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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

In the previous posting we saw that Sri Vanamamalai ramanuja jeeyer swamy 
attained the divine abode of emperuman leaving his disciples in the ocean 
ofmisery. Varada muni, ramanujam pillai and others were struck by very 
deepsorrow due to the separation from swamy and they fell to ground like 
treeswithout root and wept thinking about the glory of swamy and their state 
inthis world without swamy. Then consoled by all the other disciples, varada 
muni, the next jeeyer of the vanamamalai mutt, appointed by swamy to perform 
his last rites, went to bathe in the settruthAmarai along with the others, took 
a divine dip and then returned to do thirumanjanam (divine bath) to his acharya.

They placed swamy on a thirumanjana seat and did the thirumanjanam along with 
the recitation of purusha sooktham, dvayAnusandhAnam and other manthras.Then 
they changed the vastram (dress) of Swamy and decorated him with 
thiruparivattam and thirumankAppu. While everyone involved themselves in 
enjoying the divine beauty of the thirumEni (body) of swamy with eyes and mind 
with utmost concentration, deivanAyaka perumal sent his uduththukalaindha 
peedaga vAdai (dress earlier adorned by perumal), and his garland in a golden 
plate. Srivaishnavas from the deivanAyakan sannadhi carried the plate amidst 
the sound of divine instruments and chatra samara honors and came in front of 
the mutt.

Varada Muni accepted the perumal mariyAdai (honors) from the srivaishnavas and 
honored swamy?s vimala sarama vigraham. Then all the sannadhi kainkaryaparas, 
swamy?s disciples (SripAdhaththu mudhaligal) and other sAththAdha Srivaishnavas 
(those who didn?t undergo upanayanam) had the divine darshan of swamy?s body. 
Everyone was grief struck. Each one started lamenting not being able to get 
away from the darshan of swamy. The following were the feelings expressed by 
few of them:

?Iyo! KannapirAn araiyO muraiyO srivaramangai veetrirundha vAnanAdanE en 
kArmugil vannanE!? (Oh! my god is this fair; Oh my swamy who lived in 
srivaramangai, my karmugil vannan)

?Anantham prathamam roopam lakshmanasthu thatha: param l balabathra: 
thretheeyasthu kalau kaschit bhavishyati ll?
(Oh! swamy were you the ramanuja muni who took avatar as per the above verse? 
Or were you the punarAvathAram of varavara muni? Or are you only varamangai 
muni, who was like varavaramuni to ramanuja muni?

The shisyas submitted a number of strotras to the divine feet of swamy. A few 
of them are as follows:

?MaththAr mannar thozhum thottaiyaikarappai, valarsamarapungavaguru, suddha 
sattvam annA, EththAdhavarEththum appAchiyArannA, A-rArum kalvi nidhi 
erAmAnusam pillai, kAththulagai yAdharikkum thiurkkOttiyuraiyar, kalai 
muzhudhum kaivandhu kalakkAdha Jnanakkan AththAnum pallakkAl siththanum enmaru 
ashtagajamAgiyE, adimai seitharulukaiyAl vanamamalai munivan pOlE desikar 
mAnilaththil vErundO?

(Vanamamalai ramanuja Jeeyer is a great acharya who has been blessed with 
8gem-like sathshisyas (close and good disciples), thottaiyaikarappai, 
samarapunavaguru, suddha sattvam annA, appAchiyArannA. Eramanusan pillai, 
thirukkOttiyuraiyar, Jnankkan AththAn and pallakAl siththar called the 
ashtadiggajas. Is there any acharya who has such greatness?)

?eththanai pEr thandhai, eththanai per maindhanAi, eththanai pEr kEval thozhil 
seidhEn, aththanaiyum, mAttruviththAn mangaiyil erAmAnusamunivan A-ttramula 
ettu ezhuththinAl?

(I have become a father of many, the son of many and done a lot of jobs under 
many but only ramanuja muni changed everything due to the divine power of the 
ashtAkshari)

?mannia senjol manavalamunivan kazhal unniya kondal eramanusan enpadhangal, 
thanniya nenjil tharikka vallAr avar padhaththai senniyil soodha vallAr 
vinnulArilum sEriyarE?

(Those who have the divine feet of rAmAnusa muni, the one who has always the 
divine feet of manavala muni, one filled with sweet words, in his hearts,in 
their minds, those who bear the feet of such adiyars on their head are to be 
considered even greater than the nithya sooris).

In this way, the disciples expressed the divine qualities of their acharya.

(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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