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

Adding to the kainkaryams in vanamamalai, ponnadikkAl Jeeyer swamy also made and submitted a crown and other jewels (thiruvAbharanams) for thirukurungudi nambi, renovated the madhis (walls) and gopurams over there and also built a kaisikOtsava mahA mandapam and many other mandapams as part of his kainkaryams in thirukurungudi.  Swamy thereby stayed with the kainkarya sri.

 At that time, one-day swamy bathed in settruthAmarai and finished his anushtanams when one of swamy’s shisyas chinniammAl came and payed homage to swamy’s divine feet.  Swamy enquired her about her whereabouts as a series of questions.  For which chinniammAl answered as follows (the dialogue shows how great a srivaishnavite she was):

 Oh lady! Which is your

 Country:             Thiruvazhudhi nAdu (place of nammazhvar)

Houuse:                PandudaiyAn veedu (or pandE adimaiyAgakkonda eraivan veedu, paramapadam)

Kulam:                Achchudha kulam

VEdam:             Dravida vEdam (thiruvAimozhi)

Sootram:           Ramanuja sootram

KArigai:             ParakAla kArigai (parakAlan is thirumangai mannan)

Kudi:                 Anju kudi (andai is praised as ‘anju kudikku oru santhadhiyAi’)

Friiends:            Athma bandhus (those who are not physically related to us but mentally related)

Relation:           One who knows to join

Relatives:         uttradhum vumadiyAr (those who do service to the servants of lord)

Father:             DeivanAyakan

Mother:            Srivaramangai Nachiyar

Inlawsplace:    VanamAmalai

Hussband:        Varamangai muni (samAsrayanam is equal to marriage between the shisya and acharya)

Fatther-in-law: kAnthOpayanthA (Sri Manavala mAmunigal)

Jobb:                 bhAgavata kainkaryam

Payyment:        The job itself is a payment (svayamprayOjanam)

Eliigibility:        sarvAdhikAram (have the right to do all types of kainkaryams)

Nisshtai:           panchamOpAya nishtai (Acharya pratipaththi)

UpAAyam:        charmOpAyam (last among the 5 upayas viz., karma, jnana, bhakthi, prapaththi and acharya bhakthi)

AbhhimAnam:  BhAgavatAbhimAnam

Praayer:            kainkarya prarthanai

&nbbsp;Highly pleased with the great intelligence and devotion of the lady, swamy blessed her with the divine abode of emperuman.

&nbbsp;(To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan