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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

On reaching vanamAmalai, Jeeyer swamy consecrated his acharya, mAmunigal?s 
vigraham in the mutt and like bharatAzhvan who ruled ayodhya as a parathantran 
to chakravarthi thirumagan, considering Sri rAma pAdhuka to be the king and 
himself to be its dasa, Vanamamalai Jeeyer also did all the kainkaryams 
considering himself to be a parathantran (slave) of his acharya. Before 
starting with any kainkaryam, vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy took the permission of 
his acharya and then only proceeded to do the same. In this way, Jeeyer swamy 
continued his kainkaryams in vanamamalai, which gave great pleasure to both 
deivanAyaka perumal and sreevaramangai nAchiyar and stayed in vanamamalai for a 
long time.

Here in Srirangam, Periya Jeeyer?s health started deteriorating and once when 
he fell ill (nOvu sAttri errundAr), he sent a note to vAnamAmalai swamy with 
the following verses:
?pArAlum mannAl erAmAnusa Jeeyer, seerArum senai mudaliyAr nAyanAr, ArAdha 
anbudaiya Aththan arindilarE ennudaiya thunbhamadhai theertharkku 
thAn?(ramanusa Jeeyer who rules over the world, Great senai mudaliyAr 
nAyanar,and the ever loving Aththan doesn?t know how to solve my problem); 
?thAimanam nindru erangi thaniyE nedumAl thunaiyAi pOyina? (Leaving beside the 
mother with great sorrow the girl left considering emperuman alone to beher 
sole refuge)?

Vanamamalai swamy accepted the letter from periya jeeyer with great regard and 
immediately started and reached periya jeeyer?s sannadhi and prostrated to 
swamy?s divine feet. Slowly Periya Jeeyer started recovering. Buthe had a worry 
in mind. He felt bad for being unable to travel to variousplaces and spread the 
ramanuja darshanam to the innocent masses. Then he decided to appoint 
vanamamalai swamy for that task for the benefit of the whole world. He called 
vanamamalai Jeeyer and uttered the following:

?Earlier this world was organized and taken in the right path by emperumAnAr, 
who remained as ?pAshanda trimashanda thAvadahanar?. But now dayshave changed. 
Many kudrishtis and local preachers have confused the masses and have changed 
tracks. Mainly in the northern regions people have beentotally left in the 
dark. So, you on my behalf, travel in the northern direction, impart true 
knowledge to the ignorant people, bring them to light from darkness by blessing 
them with pancha samskAram, emperumAnAr sambandham and jnana upadEsam?.

Telling the above to vanamamalai Jeeyer, Periya Jeeyer wanted to get the 
consent and blessings of periya perumal also in this issue and hence proceeded 
towards the perumal sannadhi along with ponadikkAl Jeeyer and submitted his 
request to perumal. Perumal pleased with the request of periya Jeeyer showered 
his grace on vanamamalai Jeeyer and said, ? You are none other than an 
amsAvatAram of your own acharya. So, undertake this journey on behalf of your 
acharya, successfully establish rAmAnuja darsanam in all places and return back 
with glory?. After this perumal blessed the acharya and shisya with various 
honors in order.

On returning to the mutt, Periya Jeeyer told vanamamali Jeeyer to start 
hisdivine yAthra according to perumal?s order and come back successfully. 
Vanamamalai Jeeyer considering this to be his great fortune, prostrated under 
the divine feet of his acharya, manavala mamunigal (?ponnadiyAm senkamalap 
pOdhugalai unni chiraththAlE theendi?), bid good-bye and along with his 
disciples (his ashtadiggajas) and many more srivaishnavas started his journey 
in the northern direction.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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