THIRUVALLIKENI KANDENE   

  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 kancheepuram, swamy had darshan of all the sannadhis in order as per the following sloka :

 “SrimathdvAravaram mahathhi palipeetAkrayam panEndrahrudham gopeenAmramanam varAhavabhusham Sri bhattanAtham thathA I Srimantham satavarinam kaliripum Sri bhakthisAram munim poornam lakshmana yOginam munivarA nAthyanatha dvAdhasamII

Sriman majjanamanthapam sarasijam hedeesa bhOgeeshvarou rAmam neelamanim mahAnasavaram dhArshyam nrusimham prabhum I SEnAnyam karipoodharam thathu pari sri punya kotim thatha thanmathyE varadham ramA sahasaram vandhE thatheeyair vrutham II

kamala nivEsi thAngri kamalam kamalAramanam kanamani bhooshana tyudhi kadharitha kAthrusim I Abhaya katha sudarshana saroruhacArukaram karisi karisEkaram kimapi chEdasi mE nidhathE II”

 The above sloka excellently shows the order of sannadhis located in the temple, most of which is seen even today in varadaraja perumal koil, kanchi (bali peetam, lord venugopala, lord gnyAna piran, sri bhattarpiran, sri saTakOpa, sri kali kandri-thirumangai Azhvar, thirumazhisai piran, periya nambi, emperumAnAr, mudhal azhvars, mudali’s guarding the entrance, abhisheka mantapam, perundEvi thAyAr, thiruvAzhiAzhvan, thiruananthAhzhvan, chakravarthi thirumagan, kariya mAnikka varadar, thirumadap palli, periya thiruvadi, azhagiya singar, senai mudaliyar after darshan of all of them infront of us appears the thiru-aththi malai on which stays the lord varadaraja along with his consorts Sridevi and bhoodevi under the divine punyakoti vimAnam and along with all his divya ayudhas in his hands.)

 In this way swamy had the darshan of all the sannadhis and came infront of devarajan and did mangalasasanam to perumal as follows,”mangalam vEdhasE vEdhi mEthi nEgruha mEthinE I VaradhAya dayA dhAmnE thirOdhAya mangalam”.

 DevAdhirajan highly pleased called swamy with arulappAdu and bestowed his theertham, thirumAlai, thiruparivattam, srisadagopan and other prasadams to swamy.  Accepting the same with due regards swamy proceeded to the mutt and staying there continued his mangalasasanam to devaperumal for three more days.  Then swamy started his journey towards thirumalai to do mangalasasanam to thiruvEnkatamudaiyAn.  But on the way, some chaturthAcharyas from erumbi came to know about swamy’s visit and hence came to swamy and after paying their due respects requested swamy to visit erumbi.

 Swamy accepted their invitation and gave them the bhakyam of doing various kainkaryams to swamy.  They finally requested swamy to grace them with the divine rahasya arthas and bhagavat vishayam.  Swamy accepted and delivered the divine arthas in front of suddha satvam anna and others who requested for the same along with pOllipAkkam nayanAr and others (the chaturthAcharyas) and koil annan and others who have accompanied swamy from srirangam.  Swamy thereby completed the rahasya artha kAlashepam followed by the bhagavat vishaya kalashepam by which time a year has passed since swamy came to erumbi.

 Then swamy went along with all of them to thirukkadigai (‘neel sOlai vanpoonkatigai) to have the darshan of thakkAn and the akkArakkani emperuman on top of the hill (‘katigai thadankundrinmEl nindra akkArakani’).  There, swamy stayed for three days and did mangalasasanam to the emperuman.  Then swamy proceeded towards thirumalai.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan