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 Vanamamalai Chinna pattarbiran ramanuja Jeeyer 1896-1905 (Twenty-fourth
pattam)
Swamy's kainkaryams (contd.)
Further swamy came to know about the depleted state of the vimana stoopi of
Swamy Nammazhvar in Azhvar thirunagari. Immediately swamy gave the required
wealth to reconstruct the same and instructed to do the same with gold plating
in order to add beauty and also for it to be strong forever. During the
pradhistai mahOtsavam swamy arranged for a grand dhadheeyArAdhanai for about
16000 devotees who assembled for the grand function.
Then in vanamamalai the divine vigraha of Sri Sadagopan in the form of divine
feet was in a bad state and hence swamy replenished the same with gold plating
and installed (pradishtai) the same according to the sastra procedures. Grand
dhadheeyArAdhanam was arranged for the devotees before the day of installation
and since that grand day happened to be an EkAdasi day swamy arranged for
special offering, "moodanei peidhu muzhangai vazhi vArum" one kOttai (a
measure) sheerAnnam (a sweet offering made of rice boiled in milk) for
deivanAyaka perumal. Then that prasadam was distributed to all the devotees
making everyone happy and swamy enjoy the occassion ("Andhanaiyum kaikAtti").
One year swamy decided to observe his chAtturmAsa vritham at a place called
'gajendra varada kshEtram' which was under the control of the mutt located in
the banks of the thAmparabharani river celebrated in the puranas famously
called as 'aththAzhanallur' (aththiyAlanallur) and went there along with a
number of devotees. During swamy's stay over there daily kalashepam and daily
dhadheeyarAdhanam was done as in vanamamalai in a very grand way.
A special feature of swamy's reign is that he never changed responsible and
experienced devotees in both vaidhika kainkaryam and lowkika nirvAham
frequently; instead swamy maintained an excellent rapport with them in a very
intelligent way. In this way swamy continued his kainkaryams at the temple and
mutt in a very proper manner and for further development purchased land in
vanamamalai for about Rs.2 lakhs.
Swamy did 2 big gold kudams (pot shaped vessels) for deivanayakan and 9 golden
kalasams. Further swamy made sanganidhi, padhumanidhi and a big silver kopparai
for deivanayaka perumal. A beautiful glass sapparam (something similar to a
chariot but without wheels), glass swing was made to deivanayakan and swamy
enjoyed seeing deivanayakan on top of them along with the happy devotees.
Swamy gradually started realizing that his health was deteriorating. Finally
swamy wanted to build a sannadhi to thiruvenkadamudaiyan in the western side of
settruthAmarai. Immediately he called for engineers and made them built a
sannadhi along with a maha mandapam to accomodate hundreds of devotees without
any difficulty, an artha mandapam and a mani mandapam. Swamy also ordered to
build a big spacious kitchen (thirumadaipalli) in order to cook a grand
offering to perumal at a time (periya thirupavadai thaligai). Swamy also built
a small mutt in order for future swamy's to stay in solace if they wished to
mediate in peace for some time. Around the sannadhi swamy arranged for a
beautiful garden with all sorts of trees that yielded profitable results like
coconut, banana, mango, jackfruit etc and very near to the sannadhi plants and
trees that yielded sweet smelling beautiful flowers like senbhagam, pAdhiri,
punnai, kurukaththi, eruvAtchi, mallikai, jAdhi, mullai etc and in small ponds
placed lotus, sezhunkazhuneer, Ambal, neidhal and other water plants that
yielded flowers. Swamy then arranged for a grand samprokshanam to the new
temple. All the scholars who took part in the grand function where honored
accordingly and a grand dhadheeyArAdhanam was arranged for everyone's pleasure.
Further swamy arranged for deivanayakan to visit that sannadhi during some
occasions like vijayadasami, chaitrOtsava vidAyarththi and undergo mandagapadi
(offering at a resting place during perumal's purappadu) and ghosti.
In this way, swamy stayed in the peedam for 9 years and in a very special way
took care of all the usual kainkaryams and did many special costly kainkaryams.
Slowly swamy's health became worse and swamy started to think about the right
person to take charge next. Swamy selected one of his very close and capable
disciples, one who was like azhvan, aandan and embar to emperumAnAr, to swamy
and filled with jnanam, vairakhyam and all divine qualities. Swamy called that
mahAnubhAvar (great personality) and adorned him to the pattam (peedam) on mAsi
krishnapaksha dwadasi day, the theertha nAl of Swamy Manavala mAmunikal.
According to the sastras swamy blessed the new jeeyer with sanyasa and named
him "kaliyan rAmAnujan" and then wanting to continue his kainkaryam in the
nithya vibhuthi mediating on the divine feet of his acharya, Sri pattarbiran
swamy attained his acharya's feet on mAsi krishna chaturdasi.
Swamy's charamAnusandhAnam
"AptE krOdhisamAhvayE sanidhinE pakshE valarshatharE kumbam yAthi dhivAkarE
manuthithow thArE sravishtAhvayE I
vEdAntadvaya pAragO gunanidhi: SrivishnuchittAbhidha: svAchAryasya padhAravinda
magamad vAnAdriyOgeeshvara: II"
Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,
Sumithra Varadarajan
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