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

Meanwhile, the king of kerala heard about the greatness of Vanamamalai Jeeyer swamigal and wanted to have darshan of this great mahan.  He came to vanamamalai, bathed in the sacred tank ‘settru thAmarai’(which has been praised as, “rAjabhAvA vahEchuna:”,”bhukthi mukthi pradhE” etc), finished his anushtanams and with clear mind and body proceeded towards devanAthan sannadhi.  He submitted to emperuman all the valuable stone studded jewels and grand vastrams he has got.  He ordered to make special prasadams(thaligai- akkAravadisil and many others) and with great love submitted to the emperuman.

 Later he proceeded to have darshan of the jeeyar with great enthusiasm.  As he entered the doorsteps of the mutt, he was awestricken by the divine glory of the jeeyar filled with atmost jnanam, wearing dvadasa pundram all over his body, beautified by the yagnOpaveetham, thulasi mAla, nalinAksha mAla and various thirupavithra malas.  The thirumugam(divine face) of the jeeyer was like a lotus flower and his eyes like the petals of the flower.  With a beautiful shikai adding to the beauty of his back the jeeyer was seated on a koormAsanam.  With all grace, the jeeyer was delivering bhagavat vishayam to all the srivaishnavas in front of him.  The king out of great respect fell down on the same place and did danda pranAmams to the great mahan.  The king went to the state of ecstasy, considering his bhakyam to have obtained this opportunity to have the darshan of such a great acharya in his lifetime.  To show his joy he submitted some wealth and a few villages to the mutt, to be used for nithya dhadhiyArAdhanam.

 The king then requested Jeeyer swamy to present him with sreepAda theertham and prasAda sEsham, to purify his soul.  Since the king didn’t have any sambandham(relation) with the mutt, Jeeyer hesitated but on the request of all the srivaishnavas collected over there to shower his grace on the king, jeeyer blessed the king with the same.  Accepting with atmost pleasure, the king submitted all the responsibilities of the deivanAyaka perumal temple administration, along with the villages and all the properties of the temple under the incharge of vanamamalai jeeyer and returned back to his own place with mental peace.

 SOME KAINKARYAMS OF THE JEEYER SWAMIGAL: 

  1. Construction of the udaiyavar sannadhi;
  2. Renovation of the vanamamalai vimAnam which was in a very bad state;
  3. Construction of the artha mandapam;

 Along with all these kainkaryams, Jeeyer also took care of the vanamamalai temple administration just like udaiyavar’s administration of the periya koil.  He also took care of the nithya dhadhiyArAdhanam at the vanamamalai mutt.  Though very busy with all these kainkaryams his mind was always in the thought of his acharya and he very badly wanted to go and do nithya kainkaryam to nayanAr.  Deciding to go for the same to thirunagari, he appointed one srivaishnava to be incharge of dhadhiyArAdhanam in the mutt and srikAryams in the temple.  At the same time………….

 (To be continued)

 Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan