Sri Parthasarathi
thunai Srimathe ramanujaya
Namaha Sri Vara Vara munayE
Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha In Srivaishanava
sampradayam, all the divine places and temples adorned and sung by azhvars, the
divya sooris are called as divya desams.
Among the 108 divya desams, 106 are in this world and the rest two being
thiruparkadal and Srivaikundam. One
such divine place is vanamamalai, sirivaramangalanagar. Swamy nammazhvar in his thiruvaimozhi
(5-7) sings the praise of this divyadesams in 11 paasurams. This is azhvar?s first sharanagathi
declaring his Akinchanyam (no credits to help him attain his results, kaimudal
ellAmai) and ananyagadhithvam (no one else to aid).
Sri Azhagiya manavala
perumal nAyanar, in his masterly work Acharya Hrudhayam elaborates the various
kalyana gunas exhibited by emperuman in various divyadesams in a few
sutras. While talking about
vanamamalai, Sri AMP says, ?ruchi vivasarkkum
pAdhamE sharaNakkum owdhAryam vAnamAmalaiyilE kozhundhu vidum? (AH
163). In thirukkurungudi nambi
exhibited his lAvanyam and mesmerized azhvar. Lavanyam- samudhAya
shObhA ? collective beauty; Sowndaryam ? avayava
shObhA ? Beauty of the parts; Slowly azhvar?s devotion
started to grow. It reached its
peak and finally he sings ?Arenakku nin pAdamE sharaNaga tantozhindhAi? [Oh!
Lord you have blessed me with your divine feet as refuge] Thus emperuman in
vanamamalai, deivanAyakan expressed his owdAryam (benevolence) and made azhvar
to surrender unto to his divine feet. ?vandaruli ennenjidam
Konda vAnavar kozhundhE? [Nammazhvar did not
approach deivanAyaka perumal just like kaliyan who cherishes visiting each and
every divyadesam personally.
Instead, DeivanAyaka perumal sacrificed his divine abode and landed in
vanamamalai. Not stopping with that
now he has traveled all the way to azhvar thirunagari to get settled in the
heart of azhvar.] Every year during this
divine month vaikasi, on the 5th day of the azhvar utsavam all the
navathirupathi emperumans come to azhvar thirunagari to get mangalasasanams from
nammazhvar. All the emperumans give
darshan to nammazhvar in garuda vahanam as requested by azhvar to have the
darshan of the lord in his street once.
One speciality in these 9 divya desams around azhvar thirunagari is that
there is no archa vigraham for nammazhvar other than the one at
thirukkurugur. In vanamamalai,
swamy nammazhvar is found in archa on the Sri satari of deivanayaka
perumal. In thirukkurungudi, there
is no archa vigraham for nammazhvar as azhvar is considered to be the avatara of
nambi himself. Nammazhvar?s first
sharaNagathi NORRa nOnbilEn nun arivilEn Agilum eni vunnai vittoNdrumARRakiRkindRilEn
aravinanai ammAnE SERRutAmarai sennalOdu
malar sirivaramangala nagar VeeRRirundha endhAi!
Vunakku migai allEnangE. Let us continue to enjoy
more in the next posting. Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer
thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan ?LET US WORK IN UNITY AND BE PART OF
THE ACHARYA KAINKARYAM AND GET CLOSE TO THE HEARTS OF THE DIVINE
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