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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

Today being a special day, being celebrated as the thirunakshatram(kanni 
punarvasu) of ponnadikkAl jeeyer in all the vanamamalai mutts in India 
(tomorrow in America) let us all think about the great mahan, pay tributes to 
himand learn how Vanamamalai Ramanuja jeeyer became ponnadikkAl Jeeyer in this 
posting.

In the previous posting we saw that vanamamalai jeeyer swamy, submitting his 
responsibilities to one another srivaishnava planned to go to alwar thirunagari 
to do service under the divine feet of his acharya, nAyanAr. At thevery same 
time, nAyanar sent a srivaishnava to fetch Jeeyer swamy for someimportant work. 
Thereby jeeyer started immediately and reached, ?mAda mAligai soozhindhu 
azhagiya thirukurugoor? and did sAshtAnga danda pranAmams to his acharya, 
nAyanar who remained with divine excellence. After a long time, jeeyer had the 
darshan of his acharya and hence he with great joy enjoyed the divine thirumEni 
from bottom to top (pAdhAdhi kEsam) trying to nullify all his grief due to 
separation all these days. NayanAr was also highly pleased to see Jeeyer and 
with great love he lifted jeeyer and lookedat him with eyes filled with grace.

Nayanar welcomed jeeyer like a mother/father welcoming their son returning home 
after many days and then uttered the words ?NAM PONNADI ANEERO PONNADIKKAL 
JEEYARE!? and thereby blessed vanamamalai jeeyer swami with the name 
?ponnadikkAl Jeeyer?. NayanAr then enquired about the kainkaryams in 
DeivanAyakan sannadhi. With the graceful look nAyanar then told to Jeeyer, ?Oh! 
Jeeyer I planned to take up sanyasa and then grant you the same. But then you 
opted it even before me so I lost the good fortune?. Jeeyer then fell into the 
feet of his acharya and requested him to bless him with his sreepAda theertham. 
Nayanar blessed him with the same and jeeyer took it with great regard and also 
distributed to all the srivaishnavas over there.

Nayanar then got ready to start the thiruvArAdhanam to perumal and went to the 
yagasAlai (perumal sannadhi). After the yAgam (thiruvArAdhanam) nAyanar took 
Jeeyer along with him to anuyAgam (dhadhiyArAdhanam). Jeeyer requested nAyanAr 
to bless him with his prasAdam and obtained the same. Then theother 
Srivaishnavas had prasAdam. Following this, nAyanAr started with his kalashepam 
on thiruvAimozhi. By bhagavat krupai, that days paasuram happened to be ?nOttra 
nOnbillEn? (Nammazhvar?s first sharanAgathi under the divine feet of 
vanamamalai deivanAyaka perumal). Jeeyer immensely enjoyed the divine nectar of 
the thiruvAimozhi paasuram as delivered by his Acharya (eettu perukkar). At the 
end, nAyanAr told the Srivaishnavas in fronthim about the greatness of 
vanamamalai jeeyer swamy, his jnana, bhakthi and virakhyam and completed the 
kalashepam.

Later, nAyanar decided to go to Srirangam (?SubEna manasA dyAyan?) and stay 
over there for rest of his life doing kainkaryam under the divine feetof lord 
ranganatha, considered to be the soul for all srivaishnavas. Thereby nAyanAr 
went to take the permission of alwar to do the same. Getting alwar?s 
permission, nAyanAr along with ponnadikkAl Jeeyer proceeded towards srirangam 
(?emperumAn thiruvarangam engE ennum?). In the middle, wanting to have the 
divine darshan of Rangamannar (?villiputtur vuraivAn than ponnadi kAnbhadhOr 
AsaiyinAl?) they went to Srivilliputtur.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

P.S: On this special day let us all join to sing the vazhi thirunAmam of 
PonnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy,

"thiruvirundha malar thAlgal vAzhiyE!
sirandha sendhuvarAdhaiyum vAzhiyE!
tharuviruntha kai mukkOlum vAzhiyE!
thadam puyaththinil sanghAzhi vAzhiyE!
maruvukondal manavAla yOgiyai vAzhththi
vAintharul vAimalar vAzhiyE!
karunai mEvum rAmAnusa muni kanaga mouli
kalandhoozhi vAzhiyE!"



 



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