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  BRINDARANYA NIVASAYA BALARAMANUJAYACHA RUKMINI PRANANADHAYA PARTHASOODHAYA MANGALAM

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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 muni

                                                          RamyajAmatru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

                                                          thathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

Days passed and periya Jeeyer wanted to have darshan of alwar.  At the same time, one note from senai mudaliyar, as a representative of vanamalalai perumal came, stating the necessity of vanamamalai jeeyer in the temple srikAryam (kainkaryam) in vanamamalai.  Accepting it with due regards, periya Jeeyer ordered vanamamalai Jeeyer to follow the same.

 Periya Jeeyer, along with Vanamamalai Jeeyer went to get the permission of periya perumAl.  It was a daily routine practice of Periya Jeeyer to recite 100 paasurams from Nalayira divya prabhandam and even that day he was doing the same anusandhAnam and when he came in front of periya perumal the sattrumurai paasuram happened to be, “aniyAr pozhil soozh aranganagarappa”.  Periya perumal highly pleased, wanting to make Periya Jeeyer also happy uttered the following through the mouth of the archakar, after carrying the lakshmi nArayana vigraham in bhoopAlarAyam in his hand.  “JeeyA! I am aranganagarappan; I will come as thiruvArAdhanam for you and your acharya” and then handed over the vigraham to vanamamalai Jeeyer.

 Originally aranganagarappan (Periya Perumal) came out from ksheerApthi due to the prarthana of chaturmuka brahma, from the divine feet of ksheerApthi nAdhan and hence called svayamvyakhtha roopam.  Similarly this aranganagarappan gifted to vanamamalai Jeeyer also appeared from the divine feet of periya perumal and has the strength and authority as declared by perumal himself by his words through the archaka and hence can also be called svayamvyakhtha vigraham.  Vanamamalai Jeeyer accepted the vigraham with great pleasure and looked into the graceful thirumugam of his acharya and uttered, “periyOrkku AtpattAl perAdha payanum perumAru” (If we surrender to elders and great mahans what is that we cannot obtain?).  Then perumal blessed them with thirumAlai, theertham, sandhanam, srisadagopan, prasadam and other honors.  Then perumal called uththama nambi (arulapAdittu) and ordered him to leave the jeeyers with all the appropriate respectful honors in their mutt.

 Uththama nimbi, similarly followed perumal’s orders and with chatra sAmaram and all type of divine instruments (ashtAdasa vAdhyams) and also with loudly saying the praises of the jeeyers, accompanied them and aranganagarappan to the mutt.  From that day, vanamamalai rAmAnuja jeeyer received all glory and remained with fame along with his shisya, the astadiggajas.

 Getting the permission of Periya Perumal to go to have darshan of alwar, Periya Jeeyer started his journey along with vanamamalai Jeeyer, who was like a shadow to his acharya.  Like the sun traveling around the world carrying its brightness and spreading light through its rays, the acharya and shisya proceeded their journey towards thirunagari along with doing mangalAsAsanams to all the divya dEsams on the way.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan