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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

thathAyathatAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

 

In the previous posting we saw that Sri Rangachariyar and his three sons 
proceeded towards alwar thirunagari for Acharya samAsrayanam. Let us continue 
further?.

 

On reaching alwar thirunagari they took a refreshing bath in the divine 
tAmparabharani river, which is regarded even more sacred than ganga, yamuna, 
godavari, saraswathi, kaveri and all other rivers. They then went to have the 
darshan of the prapanna jana koodasthar, Sri NammAzhvAr. Getting pleased with 
the darshan, they then proceeded towards the thirumAligai of their acharya, 
ThiruvAimozhi pillai.

 

Swamy at that time was delivering the divine arthas of thiruvAimozhi(thondarkku 
amudunna sonna sol mAlai), along with sabdha, artha and bhAva rasAs toa crowd 
of vaishnavas, in such a great manner that, even ignorant and innocent people 
easily understood the vedantic arthas in alwar?s paasurams. Sri RangAchariyar 
and his sons prostrated before the acharya, who with great love enquired about 
their well being and asked them to have their seat. Then, they accepted the 
sree pAdha theertham of their acharya with great regards and sat down to hear 
his divine out pouring.

 

The next day, Sri RangAchAriyar took bath, finished his nithyAnusandhAnams 
proceeded along with his sons to pillai?s sannadhi, prostrated the acharya, and 
requested him to accept his son Azhagiya Varadar and others as his shisyas and 
pour his divine grace on them. At that time, Azhagiya ManavAla perumal nAyanar, 
a scholar of all sastras and a disciple of ThiruvAimozhi pillai, doing guru 
kula vAsam under pillai, came and prostrated the acharya.ThiruvAimozhi pillai 
was a jnani(sarvegner). Hence he realized that Azhagiya varadar was a 
shisyAvatAram of Azhagiya manavAla perumal nAyanAr. So he ordered nAyanAr to do 
pancha samskAram to Azhagiya varadar and others. Nayanar remained quiet hearing 
the order of the acharya. He then looked atAzhagiya varadar with eyes filled 
with krupai. On seeing Azhagiya varadarnAyanAr realized that he had divine 
qualities (A-mudalvan evan) and hence showered his special grace on him.

 

NayanAr did pancha samskAram first to Azhagiya Varadar and then to the others. 
Then Azhagiya Varadar and others did danda pranAmam to their acharya, nAyanAr 
and the acharya graced them with his Sree pAda theertham and prasAdam. Nayanar 
then started from his acharya thirumAligai along with his shisyas, azhagiya 
varadar and others to do mangalAsAsanams to alwar. On the way, nAyanAr first 
did mangalAsAsanam to EmperumAnAr, starting with ?SrimAdhavAngri jalajath vaya 
nithya sEvA? and ending with ?RamAnujam yethi pathim pranamAmi moorthnA?. 
NayanAr then showed azhagiya varadar, the divine feet of emperumAnAr but 
azhagiya varadar fell into the feet of nAyAnar (vara vara muni mEva 
chintayenthi), since nAyanAr has always been under the divine feet of 
emperumAnAr (nithyam yatheendra tava divya vapus smrithoumE?vruthyantharEsthu 
vimukam karanathrayancha) azhagiya varadar felt it to be more appropriate to 
fall in his acharya nayanAr?s feet.

 

Azhagiya varadar then did mangalAsAsanam to his acharya, and requested his 
divine grace always on him. (?apakatha madhamAnai: anthimOpAya nishthai: 
athikatha paramArthai: arthakAma anabhEkshai:! Nikila jana suhruthbihi: 
nirjitha krOdha lObhai: vara vara muni brithyair astumE nithya yoga:). They 
then accepted the theertha prasAdam given in the sannadhi and then accepted the 
divine thiruvadi of EmperumAnAr on their heads and with great happinessand 
gratefulness came out in pradakshinam.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


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