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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

Meanwhile Aththan, who was both a great mahAthmA and jedhEndriya (one who has 
good control over his senses) heard about the greatness of VanamAmalai Jeeyer 
swamy came and surrendered to the divine feet of Jeeyer and considered that as 
his good fortune, and that his Athmasvaroopam has attained its benefit 
(?Athmasvaroopam saththai pettradhu?). He heard bhagavat vishayam from Jeeyer 
swamy and obtained the required jnanam. From then on he was famously called as 
?Jnanak kan AththAn?.

Then, Ghostipuraththayar, one another great mahan born in the family of 
thirukkOshtiyur nambi, joined the ghosti of Vanamamalai swamy and surrendered 
to jeeyer swamy and remained as his close shisya.

Next, pallakAl siththar surrendered to Vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy mesmerized by 
the jnana, bhakthi, vairakhyam and other kalyana gunas of swamy.

Periya Jeeyer has always wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame 
andfortune he possessed. So now periya Jeeyer decided to bless Vanamamalai 
swamy also with ashtadiggajAs similar to his great ashtadiggajAs. Thereby, he 
appointed the following ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

1. mahAryar
2. saramapungavar
3. Suddha sathvam anna
4. appAchiyAr anna
5. rAmAnujam pillai
6. ghostipuraththayar
7. pallakkAl siththar
8. Jnana kan-AththAn.

Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted the appropriate kainkaryams to each one of 
them. From then on, Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great fame 
along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram of periya Jeeyer. One day all 
of them where having their divine anubhavams in the periya Jeeyer ghosti, when 
Periya Jeeyer glanced at mahAchAryar and ordered him to say something on his 
acharya which would stay, telling his acharya?s greatness for ever. Hearing 
such an order from periya Jeeyer, mahAryar concentrated onthe divine qualities 
of his acharya and loosing himself in the ocean of his acharya?s qualities 
submitted the following to his acharya?s divine feet:

"RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA I
ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE II"

Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was astonished. He felt that the verse 
not only got out the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also both sweet 
and intellectual to the ears of the listener and hence very admirable.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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