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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