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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 Kaliyan Vanamamalai ramanuja Jeeyer 1905-1933 (Twenty-fifth pattam)



Swamy's Kainkaryams



Then swamy visited Indore, ujjayini and riva and well honoured by the kings in 
all those areas, swamy finally reached pushkaram. There swamy bathed in the 
sacred waters where emperuman stays in the form of water (jalaroopi) and then 
visited bharatapur. Gracefully accepting the respectful honours of the king 
over there, swamy blessed many with samAsrayanam and thereby uplifted many poor 
souls. Swamy's journey then continued towards Brindavanam ("bhagavatA subhEna 
manasA dyAthamAna"). Swamy had the divine darshan of andal and rangamannAr. 
Swamy was adorned with kannan kazhalinai after he did mangalasAsanams to the 
divine couples. With a very happy mind swamy visited the yamunai turai where 
Krishna and the gopis did a number of leelas and enjoyed themselves and made 
everyone cherish the same. Then swamy visited the birthplace of Krishna, Sri 
Mathura followed by Sri Gokulam that witnessed the growth of emperuman. Then 
swamy visited "kundredutta Govardhanam" each place getting to memory the bala 
leelas of Sri Krishna or rather swamy enjoyed the places as if the leela has 
just occurred in front of him.



[Can non-living things talk? Oh! Yes. Here the mountain talks krishna's leelas, 
the yamunai river talks about his jala kreeda and each and every stone talks 
the greatness of emperuman and his leelas. Even if a third grade soul like 
adiyen who haven't yet visited those places just by typing their names 
experience the joy of witnessing the bhagavat leelas what to say about a great 
mahan like swamy who was originally in the place where the emperuman choose as 
a stage to nicely enact his leelas?]



Then swamy visited "baladevan vendra pAdivadam"* followed by "vunnum pOdhil 
nedunOkku kollum bhakthavilOchanam"*. Swamy was filled with anubhavams on 
visiting all the above places his eyes filled with tears "ahlAda 
seedhanEtrAmbhu:" In the state of paramabhakthi swamy came round the divya 
stalams feeling bad for not being able to join in the divya leelas of Krishna 
paramatma during his avatara along with the blessed gopis.



Then swamy left from there with heavy heart but with deep interest to have the 
darshan of "verikol vaNdu paNgal pAdu" thiruvadari. On the way swamy visited 
haridwar, Rishikesh, kandamennum kadinagaram, piridi along with taking sacred 
bath in the divine rivers alaganandA, bhAgeerathi, nandhaprayAgai throughout 
the way. Finally swamy reached vadari, worshipped even by the devas on the 
banks of the divine gangus. After having the divine darshan of nara-nArAyana 
moorthi swamy couldn't stop his enthusiasm to talk about the divine 
thiruvastAkshara manthra delivered by emperuman himself posing himself to be 
both the acharya and shisya. Swamy delivered upanyasam on the meaning of the 
divine ashtAkshari for the benefit of all the ignorant devotees. Just the 
rahasyArtha lecture was not enough for swamy nor did the emperuman over there 
get satisfied with the same and hence swamy started to treat the emperuman with 
the divine anubhavam filled paasurams of kaliyan. The nithyasooris treat 
paramapadanAthan with sAmagAnam but even that looses its charm when emperuman 
enjoys the divine paasurams of our azhvars that too from the mouth of great 
acharyas like our swamy.



Though swamy wanted to spend some more time in that divine place filled with 
purity for the sake of all the waiting devotees swamy had to return back 
without much delay. The journey proceeded through Ram Nagar. In-between swamy 
bathed in the kowsiki river and finally reached naimisAranyam.



*Adiyen has opted to use the adjectives in tamil before the name of places as 
they are azhvar mangalasasana verses. All the divya stalams achieve their 
greatness only after being sung by our dear azhvars. So adiyen feels that the 
charm of the place is never complete without these adjectives in front. No 
equivalent English word can really be found to substitute the divine verses of 
azhvars ("na bhoothO na bhavishyathi")



(To be continued) 



Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,
Sumithra Varadarajan










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