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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 the way of the long journey, thiruvenkata Jeeyer, anantAzhvan and others involved in a deep discussion about the greatness of vanamamalai swamy as follows:

 “Janaka, found piratti in his yaga shAla.  He cared and brought up the child as his daughter and was immensely happy to give her in marriage to rAma piran.  Vishnuchithar (“meimai peruvArthai ketturuppar”) found goda piratti under a tulasi plant in his garden.  He brought up the child with great love and affection and gave in marriage to perumal with great joy.  But janakan, king of mithilai, father of sita piratti or vidarpa raja, father of rukmani piratti or periyAzhvar, father of soodhikkoduththa nAchiyar will never equal the greatness of our swamy. 

 Why because, janakan considered sita piratti has his daughter and when perumal himself (“rAmam sathya parAkramam) came and asked him to give her in marriage to him, Janaka didn’t do it immediately but stubbornly said, “veerya sulkEthi bhagavan nathathAmi sudha maham l thEsham jignAsamAnA nAm veeryam thanarupAhrutham ll” and accepted for marriage only after perumal satisfied his veerya sulkam (test for bravery) by breaking the siva dhanush.  So janaka was more concerned with his own promises even in front of perumal.

 In case of vidharpa raja though he knew that rukmani was in deep love with Krishna paramatma (“sruthvAN gunAn bhuvanasundara srunvathAm thE nirvichya karnavivarair hara thonga thApam l Roopam thrushAm thruchinmathA mahilAthma lAbham tvai achchutavi sadhA chitthA mapathrapam mE ll”) and that only the two suite each other and inspite of all the other relatives and friends voting for the marriage, he listened to his beloved son rukmi and arranged for rukmani’s marriage with sisupala .

 Periazhvar, though being well versed in all sastras considered piratti to be his daughter and hence had a doubt if perumal will accept her and with a abhimAnam that she is his daughter gave her in marriage to perumal.

 In all the above cases each one considered piratti to be their daughter but in the case of our swamy, piratti who was found in thirumalai, considered him to be her father and climbed over his lap in his dream, called him as her father and requested him to take her along with him to vanamamalai and do her wedding with deivanayaka perumal.  Can janaka or vidarpa king or periAzhvar be considered anywhere near swamy’s greatness?

 In this way, they enjoyed exchanging views among themselves praising the divinity of vanamamalai swamy and at one point taking leave of swamy and nachiyar returned back to their places.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan