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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

On reaching vanamAmalai, Jeeyer swamy consecrated his acharya, mAmunigal’s vigraham in the mutt and like bharatAzhvan who ruled ayodhya as a parathantran to chakravarthi thirumagan, considering Sri rAma pAdhuka to be the king and himself to be its dasa, Vanamamalai Jeeyer also did all the kainkaryams considering himself to be a parathantran (slave) of his acharya.  Before starting with any kainkaryam, vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy took the permission of his acharya and then only proceeded to do the same.  In this way, Jeeyer swamy continued his kainkaryams in vanamamalai, which gave great pleasure to both deivanAyaka perumal and sreevaramangai nAchiyar and stayed in vanamamalai for a long time.

 Here in Srirangam, Periya Jeeyer’s health started deteriorating and once when he fell ill (nOvu sAttri errundAr), he sent a note to vAnamAmalai swamy with the following verses:

“pArAlum mannAl erAmAnusa Jeeyer, seerArum senai mudaliyAr nAyanAr, ArAdha anbudaiya Aththan arindilarE ennudaiya thunbhamadhai theertharkku thAn” (ramanusa Jeeyer who rules over the world,  Great senai mudaliyAr nAyanar, and the ever loving Aththan doesn’t know how to solve my problem); ‘thAimanam nindru erangi thaniyE nedumAl thunaiyAi pOyina’ (Leaving beside the mother with great sorrow the girl left considering emperuman alone to be her sole refuge)”

 Vanamamalai swamy accepted the letter from periya jeeyer with great regard and immediately started and reached periya jeeyer’s sannadhi and prostrated to swamy’s divine feet.  Slowly Periya Jeeyer started recovering.  But he had a worry in mind.  He felt bad for being unable to travel to various places and spread the ramanuja darshanam to the innocent masses.  Then he decided to appoint vanamamalai swamy for that task for the benefit of the whole world.  He called vanamamalai Jeeyer and uttered the following:

 “Earlier this world was organized and taken in the right path by emperumAnAr, who remained as “pAshanda trimashanda thAvadahanar”.  But now days have changed.  Many kudrishtis and local preachers have confused the masses and have changed tracks.  Mainly in the northern regions people have been totally left in the dark.  So, you on my behalf, travel in the northern direction, impart true knowledge to the ignorant people, bring them to light from darkness by blessing them with pancha samskAram, emperumAnAr sambandham and jnana upadEsam”.

 Telling the above to vanamamalai Jeeyer, Periya Jeeyer wanted to get the consent and blessings of periya perumal also in this issue and hence proceeded towards the perumal sannadhi along with ponadikkAl Jeeyer and submitted his request to perumal.  Perumal pleased with the request of periya Jeeyer showered his grace on vanamamalai Jeeyer and said, “ You are none other than an amsAvatAram of your own acharya.  So, undertake this journey on behalf of your acharya, successfully establish rAmAnuja darsanam in all places and return back with glory”.  After this perumal blessed the acharya and shisya with various honors in order.

 On returning to the mutt, Periya Jeeyer told vanamamali Jeeyer to start his divine yAthra according to perumal’s order and come back successfully.  Vanamamalai Jeeyer considering this to be his great fortune, prostrated under the divine feet of his acharya, manavala mamunigal (“ponnadiyAm senkamalap pOdhugalai unni chiraththAlE theendi”), bid good-bye and along with his disciples (his ashtadiggajas) and many more srivaishnavas started his journey in the northern direction.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan