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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

The disciples, filled with deep sorrow due to the separation from their 
acharya, Sri vanamamalai onnana ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy, remembered and 
discussed each and every event in the life of swamy from the day swamy took 
avataram till the end and talked greatly about the divine contributions of 
their acharya to the srivaishnava community, following the words of his 
acharya, Sri manavala mAmunigal at all times.

The close shisyas of swamy then, submitted the following sloka to the divine 
feet of swamy to let the whole world know the greatness of the great day in 
which swamy took avataram:
?ArudE katakam prabhaparibrudE srisOpakruth vatsarE moolE sukra dhinE 
trayOdhasi thrithow pakshE valarshE subhE l vairAkhyAdhi samastha sathguna 
nidhi rAmAnujAk Yojvala: srivAnAchala yOgirAt nijaguru: pAdharavindhou yayowll?

Then Varada muni, the next Jeeyer along with the others did Srisoorna 
paripAlanam, accepted the sesha (left over) prasAdham himself and also 
distributed the same to all the srivaishnavas, celebrated with oil and turmeric 
spraying and then neatly decorated the pushpaka vimanam and placed swamy?s 
vimala charama thirumEni on it. Then the disciples carried the pushpaka vimanam 
with due respects (chatra sAmaram honors and amidst the sound of all divine 
instruments) went through the streets of deivanayakan, which were all decorated 
in a traditional manner with dvajas, flags and auspicious plants like kadali. 
The other disciples carried sugarcane in hands and reciting the nootrandhadhi 
and others went through the well decorated streets throwing pori (a type of 
rice cereal) and flowers all over the place with the playing of a single 
thiruchinnam indicating the attainment of divine abode of emperuman by Sri 
Vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy. (Darshanaththil varamangai munivan thirunAttukku 
ezhundharulinAr).

Sumangali (married women with their husbands alive) womenfolks held a deepam in 
their hands. Everyone had darshan of swamy and thus the divine procession 
reached the eastern side of the settruthAmarai. Facing the vAnamamalai divya 
vimAnam, yethi samskAram was done to Sri PonnadikkAl Jeeyer just, like that 
which was done to Alavandaar, ethirajar and periya Jeeyer.

Then all the Srivaishnavas, along with varada ramanuja jeeyer, payed their 
homage to swamy and then took avabrutha snAnam (divine dip after a holy ritual) 
and returned back to the mutt. The mutt appeared to be ayodhyA without rAma 
piran for all of them, quiet and without any life due to the absenceof his 
holiness Sri PonnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy (?ellAm veriyOdittrAlO!?). They all 
talked among themselves greatly about swamy and his words and slowly recovered 
from the shock of separation and did all the rituals to be done for 12 days and 
on the last day did a grand thiruvadhyayanam, to honorthe greatness of swamy 
and accepted the theertham and prasadam with due respect.

Later, vanamamalai varada ramanuja jeeyer, decorated the peedam of Vanamamalai 
mutt, like the change in rAsis, due to the passage of time or like the change 
in rathapeedam of sooryamoorthi and took the place of vanamamalai ramanuja muni 
peedam which has remained varamangai muni peedam till then. Though time has 
passed and Varada Ramanuja Jeeyer took the place of Varamangai muni, he 
considered himself to be the pAdhukai of varamangai muni and acted according to 
the words of his acharya and continued the kainkaryams. Varada rAmanuja Jeeyer 
swamy took utmost care of all the srikAryams in the vAnamAmalai perumal 
sannadhi and also did all that had to be done to uplift the jeevatmas. He 
followed his acharya and delivered the divine meanings ofthiruvAimozhi and 
rahasya granthas to the interested srivaishnavas and remained with glory in the 
peedam.

All the ashtadiggajas of ponnadikkAl swamy followed their acharyas orders and 
continued with their allotted kainkaryams. Ramanuja pillai along with the divya 
mangala vigraham of swamy returned back to thirunagari and stayed with great 
devotion in the divine feet of his acharya, delivering ubhaya Vedanta 
kalashepams to the shisyas.

In the next posting we will conclude, Sri Varamangai muni vaibhavam with the 
thaniyan and vAzhi thirunAmams of Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy.

(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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