THIRUVALLIKENI KANDENE   

  BRINDARANYA NIVASAYA BALARAMANUJAYACHA RUKMINI PRANANADHAYA PARTHASOODHAYA MANGALAM

                      THIS SITE IS SUBMITTED TO THE HOLY FEET OF SHREE PARTHASARATHI EMPERUMAN

                                                                             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

Swamy and others then proceeded towards thirumalai.  First they had darshan of the govindaraja perumal at the foothills of thirumalai.  Swamy did mangalasasanam to emperumAnAr (who was responsible for consecrating govindaraja perumal in that sannadhi) and then did mangalAsAsanam to emperuman, along with the recitation of the paasuram “kayinAr surisanganalAzhiyar”.  Then all of them proceeded to have darshan of nammAzhvar and the other azhvars at the foothills of thirumalai and stayed that night over there.  Swamy showered his grace to many during his stay.

 Next day, swamy bathed, finished his anushtAnams, prostrated the thiruvEnkata hill, which stays like a lighthouse to the agnAni’s (ignorant people) of this world to reach emperuman’s divine feet (“thiladha ulagukkAi nindra thiruvEnkatam”).  Swamy then climbed the thirumalai which was like climbing steps to vaikundam and after having the darshan of kAttusingar proceeded climbing enjoying each and everything in the divine thirumalai (“malugandha oor” “nan mani vannanoor”).  On reaching the top, swamy was reminded of the paasuram “kannan vinnOr thozhavE”, emperuman kannan stands there where even the nithya sooris come to worship him.

 At that time, thiruvEnkata periya Jeeyer and other Ekanki srivaishanavas from the perumal sannadhi, submitted the news of arrival of periya jeeyer in perumal sannadhi and according to the order of thiruvEnkatamudaiyan rushed to welcome swamy with perumal’s thiruparivattam, thirumAlai and other honors, in a usual manner along with number of srivaishnavas holding chatra sAmaram and amidst the sound of divine instruments.  Swamy on seeing the crowd of srivaishnavas immediately did danda pranAmam to them considering them to be nithya sooris who have been blessed to live in thirumalai as per the paasuram, “emperumAn pon malai mEl AdhEnu mAvEnE”.  The Srivaishnavas honored swamy with thirumAlai, thiruparivattam and prasadams which swamy accepted with due regards and proceeded inside; prostrating the vaikunda thiruvAsal and avAvara soozhthAn vAsal went in pradakshinam towards the kOneri.  After taking a divine dip in the holy water, swamy visited the thirunandavanam (garden) of Sri ananthAzhvan named ‘rAmAnusan’ after his acharya, Sri ramanuja.

 Then swamy had the darshan of jnanapiran and further with the recitation of the paasurams “oonEru selvaththu” entered the temple, prostrated infront of the dvajasthambham, had the darshan of azhagiya manavala thirumandapam (in which namperumal stayed during the muslim invasion ) and then further proceeded to have darshan of various sannadhis in order.

 Swamy had darshan of aththAni puli, Sri bali pedam, the flower mandapam called as yamunai thuraivan, senpaka thiruvAsal, periya thiruvadi, thirumadappaLLi, thirumAmani mandapam and divya vimAnam, senai mudaliyAr, and then after getting the permission from emperumAnAr proceeded towards the thiruvEnkata mudaiyAN sannadhi.  Swamy stood in the ‘vendru mAlai yittAn mandapam’ and then had darshan of “vidaintha vEzh marangalum adanga veidhu vEnkatamadaidha mAl “ Sri chakravarthi thirumagan and then finally reached near the kulasekaran padi (step) and did mangalAsAsanam to emperuman starting with “agalagillEn” and ended with “adikkeezh amarindhu pugundhEnE”

 Having darshan of perumal from bottom to top (pAdhadhikEshAntham) swamy said pallAndu to perumal and finally ended with the mangalam, “mangalam mAnushE lOkE vaikunda mathidhistathE I sesha saila nivAsAya srinivAsAya mangalam II” Pleased with swamy perumal presented him with all honors and showered his full grace and blessings on swamy which swamy accepted with a lot of gratefulness and love and came outside.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan