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 Periya Pattarbiran jeeyer 1843-1853 (nineteenth pattam) Swamy?s kainkaryams (Contd.) On reaching thirumalai, swamy did mangalasasanams to govindarajan and then proceeded to climb the divine thirumala hill and did mangalasasanams to thiruvenkatamudaiyan, alarmelmangai uraimArban (on whose chest stays the divine mother on the lotus). There, swamy was honoured both in the temple as per the usual procedure and also by Periya jeeyer, chinna jeeyer and other srivaishnavas and then swamy proceeded towards bhAkyapuram (secanderabad). There a person by the name poornan welcomed swamy with great honours. Manyvaishyas honoured swamy and submitted various costly gems and money to thedivine feet of swamy. They also submitted beautiful peetAmbharams (silk clothings) to swamy?s divine feet. Swamy stayed there for some time and according to their wish enlightened them with sastra thAthparyams and the path leading to upliftment in a very simple and easy manner that attracted all of them and hence they never wanted to get separated from swamy. Poornan submitted two beautiful umbrellas with golden handle (venkudai) and two fans (samarangal) and a huge amount of gems to swamy. Further swamy wanted to proceed towards the north to have darshan of the great places in which Lord Sri Krishna took avatharam and did his master leelas. Swamy was interested in visiting vadamadurai, govardhanam, brundhAvanam and thereby swamy told his wish to all of them. Then poornan sent 100 strong servants to protect swamy (thirumeni kaval). Swamy after consoling poornan and others who were grieved due to the departure of swamy, proceeded his journey. On the way swamy was honoured by many kings, prabhus and srivaishnavas and as per plan swamy reached brindavan. At that time, Sri rangAcharya swamy, the peedAdhipathi of govardhana peedamwho established andal and rangamannar in brindavanam came along with his close disciple Sri radha Krishnan, coming to know about swamy?s arrival and already knowing the greatness of swamy, his jnanaanushtanam (knowledge and practice) and scholarliness and his ashrama wanting a sacredness to the newly developed sannadhi in brindavanam approached swamy well in advance (about 100 Kms), prostrated swamy and submitted his request to swamy. Furtherthey accepted the charges for the daily thadheeyarAdhanam of the mutt and also for swamy?s yathra expense and welcomed swamy to brindavan. Swamy pleased with this and considering this to be andal?s thiruvarul, quickly reached brindavan and along with pattu peedhambharams to andal and rangamannar did mangalasasanams to the divine couples. Swamy was then honoured withthirumAlai, peedhAmbharam abhaya hastham etc. Then as per the request of Sri rangachariyar and radhakrishna sreshti swamy stayed in brindavan for six months and was deeply honoured all through his stay. Every day swamy delivered the divine meanings of the azhvar?s arulicheyals (works of Azhvars) to all those who visited swamy in a very easy, crisp and sweet manner which filled radhakrishnan and others in great ecstasy. During his stay swamy visited all the places related to Krishna leelas in brindavan and enjoyed each one of them as per azhvan?s srisookthi ?govardhanO girivarO yamunAnadheesA, brundhAvanamcha madhurAsa pureepurAnee I athyApi hantha sulabhA: kruthinAm janAnAm, EthE bhavacharanasArajusha: pradhEshA:II? (To be continued) Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee, Sumithra Varadarajan --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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