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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

Meanwhile Aththan, who was both a great mahAthmA and jedhEndriya (one who has good control over his senses) heard about the greatness of VanamAmalai Jeeyer swamy came and surrendered to the divine feet of Jeeyer and considered that as his good fortune, and that his Athmasvaroopam has attained its benefit (“Athmasvaroopam saththai pettradhu”).  He heard bhagavat vishayam from Jeeyer swamy and obtained the required jnanam.  From then on he was famously called as “Jnanak kan AththAn”.

 Then, Ghostipuraththayar, one another great mahan born in the family of thirukkOshtiyur nambi, joined the ghosti of Vanamamalai swamy and surrendered to jeeyer swamy and remained as his close shisya.

 Next, pallakAl siththar surrendered to Vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy mesmerized by the jnana, bhakthi, vairakhyam and other kalyana gunas of swamy.

 Periya Jeeyer has always wanted Vanamamalai Jeeyer to have all the fame and fortune he possessed.  So now periya Jeeyer decided to bless Vanamamalai swamy also with ashtadiggajAs similar to his great ashtadiggajAs.  Thereby, he appointed the following ashtadiggajAs to Vanamamalai swamy:

1. mahAryar
2. saramapungavar
3. Suddha sathvam anna
4. appAchiyAr anna
5. rAmAnujam pillai
6. ghostipuraththayar
7. pallakkAl siththar
8. Jnana kan-AththAn.

 Then, Periya Jeeyer also allotted the appropriate kainkaryams to each one of them.  From then on, Vanamamalai ponnadikkAl swamy remained with great fame along with his ashtadiggajAs, as a krupApAthram of periya Jeeyer.  One day all of them where having their divine anubhavams in the periya Jeeyer ghosti, when Periya Jeeyer glanced at mahAchAryar and ordered him to say something on his acharya which would stay, telling his acharya’s greatness for ever.  Hearing such an order from periya Jeeyer, mahAryar concentrated on the divine qualities of his acharya and loosing himself in the ocean of his acharya’s qualities submitted the following to his acharya’s divine feet:

 RamyajAmAtru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

ThathAyath thAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

 Listening to the above, Periya Jeeyer was astonished.  He felt that the verse not only got out the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer but it was also both sweet and intellectual to the ears of the listener and hence very admirable.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan