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 Kaliyan Vanamamalai ramanuja Jeeyer 1905-1933 (Twenty-fifth pattam)
Swamy's Kainkaryams
Sri Kaliyan ramanuja swamy completed all the final rites to his acharyan Sri
Pattarbiran swamy according to the yethisamskara vidhi (procedures) in a very
grand and cordial manner and also completed the thiruadyayanam in a similar
manner. Further swamy started taking care of the responsibilities of nithya
kainkaryam, pakshOtsava, mAsOtsavams of Sri deivanayaka perumal and
Sirivaramangai nAchiyar combined with the nithya dhadheeyArAdhanam and ubhaya
Vedanta grandha kalashEpams at the mutt.
After a year, wanting to establish "rAmAnujArya divyAgnA. varthathAm" in all
the divya desas (vugandharulina nilangal) Swamy started his divya desa
mangalasasana trip, on a fine vaikasi month.
First swamy visited koil, thirumalai, perumal koil and at all places rendered
his divine sampradayic kalashepams in his own style in a very effective manner
so that it reached even the common masses. Swamy then traveled till Sri (puri)
jagannatham the travel lasting for about 3 years, celebrating it as a mahOtsava
and returned back to srivaramangalanagar.
Then for sometime swamy stayed at the mutt rendering ubhaya Vedanta kalashepams
to interested shisyas. During that time one fine day, Sirivaramangai thayar
appeared in swamy's yogam and said, "Even in this vibhuthi there are divya
desams adorned as 'vadadisai madurai sAlagrAmam vaikundam tuvarai ayodhdhi
edamudaivadari' in the northern direction equivalent to Srivaikundam. Oh!
Jeeyer this is the right time for you to visit those divya desams and also
uplift the poor souls in those places." As per the orders of nachiyar, swamy
immediately ordered his shisyas to prepare for the journey.
"poomagal niyamaththai thAmadamindri tamargAl
kAvalan thannudhaviyOdum poovalan vandhARRiduvEn"
Immediately without any delay the shisyas coordinated with the government and
made arrangements for smooth journey for swamy all through the way and to
celebrate swamy's trip as a great happening.
First swamy along with number of shisyas visited thiruvanparisAram,
thiruvattAru and then reached "tadamudaivayal nandhapuranagar" where swamy had
the divine darshan of "padamudai aravil pallipayindra emperuman". Swamy with
heartfelt pleasure did pooja to emperuman with flowers. The king of that region
informed swamy about the moola thirunAl and thereby swamy stayed there for 3
days. During that time the king visited swamy in person and was highly
impressed with the divine qualities and scholarship of swamy. The king
requested swamy to accept bhikshai from his paditanam which swamy gracefully
accepted, which is carried on till date. Later swamy visited all the malainAdu
dd's and proceeded to yedugiri to do mangalasasanams to thirunArAyanan and
selvapillai. After accepting the respective honours over there, swamy started
from there and proceeded towards kiskinda and MAlyavan Mountains. Iterating in
mind the divine kalyana gunas of chakravarthi thirumagan swamy payed his atmost
homage to each and every place where perumal would have stayed during the
ramavatara. Then swamy reached bhakyApuram (hyderabad) enroute to panchavadi
(nAsik).
After reaching panchavati swamy had the darshan of the godavari banks that once
provided a pleasant happy atmosphere with shade and cool breeze for perumal and
piratti to rejoice walking and playing with each other ("jalarAmaNyagam yatra
sthala rAmaNyagam tathA"). Amidst the number of yogis in that place swamy,
being a yogeendrar stayed there for some days ("sObhanam tandakAranyam").
During his stay in panchavati many devotees were deeply impressed with the
godly nature of swamy and hence they requested swamy to visit mumbai and bless
many with his divine kataksham. Swamy accepted the invitation as his duty and
visited mumbai and stayed in a place called "kArkOpar". Fortunately that was
time for chaturmAsa sankalpam and as per the wish of the devotees swamy
accepted to undergo his sankalpam in that very place.
(To be continued)
Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,
Sumithra Varadarajan
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