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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 Amidst
the loud reverberating voice of the disciples saying his praises, swamy
proceeded furthur south towards varnasi. On
the way, they met many dvaithis and mAyAvAdhees, objecting the praises said to
swamy loudly by the disciples. They
called swamy to a debate. Swamy
like a mighty elephant won over all of them and victoriously converted all of
them to ramanuja sampradayam. Astonished
by swami’s talent to win over anyone who came opposing him and the way swamy
proceeded spreading ramanuja darshanam in all places, where he placed his divine
feet, the shisyas, with great love towards their acharya, did mangalAsAsanam, to
prevent any evil eyes from affecting swamy, “thandivarum
sAkkiyar vAi thagarththavanE pallAndu mandivarum
vAdiyarai vadaiththavanE pallAndu manavAla
muni kazhal sEr varadhanE pallAndu endhisaiyum
paravu kazhal eraiyavanE pallAndu elagu
pugazh erAmAnusa muniyE pallAndu pallAndu” Then swamy further proceeded south towards srirangam. All through the way, many people were attracted towards the charm and talent of swamy and surrendered to his divine feet mesmerized by the vaibhavams of swamy and submitted a lot of offerings infront of swamy. Swamy showered his grace and blessings to all of them and accepted the offerings keeping in mind the need for renovation of vanamAmalai temple vimAnam, mandapam, Gopuram, and prAkAram. Swamy continued his journey and reached thirumalai. By this time, it has been a year since swamy left srirangam as per the order of his acharya, Sri manavala mamunigal. In thirumalai, swamy came to know of the sad news about the paramapada prApthi of his beloved acharya, Sri manavala mAmunigal. Swamy was struck by absolute sorrow. The agony swamy underwent hearing the news cannot be explained by words. Slowly he consoled himself, reached thirumalaiappan sannadhi, and along with all the jeeyers and srivaishnavas there did the appropriate thiruvadhyayana rituals, which a shisya is destined to do to his acharya. Then swamy stood in front of thiruvEnkatamudaiyan requesting him to grant him permission to return back to vanamamalai. AlarmEl
mangai urai mArban (the lord who has the goddess, who sits on a lotus flower, in
his chest), srinivasan wanted to honor vanamamalai jeeyer greatly.
Srinivasa was in a short thought, when he realized that Jeeyer has
already be fully graced by periya perumal and periya Jeeyer and has been
bestowed with the riches of the ubhaya vibhoothi which is the two wealth
bhagavan possesses. So he told
vanamamalai Jeeyer, “Oh! Jeeyer! You have been already blessed fully by me
in thiruvarangam and also by our Jeeyer and hence you remain a poornar (complete
personality). You are an avatar as
par with manavala mamunigal, so stay at the end of the guru paramparai and
remain as a head to all the acharyas who are yet to follow you.
You now go and stay in vanamamalai for the benefit for one and all.” Thereby with the warm blessings of thiruvEnkata mudaiyan swamy proceeded along with his ashtadiggajas towards kOil (Srirangam). On reaching the entrance of the mutt swamy prostrated fully with heavy heart. On entering inside, swamy totally lost himself and sorrow engulfed him to see the silent mutt without his acharya, Sri mAmunigal’s divine presence. Swamy rolled over the floor and expressed his sorrow while the others lifted swamy and consoled him. Slowly gaining his composure, swamy then stayed there for some more days when Jeeyer nAyanar at the mutt told swamy about the last instructions of the mAmunigal……… (To
be continued) Alwar
EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
Ramanuja dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan
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