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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

Among the loud reverberating voice of the disciples saying his praises, swamy 
proceeded furthur south towards varnasi. On the way, they met many dvaithis and 
mAyAvAdhees, objecting the praises said to swamy loudly by the disciples. They 
called swamy to a debate. Swamy like a mighty elephant won over all of them and 
victoriously converted all of them to ramanuja sampradayam. Astonished by 
swami?s talent to win over anyone who came opposing him and the way swamy 
proceeded spreading ramanuja darshanam in all places, where he placed his 
divine feet, the shisyas, with great love towards theiracharya, did 
mangalAsAsanam, to prevent any evil eyes from affecting swamy,

?thandivarum sAkkiyar vAi thagarththavanE pallAndu
mandivarum vAdiyarai vadaiththavanE pallAndu
manavAla muni kazhal sEr varadhanE pallAndu
endhisaiyum paravu kazhal eraiyavanE pallAndu
elagu pugazh erAmAnusa muniyE pallAndu pallAndu?

Then swamy further proceeded south towards srirangam. All through the way,many 
people were attracted towards the charm and talent of swamy and surrendered to 
his divine feet mesmerized by the vaibhavams of swamy and submitted a lot of 
offerings infront of swamy. Swamy showered his grace and blessings to all of 
them and accepted the offerings keeping in mind the need for renovation of 
vanamAmalai temple vimAnam, mandapam, Gopuram, and prAkAram.

Swamy continued his journey and reached thirumalai. By this time, it has been a 
year since swamy left srirangam as per the order of his acharya, Sri manavala 
mamunigal. In thirumalai, swamy came to know of the sad news about the 
paramapada prApthi of his beloved acharya, Sri manavala mAmunigal. Swamy was 
struck by absolute sorrow. The agony swamy underwent hearing the news cannot be 
explained by words. Slowly he consoled himself, reached thirumalaiappan 
sannadhi, and along with all the jeeyers and srivaishnavas there did the 
appropriate thiruvadhyayana rituals, which a shisya is destined to do to his 
acharya. Then swamy stood in front of thiruvEnkatamudaiyan requesting him to 
grant him permission to return back to vanamamalai.

AlarmEl mangai urai mArban (the lord who has the goddess, who sits on a lotus 
flower, in his chest), srinivasan wanted to honor vanamamalai jeeyer greatly. 
Srinivasa was in a short thought, when he realized that Jeeyer has already be 
fully graced by periya perumal and periya Jeeyer and has been bestowed with the 
riches of the ubhaya vibhoothi which is the two wealth bhagavan possesses. So 
he told vanamamalai Jeeyer, ?Oh! Jeeyer! You have beenalready blessed fully by 
me in thiruvarangam and also by our Jeeyer and hence you remain a poornar 
(complete personality). You are an avatar as par with manavala mamunigal, so 
stay at the end of the guru paramparai and remain as a head to all the acharyas 
who are yet to follow you. You now go andstay in vanamamalai for the benefit 
for one and all.?

Thereby with the warm blessings of thiruvEnkata mudaiyan swamy proceeded along 
with his ashtadiggajas towards kOil (Srirangam). On reaching the entrance of 
the mutt swamy prostrated fully with heavy heart. On entering inside, swamy 
totally lost himself and sorrow engulfed him to see the silent mutt without his 
acharya, Sri mAmunigal?s divine presence. Swamy rolled over the floor and 
expressed his sorrow while the others lifted swamy and consoled him. Slowly 
gaining his composure, swamy then stayed there for some more days when Jeeyer 
nAyanar at the mutt told swamy about the last instructions of the mAmunigal???

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

P.S: The earlier postings have been archived at 
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