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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

After deep thinking, azhagiya varadar realized the reason behind his acharyan, 
Sri nAyanar?s words. The reason was azhagiya varadan was still a samsAri and 
along with his duty towards his acharya he had other duties too. So nAyanar 
wanted azhagiya varadar to return back to vanamamalai to take care of his 
parents and other relatives. Thereby realizing his duty but still with deep 
sorrow to get separated from his acharya, azhagiya varadar started his journey. 
But, throughout the journey his thoughts circled around the grace and athma 
gunas of his acharya (elders say, ?pAdhEyam pundareekaksha nAma sankeerthanam? 
but for this shisya everything was only his acharya). With the same thoughts he 
reached sirivaramangala nagar.

He bathed in the sacred tank, ?Settru thAmarai? and completed his anushtAnams 
(daily rituals) and proceeded towards perumal?s sannadhi. He did mangalAsAsanam 
to the emperuman (?thOthAdri nAtham lakshmeesam dEvanAtha mavandhatha?) 
reciting nammazhvar?s paasuram starting with ?nOttra nOnbillEn? and ending with 
?sreevara mangala nagar veetrirundha endhAi?. From then on he started doing 
kainkaryam to deivanAyaka perumal with atmost vairakhyam, ignoring his sareera 
bandhus and involving himself more with the athma bandhus(bhAgavatAs).

Azhagiya varadar started developing hatred towards all the worldly 
affairs,which stood as a hinderence in his acharya kainkaryam, staying along 
with his acharya (?thAyE thandhai endrum thAramE kilai makkal endrum nOyE pattu 
ozhindEn?, laments thirumangai alwar). So he decided to accept the final sacred 
ashrama, the sanyAsAshramA. He submitted his thought under the divine feet of 
the deivanAyaka perumal and requested perumal to release him from this samsAram 
and grant him the dhanda-pavithram and kAshAyam requiredfor him to take up 
sanyasa, regarded as the mokshAshramam.

Emperuman seeing the vairakhyam of azhagiya varadar blessed him with the 
kAshAyam and dhandam and ordered him to have them till he was in this world, 
through the mouth of the archagar. Like a great king of a big empire, 
consulting his queen to crown the prince, DeivanAyakan also consulted his 
piratti, jaganmAthA about making azhagiya varadar, a prince to the empire of 
?Darshana pravarthakam? and crowned him with his parivattam and blessed him 
with the name, ?vanamamalai rAmAnuja Jeeyer?. Giving all his prasAdams, abhaya 
hastam, thirumAlai and Srisadagopam, deivanAyaka emperuman ordered jeeyer 
saying, ?Stay like our rAmanujar in our sannadhi and take care of the temple 
administration and also spread the ramanuja darshanam to one and all?. He then 
blessed the Jeeyer with a golden vessel filled with some prasadam as mAdukaram 
and also ordered for a mutt to be built for the Jeeyer close to the temple.

DeivanAyakan then called all the archakas and other kainkarya paras in his 
sannadhi and ordered them to leave ?vanamamalai rAmanuja jeeyer? in hismutt 
with all respect and to consider Jeeyer, who is close to his heart, as their 
master (acharyan) and get enlightened by his preaching and live following his 
orders. As per perumal?s order, all of them accompanied Jeeyer to his mutt 
along with divine vAdyaghOshams (sound of divine instruments)and other honors. 
After reaching the mutt, they did mangalAsAsanam to Jeeyer, ?rAmAnuja muni 
kanagamouli kalandhoozhi vAzhiyE? and returned after getting the blessings of 
the Jeeyer.

Vanamamalai perumal showered his divine grace on the Jeeyer and putting aside 
the phrase, ?AthmA karmaththOdE pOm; Ishwaran kanneerOdE pOm?, relaxed in his 
seat, relived of his tensions about the jeevatmas. Everyone in the city, 
including ladies, young children and elders prostrated before theJeeyer and 
thanked deivanAyaka perumal, with great happiness for blessing them with such a 
great acharya, who was like a reincarnation of udaiyavar to them.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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