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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
ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

VANAMAMALAI SWAMI?S DINACHARYA (DAILY ROUTINE)-3

9. As the day passed, in the evening swamy finished his evening anushtanamsand 
went to deivanAyakan sannadhi and headed the nithyAnusandhAnams 
(dailyprocedures at the temple). Swamy accepted the theertham and prasadam of 
perumal, did mangalasasanams and returned back to the mutt. In the mutt swamy 
did mangalasasanams to aranganagarappan and sat in an Asanam (seat) in front of 
perumal and delivered the divine sampradhayic meanings in a elegant, sweet 
voice to his disciples who stayed with great respect under the divine feet of 
swamy, with the following verse in mind: ?tvam mE bhandu: tvamasi janaka: tvam 
sakA desika: tvam vidhya vriththam sukrutha mathulam vidhdhamapyuththamA! tvam? 
Swamy and the shisyas spend a lot of time in enjoying the divine kalyana gunas 
(qualities) of emperuman.

10. Then completing the day?s lectures swamy blessed all his shisyas who 
prostrated swamy and started from there. Swamy sent all of them and withthe 
kalyana gunas of his acharya lingering in his mind swamy rested for sometime.

In this way swamy spent each day of his life. The shisyas of swamy, according 
to the verse, ?yath thainam dhina sathkriya yathivrathyA sAra sanmathrukA? 
medidated on swamy?s daily routine while swamy remained in the meditation on 
the dhinacharya of emperumAnAr and his acharya Sri Periya Jeeyer. Swamy had a 
great regard for his acharya Sri Manavala mAmunigal. Swamy?s mind lingered 
around the kalyana gunas of his acharya always. Due to the love and affection 
swamy had towards his acharya, he has lamented many times due to the separation 
from him. The great slokas which came out of swamy?s mouth due to his grief of 
separation from his acharya are great and are worth remembering now, tomorrow 
being the thirunakshatram of Sri Manavala mAmunigal (Iypasi thriumoolam, Nov 
8th 2002).

VANAMAMALAI RAMANUJA JEEYER SWAMY?S ACHARYA BHAKTHI

?vedapporul vuraiththa viththaganE ! 
Mandhargalin pEdhai madhi turakkum periyOnE !
PAdhamalar thandaruli OyAch sananam kazhiththarulAi endhai varamuniyE endru.?

Meaning: Oh! My master who explained all the vedic meanings. The master! Who 
removes all the ignorance from the minds of people. Please bless us with your 
divine grace today and remove the cycle of birth and death Oh! Varavaramuni.

?viththaganE! VEndhE! Manavala muniyE! SuththanE! SOdhi sudarmudiyanE! MuththE! 
Karumbin suvayE! KadalilamudhanE! Arumbhina thAl neeyE arul?

Swamy here calls his acharya like a mother calling her beloved kid. The 
affection swamy had towards mAmunigal is enormous which is reflected in the 
above verse.

Meaning: Oh! My capable master, the king! Manavala muni! You are a clear 
personality, with a glowing bright crown, you are like a pearl, you are as 
sweet as a sugarcane, you are like the divine nectar which came out of the 
ocean please grant us your divine feet with mercy.

There are similarly 18 slokas of swamy under the name ?guna vaguppu?. Swamy 
spent his time immersed in the divine qualities of his acharya. Thenthe fine 
day Iyappasi thirumoolam came. Swamy celebrated the day in a grand manner with 
great enthusiasm and submitted the nAl pAttu (song of the day) to the divine 
feet of Periya Jeeyer. The song goes as follows:

?senthamizh vEdiyar sindhai thelindhu sirandhu magizhthidu nAl
seerulagAriyar seitharul narkalai dEsu polindidu nAl
mandha madhippuvi mAnidar thangalai vAniluyarththidunAl
mAsaru Jnaniyar sEr ethirAsartham vAzhvu mulaiththidunAl
kandha malarppozhil soozhkuru kAdhipan kalaigal vilangidunAl
kAramar mEni yaranga nagarkkirai kangal kaliththidunAl
andhamil seer manavAlamunip paranavadhAram seithidunAl
azhagu thikazhinthidu iyppasiyil thirumoolamenu nAlE.?

Meaning: This is the day when the dravida vedic scholars got cleared of all 
their doubts and are filled with ecstasy; This is the day the divine works of 
lOkAcharya has attained its glory; This is the day which uplifts even the 
ignorant and less intelligent masses to the divine abode of emperuman; This is 
the day the divine glory of ethirajar, to whom all the flawless scholars 
surrender spread everywhere; This is the day when the work of nammAzhvar, 
kurugoor nambi wearing the sweet smelling magizh mAlai (garland), attained its 
height of glory; This is the day when the king of Srirangam, ranganatha with a 
divine beauty, rejoiced with his eyes; This is the day our dear manavala muni 
took avataram to lift us all; This is the beautiful day of ?IYPASI THIRUMOOLAM?.

No more words to really explain the greatness of this day(iypasi moolam), the 
acharya of this day(Sri manavala mamunigal) and the shisya of the acharya 
(vanamamalai ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy). The Iyappasi thirumoolam is a great 
day, on which day our Periya Jeeyer, ettuperukkar, ramya jAmaatru muni, 
yatheendra pravanar, Sri manavala mAmunigal took avataram to lift us all from 
this ocean of samsAram to the divine abode of emperuman. Each Srivaishnava is 
destined to celebrate this day in a grand manner and also recite thenAl pattu 
as given by swamy above and the srisailEsa thaniyan given by namperumal himself 
as a sambhAvanai to his acharya, mAmunigal. Even today thenAl pattu is recited 
in all the divya desams on this very special day.

The other works of vanamamalai swamy are: ThiruppAvai svapadesam and the 
thaniyan ?kOla surisangai mAyan?.

Let us see some of the greatness of swamy in the next posting.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

P.S: The earlier postings have been archived at 
http://www.geocities.com/sumivaradan/General.htm

 



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