer swami reached Srivilliputtur. They did 
mangalAsAsanam to vada-perun-kOil-vudaiyAn and periyAzhvar and then proceeded 
towards Sri Andal sannadhi and did mangalAsAnam starting with ?neelA 
thungastana giri tadee? and ending with ?nama etha mitham Bhooya A-vAsthu 
Bhooya:? They stayed for three days over there and then nAyanAr along with 
jeeyer proceeded to thirumAlirunchOlai.

Both of them bathed in the sacred noopuraganga and finished their anushtAnams 
and proceeded to have the divine darshan of the thirumAlirunchOlai azhagar 
(sundaran). On their way, Srivaishnavas of that place payed their homage to 
nAyanar and jeeyer swamigal and lead their way to the temple. At the Gopura 
vAsal (main entrance to the temple-?kodiani nedu madhil gOpuram?) 
kainkaryaparas (the persons involved in the divine service of emperuman at the 
temple) and archakas welcomed them along with the sreesadagopam.

Nayanar accepted the sreesadagopan on his head with great regards and entered 
inside. As per the verse, ?thadarsha sundaram drushtu drishti-chittApahArinam? 
they were mesmerized by the beauty of azhagar (?thirumAlirunchOli nindrAn?). 
They did mangalAsAsanam to the sundarar by reciting the thiruvAimozhi padhigam 
?senchor kavigAl?. Accepting the theertha prasAdam, thirumAlai, thiruparivattam 
and other honors they got themselves deeply involved with the emperuman and 
stayed there for three days.

Then both of them proceeded towards Srirangam. Some days passed on the wayand 
they finally reached Srirangam, the bhoolOka vaikundam (?sezhunthadam punal 
soozh thiruvarangam?). They took bath in kAveri ? ?gangayil punidhamAya 
kAviri?, the kAveri which is even more sacred than even the river ganga and 
finished their appropriate anushtAnams and with great joy, nAyanar and his 
shisya vanamamalai Jeeyer proceeded towards the temple, passing many beautiful 
gardens on the way and then the divine mAda veedhis (streets around the temple) 
and then reached the ?nAnmugan gOpura vAsal? (nAnmugan entrance).

Starting with ?dEvee gOdhayathi pathi sadathveshinou? they did mangalAsAsanam 
and reached the sannadhi of Sri ranganAchiyAr. They prostrated the divine 
mother and did mangalAsAsanam to her. Further, they proceeded towards the 
perumal sannadhi, payed homage to the dvArapAlakas and then entered inside and 
inbetween the two divine pillars (?mAyOnai manaththOnE pattri nindru vAyAra 
vAzhththi?) had the pAdhAdhikEsAntham (from the thiruvadi to thirumudi- as per 
thirupAnAzhvar in amalanAdhipiran) darshan of periya perumal and did 
mangalAsAsanam with pallAndu. Then they requested perumal tobless them with his 
kainkaryam and showed their gratefulness to have givensuch a great 
Acharya-shisya sambhandam (relationship). Periya perumal with a graceful look 
blessed them with his theertha prasAdham, thirumAlai, thiruparivattam and 
Sreesadagopan. Nayanar and his shisya, jeeyer swami, accepting the same enjoyed 
the divine beauty of emperuman along with sri and bhoo devees, with immense 
happiness came out of the sannadhi in pradakshinam.

While doing pradakshinam, around the temple vanamamalai- ponnadikkAl 
jeeyerfollowed nAyanar like his shadow enjoying the thirumEni (physical) beauty 
of nAyanar while doing pradakshinam. Nayanar was highly pleased with the shisya 
and hence he blessed him with the perumal prasAdams in his hand, to Jeeyer as 
his own prasAdam. Jeeyer accepted the same with great regard and followed 
nAyanar as his padarEka.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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