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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

                                       VANAMAMALAI SWAMI’S DINACHARYA (DAILY ROUTINE)-1

1.                    Swamy got up early in the morning with the recitation of the vakhya guruparamparai starting with “asmath gurubhyO namaha” and surrendered to the divine feet of all the acharyas.  Swamy then meditated on the divine meanings of the rahasya trayams (which gave a clear knowledge about the atmasvaroopam, yAdhathmya Jnanam) followed by the archirAdhi gathi starting with “sathsangAth” and finally the parasvaroopam.  Following this swamy meditated on the vyuha moorthis, vasudeva-sankarshana-pradhyumna and aniruddha and fell under the divine feet of the bhagavan.  Following this his thoughts flowed towards the vibhava and antaryAmi roopams followed by the archA roopam.  Finally swamy meditated on the Acharya svaroopam.

2.                    Then reciting starting with “sristanabharanatheja:” swamy did his snanam (bath) in the vushat kAlam meditating on his acharya, wore his thirumankAppu and with the same thought then went to the sannadhi of aranganagarappan, did the appropriate pooja (thiruvArAdhanam), prostrated the emperuman and offered food to perumal and then accepted perumAl’s sreepAdha theertham (holy water obtained as a prasadam after washing the divine feet of perumal).  After that swamy sat in front of the sannadhi and blessed all the interested souls with pancha samskAram and showered his grace on all of them.

3.                    After this, swamy as per periya Jeeyer’s anushtanam, started with number of shisyas towards deivanAyakan sannadhi.  Starting with “Devi Godha” swamy did mangalAsAsanam to all sannadhi’s including that of Sri Manavala mamunigal, emperumAnAr and other azhvars and then proceeded inside and had divine darshan of srivaramangai and deivanAyakan.  Swamy then did mangalAsAsanam to vanamamalai perumal, who is considered as the first among the Ekadasa moorthis.

4.                     After this swamy returned back to the mutt and took the seat of his acharya (considering himself to be the divine feet of his acharya, mamunigal) delivered excellent kalashepams (“vyAkhyAyasya vidhaktha soori parishath chiththApahara kshamA”).  Swamy had a great talent in expressing the bhagavat vishayam along with the saptharasam (intricacies of sound), Artha rasam (indepth meaning) and bhAva rasam (sentiments and emotions) in a manner that even ignorant and the uneducated people can easily understand and enjoy.  Swamy’s talent was so great that even the birds which lived near the mutt used to talk among themselves as follows:  “Sriman Narayana is the paratvam, as per all Vedas and sastras; Brahma and all other devas are seshas (under the control) of Sriman narayana”

 Let us leave swamy to do kalashepam with all his excellency now and continue his daily routine in the next posting.

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan