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  

After coming out of the emperumAnAr sanndhi, azhagiya manavAla perumAl nAyanar along with azhigiya varadar and his other shisyas prostrated Thirukachchi nambigal (“DevarAja dayA pathram Sri kAnchi poorna muththamamI RAmAnuja munEr mAnyam vandhEham sanjanAsrayamII).  They then proceeded towards the entrance of the temple, paying their due respects to periya thiruvadi, entered the gopura vAsal, had the darshan of “Ayar thalaivan” and “Sudarshana Alwar”.  As they proceeded inside, they had darshan of the golden dwajasthambham.  Inside they passed through thiruvEngadamudaiyan sannadhi, chakravarthi thirumagan sannadhi and navaneedha Krishnan sannadhi.

Finally they entered the sannadhi of ‘Polindhu nindra pirAn’(“thirithanthAgilum dEva pirAnnudai kariya kOla thiruvuru kAnban nAn”) reciting the verses from thiruvAimozhi which are the mangalAsAsanam done by nammAzhvar to this perumal starting with “onnum dEvum….”  Then they did mangalAsAsanam to jnana piran(“mangalAni prayunjAnA mandham mandham viniryuyu:”) and then to kuruga dEvi, the holy mother filled with ‘kshama’(forgiveness) and krupai(mercy).  She is the same piratti who showed her mercy even on the rakshasis who did utter cruelty to her in ashOkavanam saying, “na kaschit nAparAthyathi”(Apjath kurukAdEveem kurukAnAdha vallabhAm I PoornAkassu ksama jushtAm svapriyAya priyamvadhAm”).

From there they prostrated the dasAvatArAs and then proceeded towards the AdhinAyaki sannadhi and then towards thirupuliAzhvAr.  Then after having the divine darshan of our sampradayam’s important acharya, Sri nathamunigal, who got back the divya prabandhams from nammAzhvar by reciting the kanninun siruthambhu 12000 times, they then proceeded towards the golden dwajastambham of Azhvar.

Like a rising sun, inbetween four beautiful golden pillars, on a golden simhAsanam studded with precious stones, very pleasant to the viewer’s eyes, they had the darshan of one who has been praised by poigai muni and others and who Sri madurakavigal surrendered as his soul master and delivered the divine kanninun siruthambhu, amidst a great crowd of ubhyavEdanthAcharyas, pandits, sastra vithpannAs, those who have shed all their bad qualities (selfishness, anger, greed etc) and those who have a great regard for azhvar and are mumukshus(interested in moksha).  Azhvar, prapana jana kootasthan, sarvaprapyam to all over there, inturn was showering his divine grace with his eyes filled with krupai, like a lotus which has just bloomed but with a gambeeryam like a lion, himself being like a princess in the kingdom of emperumAn, Srivaikundam, wearing a sweet smelling garland (“nAt kamazh magizh mAlai mArbinan”).

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan