THIRUVALLIKENI KANDENE   

  BRINDARANYA NIVASAYA BALARAMANUJAYACHA RUKMINI PRANANADHAYA PARTHASOODHAYA MANGALAM

                      THIS SITE IS SUBMITTED TO THE HOLY FEET OF SHREE PARTHASARATHI EMPERUMAN

                                                                              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 muni

                                                          RamyajAmatru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

                                                          thathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

Hearing swamy’s welcoming note, all of them prostrated fully into swamy’s feet and recited panchAdhees like “nakarmana” and “vEdhAhamEtham” and submitted all the offerings they have got to swamy.  Swamy accepted them and went inside followed by the crowd of vAdhoolas and sat in his seat.  Then swamy gave a brief lecture on “poliga poliga” thiruvAimozhi padhigam and thiruppallAndu.  Swamy then blessed them all to become good srivaishnavas and spend their time in mangalAsAsanams.

 Then annan requested swamy to permit Vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy to do samasrayanam to him.  Periya Jeeyer stood up from his seat and went to a secret place and called annan to that place through vanamamalai Jeeyer.  Then swamy asked annan, “Don’t you belong to a great kulam and are you not in a position to become the kulaguru of many? Then why this request?”  Annan replied, “ Please swamy don’t say like that” and apologized for his earlier acts and explained to swamy about his dream and devaperumal’s orders.

 Swamy with a smile then said, “Ok.  Now there are a few more who belong to EyAn’s clan who haven’t change their mind yet.  They have been opposing us for quite sometime and now perumal will change them too like he did for you and so along with all of them after three days, the fourth day from today, all of you will get samAsrayanam”.  Happy with swamy’s assurance all of them received the prasadams and returned back to their places.

 Then dEvaperumAl appeared in the dream of Annan’s cousin, varadAryar and ordered him as follows: “Go immediately to kOil and surrender under the feet of vanamamalai Jeeyer, who is like a shadow (padharEkhA) of ramyajAmAthru yOgeendrar and who is fully involved in service to his acharya and hence very close to his acharya’s heart, and get uplifted.”   Surprised by the dream but unable to neglect it, varadArya started towards kOil (Srirangam).  He met annan and others and told them his dream.  They inturn told him about their dream.

 Similarly periya perumal also changed a few others by declaring in their dreams, “ I, who has taken archAroopam have now taken Acharyaroopam also.  So you all according to the verse, “Acharyam mAm vijAneeyAth bhava bhandha vimOchakam” surrender with due regards into jeeyer’s feet and get uplifted”.  Considering this to be their prime duty all of them followed annan to Periya Jeeyer’s mutt.  Annan, took them all to swamy and requested swamy saying, “The day marked by devarir has come and all those who remained egoist till today have been changed by bhagavat krupai (perumal’s words in their dreams) and have now joined this ghosti.  Now we all beg devarir to please shower your grace on all of us.”

 Pleased with the request, Periya Jeeyer ordered Vanamamalai Jeeyer to make necessary preparations for the samskAram (ritual) and proceeded to do thiruvArAdhanam  After thiruvArAdhanam, swamy sat himself in front of the sannadhi and called everyone interested in undergoing samAsrayanam.

“chakrAdhi dhAranam pumsAm parasambhandha vEdhanam I pathivrathA nimitham hi valyAdhi vibhooshanam II”

 Let us take part in the Acharya samAsrayanam of the vadhoolas and others in the next posting.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan