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 Meanwhile, the king of kerala heard about the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer swamigal and wanted to have darshan of this great mahan. He came to vanamamalai, bathed in the sacred tank ?settru thAmarai?(which has been praised as, ?rAjabhAvA vahEchuna:?,?bhukthi mukthi pradhE? etc), finished his anushtanams and with clear mind and body proceeded towards devanAthan sannadhi. He submitted to emperuman all the valuable stone studded jewels and grand vastrams he has got. He ordered to make special prasadams(thaligai- akkAravadisil and many others) and with great love submitted to theemperuman. Later he proceeded to have darshan of the jeeyar with great enthusiasm. Ashe entered the doorsteps of the mutt, he was awestricken by the divine glory of the jeeyar filled with atmost jnanam, wearing dvadasa pundram all over his body, beautified by the yagnOpaveetham, thulasi mAla, nalinAksha mAlaand various thirupavithra malas. The thirumugam(divine face) of the jeeyer was like a lotus flower and his eyes like the petals of the flower. Witha beautiful shikai adding to the beauty of his back the jeeyer was seated on a koormAsanam. With all grace, the jeeyer was delivering bhagavat vishayam to all the srivaishnavas in front of him. The king out of great respect fell down on the same place and did danda pranAmams to the great mahan. The king went to the state of ecstasy, considering his bhakyam to have obtained this opportunity to have the darshan of such a great acharya in his lifetime. To show his joy he submitted some wealth and a few villages to themutt, to be used for nithya dhadhiyArAdhanam. The king then requested Jeeyer swamy to present him with sreepAda theerthamand prasAda sEsham, to purify his soul. Since the king didn?t have any sambandham(relation) with the mutt, Jeeyer hesitated but on the request of all the srivaishnavas collected over there to shower his grace on the king,jeeyer blessed the king with the same. Accepting with atmost pleasure, the king submitted all the responsibilities of the deivanAyaka perumal templeadministration, along with the villages and all the properties of the temple under the incharge of vanamamalai jeeyer and returned back to his own place with mental peace. SOME KAINKARYAMS OF THE JEEYER SWAMIGAL: 1. Construction of the udaiyavar sannadhi; 2. Renovation of the vanamamalai vimAnam which was in a very bad state; 3. Construction of the artha mandapam; Along with all these kainkaryams, Jeeyer also took care of the vanamamalai temple administration just like udaiyavar?s administration of the periya koil. He also took care of the nithya dhadhiyArAdhanam at the vanamamalai mutt. Though very busy with all these kainkaryams his mind was always in the thought of his acharya and he very badly wanted to go and do nithya kainkaryam to nayanAr. Deciding to go for the same to thirunagari, he appointed one srivaishnava to be incharge of dhadhiyArAdhanam in the mutt and srikAryams in the temple. At the same time????. (To be continued) Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai Sumithra Varadarajan --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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