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THIRUVALLIKENI KANDENE
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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 Srirangam, VanamAmalai Jeeyer bathed in the sacred kaveri river (“gangaiyil punithamAya kaviri”), changed clothes adorned himself with the dvadasa urdhva pundrams and finished his anushtanams. Meanwhile, periya perumal sent uththama nambi, along with his “uduththukalaintha peedhaga vAdhai”, vanamAlai, abhaya hastham and other honors accompanied by many Srivaishnavas and chatra samara respects and sound of divine instruments, to welcome Jeeyer. Seeing
the whole lot of Srivaishnavas, vanamamalai Jeeyer wondered if they were adiyars
of ranganatha or the nithya sooris themselves.
Immediately alwar’s paasuram, “van ponnip pErAru pOl varum kannaneer
kondu arangan kOil thirumuttram sEru sei thondar sEvadi chEru en sennikku
anivanE” flashed in Jeeyer’s memory and getting deeply involved with the
divine arthas of the paasuram fell down to prostrate and show his due regards to
the crowd of Srivaishnavas. The
Srivaishnavas happily submitted to swamy all the honors sent by namperumal and
swamy accepting the same and entered Srirangam.
Swamy enjoyed the divine beauty of the beautiful gardens, mAda veedhis,
palaces and gopurams as per the anubhavams of the alwars about this great divya
desam and finally reached the mutt of his beloved acharya, Sri manavala
mAmunigal. At
the entrance swamy did sAshtAnga pranAmam and then went inside to do
mangalAsAsanam. Swamy prostrated
once again in front of the thirumalai-Azhvar (the place in which periya jeeyer
used to sit and deliver kalashepam). Swamy
then glanced at the picture, which he himself has installed during the
renovation of the mutt. The
picture, which got to memory the divine exotic beauty of the thirumEni (physic)
of Sri Periya Jeeyer swamy. Swamy
enjoyed and expressed his anubhavam in sweet words to the shisyas near him.
Swamy’s memory ran to the sweet old days, which he spent, in the very
same mutt along with his acharya. Then,
imagining his acharya to go in front, swamy followed him to the nanmuga gopura
vAsal and did mangalAsAsanam as before starting with “devi godhA” to Sri
andal and then to udaiyavar and azhvar and then proceeded to ranganAchiyAr
sannadhi. As
per the verse, “rakshakAm sAparAdhanam AhEduka krupA mayeem I
parathanthram param pathyu: anyAm seiva vallabhAm” thAyar remained with
her divine grace showering mercy irrespective of anyone’s umpteen number of
mistakes. Having darshan of the
divine mother, swamy did mangalAsAsanam starting with “ullAsa pallavidha”
and ended with “sriranga raja mahisheem sriyamAsrayAma:” and stood reciting
the strotras of the poorvAcharyas when Sri ranganAyaki thAyar said, “Oh!
Jeeyer! You being very close to periya perumal’s heart is very close to me
too”. Then
with great pleasure thAyar blessed Jeeyer with her thiruparivattam, thirumAlai
and other honors. Accepting them
Jeeyer then proceeded towards the chandra pushkarini, payed his homage to the
divine theertham and proceeded inside. Swamy
then had the darshan of ranga vimAnam and senai mudaliyAr and further proceeded
towards the dvajasthambham when namperumal as a welcoming note sent his
Srisadagopan through the adiyars to swamy.
Swamy accepted the same with due regards and then went inside.
After taking the permission of the dvarapAlakars swamy went into the
sannadhi and mesmerized by the beauty of the divine thirumEni of periya perumal
stood inbetween the two divine pillars (thirumana thoongal). (To
be continued) Alwar
EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
Ramanuja dasyai Sumithra
Varadarajan
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