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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 munim

RamyajAmatru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA
thathAyaththAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

HH Sri Vanamamalai madurakavi ramanuja Jeeyer 1867-1874 (Twenty-first pattam)

Swamy?s kainkaryams (contd.)

As days passed swamy?s health started to deteriorate. Swamy started meditating on the temporary nature of the body and the necessity to reach the nithya vibhoothi for the nithya kainkaryam of emperuman. That year during the panguni month swamy arranged for a grand utsavam to deivanAyakan. Swamy arranged for a special decoration of the main streets with ?pAlai, kamugu parisudaipandal? and the sound of divine instruments filling the air. The celebration started with the usual grand dvajArOhanam (divine flag hosting ceremony) and in the proper manner without any flaws the first 8-day utsavams got over. On the nineth day, swamy?s thirumeni was filled with great Arthi (the will to shed this body and reach the divine abode of emperuman). Coming to know of this all the devotees gathered in front of swamy who enquired what they all wanted? All the devotees requested for a support to them after swamy. Swamy consoled them and sent them back. But swamy had earlier thought of the right person to succeed him to the pattam and has already invited Sri Ramanuja jeeyer who was earlier a jeeyer in the manavala mAmunikal sannadhi in srivilliputtur. On the tenth day, swamy realized that his body was filling with utmost Arthi and hence he crowned Ramanuja jeeyer in his place. At that time swamy instructed the next jeeyer to continue all the kainkaryams, swamy did considering it to be the kainkaryam done by his acharya (kaliyan ramanuja jeeyer swamy) in the same special manner considering it to be the kainkaryam done by swamy (madurakavi ramanuja jeeyer swamy) according to the wish of the divya dampathis (sirivaramaga sametha deivanAyaka perumal) and to continue the panguni utsavam and mAmunikal samvatsarOtsavam in a very very grand manner as always.

After that swamy requested the srivaishnavas over there to fulfill his wish to hear the arulicheyal once. As per swamy?s order the Srivaishnavas started recited the divine paasurams of azhvars and as they finished with the sattrumarai swamy said, ?your task has been completed and now I wait for my task to be completed by the grace of sirivaramangai?. Swamy sat in meditation with great tiredness. After sometime swamy in a high tone called, ?sirivarmangE!? like gajendra Azhvan who called for ?AdhimoolamE!? Not able to withstand swamy?s suffering sirivaramangai came along with deivanAyakan over the garuda vAhanam and gave darshan to swamy. Then through the way shown by the bhagavan the soul got released through the susumnA nAdi broke open the skull and through the brahmarandram Jeeyer swamy attained paramapadam. Swamy remained in the pattam for 7 years.

CharamAnusandhAnam

?meenam pAnow bhavApthE gathavthi divasE sowriNa: palguneepE, poorve pakshE valarshE manugananadhithow sajjanaslAganeeya: vEdAnthatvantha vEththA paramadha vijayee sathgunAnAm payOthi: svAchAryasyAngriyugmam madhurakavi rAgAth vAnapoopruth yadheendra: II?

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,
Sumithra Varadarajan

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