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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 Chinna ramanuja Jeeyer (Twenty-seventh pattam)

 

Thirunakshatra thaniyan

 

VrushabhEmAsi moorakshE pArthivAbdE kruthOtbhavam I

SrivAnAchala yOgeendram ramanuja gurum bhajE II

 

Nithya thaniyan

 

Srimat sadAri kalijit yathiraja sowmya jAmAthru vAnAdriyOgi padhAbhjabhaktham I

Srutyanthayukma sukabhOdhana sampraveeNam ramanujam munivaram gurumAsrayAma: II

 

VAzhi thirunAmam

 

vAnaLavum pozhil mangai valanagarOn vAzhiyE

  vaikAsi thirumoolam magizha vandhOn vAzhiyE

tEniniya thamizh maraiyai tErindhu alippOn vAzhiyE

  teLLupugazh pAdiyaththin thiRam paNippOn vAzhiyE

jnAni sadagopa muni naRpadhaththOn vAzhiyE

  nan madurakavi yogi nalam pugazhvOn vAzhiyE

Eenamara adiyavarkatkku EdhamuraipOn vAzhiyE

  erAmAnusa munivan eNaiyadigal vAzhiyE

 

vAzhi erAmAnusan thAl mANilaththil ennjAndrum

vAzhi avan vanmaimigu vAimozhigal-vAzhi

madhurakavi mAmunivan mannarulAl mAran

madhurakavi Eduraikkum seer.

 

Vaibhavams

 

Sri Chinna Ramanuja jeeyer swamy was born in kollam year 1060th pArthiva year vaikasi moola star in a family of experts in vanamamalai (?terulkol nAnmaRai vallavar palar vAzh sirivaramangalanagar?) as the son of Sri Srinivasa Iyengar swamy, a scholar in ubhaya Vedanta and an expert nyaya sastra vidwan.  Swamy underwent all the necessary vaidhika samskaras (rituals) in appropriate times under the guidance of his respected father.  Swamy?s schooling went on well with the interest in vaidhika education growing day by day.  But unfortunately swamy?s father attained paramapadam when swamy was very young.  Swamy hence continued to learn kAvyAlankara, sAhitya granthas, nyaya and other regular sastras from his uncle, renowned AstAna vidwan of the vanamamalai mutt, Sri azhagappangAr swamy.

 

Swamy surrendered to the divine feet of Sri chinna satakopa ramanuja jeeyer swamy, the then peedAdhipathi (23rd jeeyer) of the mutt and was specially graced by the acharyan. For some time swamy continued his education at the Sriperumbudur padashala.  Furthur, swamy learnt some finer parts of nyaya sastra under the renowned maha vidwan kunnapakkam SrinivasAchariya swamy at kancheepuram.

 

Meanwhile, Sri chinna kaliyan ramanuja swamy adorned the vanamamalai peedam.  Swamy was then blessed to learn Sribhasyam, Bhagavat vishayam and other granthas from Sri Chinna kaliyan swamy.  Guided by his uncle swamy further remained with great expertise in ubhaya Vedanta.  Swamy took part in number of pandit sabhas and remained with divine glory.  Swamy?s talent was tested by pudukottai, thiruvanandhapuram, mysore, vanaparuththi, ketwal and many other raja samsthAnAs (kingdoms) and was rewarded appropriately.  Swamy was also blessed with good musical knowledge as a family wealth.  Both swamy?s father and his uncle (siriya tagappanAr) have sung many krithis on vanamamalai perumal, siri varamangai nachiyar, nammazhvar, Sribhashyakarar.  Hundreds of those krithis have been by-hearted by number of musicians and are sung in many conserts even today.  Therefore many musicians generally fear to sing in front of swamy due to his expertise.  Swamy remained as AstAna vidwan of the mutt heading many vAdha ghostis (discussions) from the time of Sri kaliyan swamy till adorning the peedam himself.

 

Knowing fully the expertise and talents of swamy, Sri Chinna madurakavi swamy, in kollam 1115th year pramAdhi year Iypasi month crowned this swamy as the next king (peedAdhipathi) of the dEivanAyakan, aranganagarappan kainkarya sAmrAjyam.  During the crowning of Ramapiran all the ayodhya vases were over filled with ecstasy ?echchA mO hi mahAbhAhum!? Similarly, all those connected with the mutt were overwhelmed to witness the crowning ceremony of the great vidwan as the next peedAdhipathi.

 

Swamy was named Sri Ramanujan and with his divine grace removed the darkness and established the ramanuja sampradayam in this ?erul tarum mA jnAlam? (world of deep darkness). 

 

Swamy with great grief completed all the charma kainkaryams (last rites) to periya swamy in the most appropriate manner and took over all the responsibilities as directed by his acharyan.

 

The highlights of Sriswamy?s kainkaryams are given underneath:

 

Swamy?s kainkaryams in Vanamamalai

 

  1. In Vanamamalai, Swamy renovated the divine Srivaikunda vimanan at a great expense, with excellent sculptural work, beautiful artistic specimens and a wonderful golden kalasam.  Similarly, swamy renovated the vimanams of the ubhaya nachiyar, beautified them and on vijaya varusham vaikasi month did the pradhistA mahotsavam of those vimanams and made everyone rejoice the occasion.
  2. Further swamy submitted a beautiful silver swing (oonjal sapram) and an artistic thOlukkiniyAn for Sri varamangai nAchiyar and deivanayaka perumal to provide divine darshan to all the blessed devotees including Sri swamy.
  3. Swamy renovated many parts of Southern thiruvenkatamudaiyan sannadhi including vimanam, thirumadhil etc that remained depilated for quite sometime spending a huge amount of money and did the mahasamprokshanam in a grand manner.
  4. In periya koil, swamy did renovation of the floors (karungal talavarisai) for the maNimaNdapam, Azhvargal sannadhi, Acharyargal sannadhi.  In those places where there was not sufficient ventilation and airflow swamy arranged for windows and remodeling of existing structures.  Swamy made perfect modifications in many places and made the place more airy and safe.  In the periya prAkAram (outer yard) swamy arranged for a beautiful garden that provided beautiful, fragrant flowers and thiruththuzhai for perumal daily aradhanas (pooja).
  5. Swamy did svarna (golden) kavachams for deivanayakan and nachiyars and made the sruthi pramAnam ?ApraNakat sarva Eva suvarna:? come true.
  6. Matching with the glowing thirumeni swamy arranged for a precious diamond studded thiruvabhishEkam (crown) ?kadirA miravi kalandhu eriththA loththa neeN mudi? To add on to the divine beauty a beautiful diamond studded ear drops was made ?minnu mAmaNI makarakuNdalangal vilveesa?.  Then the divine abhaya hastam of emperuman was made to glow with studded diamonds (?tasya bhAsA sarvamidham vibhAdhi?) Thus swamy made everyone visualize the emperuman as celebrated by the Upanishads and the dravida vedam.  The divine jewels still talk the fame of Sri Swamy.
  7. Swamy further beautified the thirumanjana vEdhikai with gold for deivanayakan to undergo thirumanjanam (divine bath) during special occasions along with the ubhaya nachiyars on either sides (thirumadandhai maNmadandhai erupAlum thigazha), accompanied by Sirivaramangai nachiyar to the right and kodha nachiyar to the left to the ecstacy of all who witness this divine serthi with their blessed eyes.
  8. To improve the revenue to the Srimadam Swamy purchased a fertile land of 12 acres named as ?thamari kulam? (Lotus pond)
  9. Further, near the sannadhi thirumadaipalli swamy constructed a new mandapam and dwelled a new well.
  10.  Electrical lighting of arangarappan sannadhi, periya mandapam, Azhagiya varadar mandapam, kAlashepa koodam, thirumadaipallai inside the mutt at a cost of Rs.5000
  11. Similarly, for better darshan of devotees electrical lighting inside deivanayakan and sirivaramangai sannadhi at the cost of Rs.8000 was done.

 

Swamy?s kainkaryams in other places

 

  1. Construction of a beautiful gem studded golden chariot for swamy nammazhvar in Azhvar thirunagari at the cost of about one lakh.  Swamy arranged for the divine seating of Swamy nammazhvar in the new chariot and celebrated it as a mahotsavam and made one and all rejoice the divine occasion.
  2. Swamy renovated the totally destructed mutt at thiruindaloor at a cost of Rs.16000 and constructed a new mutt.
  3. Took part in the mandapa kainkaryam at maNimAdakOil at thirunAngur to facilitate the grand occasion of 11 garudasevai utsavam for the sake of thirumangai azhvar.
  4. Constructed some new parts in thiruvallikeni mutt and renovated a few required areas at a cost of Rs.4000
  5. Renovation work was done in many parts of kancheepuram and sriperumbudur mutts.
  6. Renovation of the already granted mutt by many jameendars in noojaveedu city spending thousands of rupees and providing the necessary facilities.
  7. On top of all these swamy?s greatness kainkaryam was publishing ?Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam?, ?prapaththi mangalasasanangal? (along with commentary), ?Gaganagiri Muni GuruparamparA prabhAvam?, ?VaraNa pancha vimsathi? along with ?tatvatraya with manavala mAmunikal vyakhyanam? at the cost of Rs.3000 and more.

 

Note: Though preserving the temples and mutts are utmost important but the kainkaryam of protecting the pramanas and publishing books useful for the future generations to know the greatness and life styles of the acharya parampara plays a very major role.  Sri swamy did this special kainkaryam in the most appropriate manner.  Our heart felt gratefulness is reserved to swamy forever (?talai allal kaimArilEnE?)

 

[The kainkaryams of swamy has not been completed since write-up was written by the mutt?s Astana vidwan Sri A.Gopala Iyengar swamy during the period of swamy]

 

Swamy?s DD Yathra

 

Sri swamy visited azhvar thirunagari 3 or 4 times and did mangalasasanams to Adhipiran and azhvar followed by mangalasasanams to navathirupathi emperuman.   In all those divya desams all the disciples and devotees appropriately honoured swamy.

 

Swamy meanwhile was deeply thinking about doing mangalasasanams to various divya desa emperumans.  Swamy had already received many requests from various places and mutts to bless devotees with his divine grace and pancha samskaram.  At the same time, Sirivaramangai nachiyar ordered the same in swamy?s dream.  So swamy ordered his disciples to arrange for the divya desa yathra.  By the divine grace of Sirivaramangai nachiyar, Jayavarusham vaikasi month on an auspicious day Sri swamy started his journey with his disciples and yathra perumal.

 

First swamy visited srivilliputtur and did mangalasasanams to Andal, rangamannar and periazhvar and after the divine darshan reached madurai.  There both vaidhika and lowkika personalities welcomed swamy in a great way and the patnapravEsam (entering the city) went on well.

 

From there swamy reached thirumaliruncholai to do mangalasasanams to ?mAlirunchOlai nindra sundaran? followed by mangalasasanams to thirumOgoor Aththan.  Then swamy proceeded to thiruppullani.

 

After the divine darshan of ?sethu karai? swamy took a divine dip did mangalasasanams to Adhi jagannathan and Raghavan in darpasayanam.  From there swamy proceeded to karaikudi, devakottai etc on request from sincere disciples and interested devotees.  From there swamy continued his journey towards thirukkottiyur and did mangalasasanams to uragamellaNaiyan and sowmya narayanan.  In thirumeyyam swamy had the divine darshan of ?meiyyamalai yAnai? and started towards rajamannarkudi.   Contended with the divine darshan of vantuvarApadhi mannan swamy reached Nathan koil.  Pleased with worshipping Nathan, swamy stayed there for 2 or 3 days.

 

As per the verse of azhvar, ?kolamAda needu taN kudaidhaimEya kOvalanai kitti? swamy approached the footsteps of kudandhai kovalan and sang with joy, ?yErAr kOlam thigazha kidandhAi kandEn?.  Meanwhile, swamy received requests from many places, viz., thiruvAvaduturai, dharumapuram, bhandAra sannadhis, expecting swamy?s auspicious visit to grace one and all.  Swamy not wanting to disappoint them visited them and accepted the honours they did earnestly. 

 

Next swamy visited Thiruindaloor andhanan.  The very thought of this divya desam takes our memory to the mangalasasanams (scholdings) this emperuman received from thirumangai mannan.  Swamy with great thirst to have the divine darshan of kaliyan ?anaiththa velum thozhudha kaiyum? swamy proceeded to thirunagari.  Then swamy visited kAzhi seerAma vinnagaram, tAdAlan sannadhi followed by mangalasasanams to Nathamuni/Alavanadaar at mannanar sannadhi.  Blessed with the purushakaram (support) of nAthamuni and aalavandaar swamy received the divine darshan of mannanar.  Then swamy reached Srimushnam and did mangalasasanams to bhoovarahan. (?vAnaththavarkkum maRRellAyavarkkum jnAnapirAnai allAl ellai nAn kanda nalladhu?)

 

Swamy?s journey then continued to thirukoviloor where swamy did mangalasasanams to the ?edaikazhi Ayan?.  Then swamy proceeded towards thirumalai.  After having the divine darshan of govindarajan down the hill swamy proceeded up to do mangalasasanams to thiruvenkatavan.  Swamy was welcomed with respective honours by the kainkaryaparas headed by Sri Periya kelvi appan swamy and then swamy did mangalasasanams to thiruvenkatamudaiyan.  Swamy stayed in thirumalai for 2 days.

 

Starting from there swamy reached thiruevvul had the divine darshan of ? evvul kidandhAn? and then proceeded to bhoothapuri (?senkayal vAvigal soozhvayal sirandha perumbudur?) surrendered to the divine feet of the jagadhAcharyan, Swamy emperumanar.  Then swamy proceeded towards maheesAra kshetram prostrated thirumazhisai piran.  Then swamy visited pachchaivarana perumal sannadhi and paid homage to swamy mudaliyandan and finally reached thiruvallikeni.

 

Swamy was welcomed along with poorna kumbam honours amidst veda ghOsham (sound of veda chanting) by number of Srivaishnavas headed by kanchi mahAvidwan, Sri prathivAdi bayankaram annangarachariar swamy.  Swamy was seated on a golden palanquin and was taken around the streets finally reaching Sri parthasarathi temple.

 

Swamy with great pleasure did mangalasasanams to ?parththan than tEr mun nindrAn? Sri parthasarathi emperuman and all other emperumans in the temple and received theertham, Srisadagopam, abhaya hastham, prasadam and other honours.  Sri Kanchi mahavidwan, read svagathangal slokas (welcoming note in poetic style) and gave a detailed lecture about the meanings of the slokas explaining the greatness of swamy and the mutt.  Number of honoree certificates was read in the occasion. Swamy then returned back to the mutt.  Swamy decided to undergo his chaturmasa vratha at thiruvallikeni.  Meanwhile, the theertham of Periya swamy (Sri madurakavi swamy) appeared and that was grandly celebrated for 10 days.  Due to swamy?s continuous journey the usual pandit sabha during the kanya punarvasu celebration didn?t happen which swamy decided to organize in thiruvallikeni.

 

Swamy invited many scholars/vidwans to deliver upanyasams in various adhikaranas of Sribhashyam daily in tamil, in a lucid and easily understanding manner.  During the daily upanyasams swamy added valuable additions and made the gathering more educational and enjoyable.  On the final day swamy summarized and gave the whole essence of Sribhashyam in a single speech excellently, appreciated by one and all and honoured all the vidwans who made the sadhas a grand success.

 

More upanyasams were organized and the days were a treat to all Srivaishnavas.  Many musicians volunteered to show their talents in front of swamy and aranganagarappan which swamy enjoyed with pleasure.  During the danur masam swamy daily did thiruppavai upanyasam and completed the prabhandam with a grand sattrumarai.  Throughout the 3 months, while swamy stayed in thiruvallikeni, the mutt flourished with celebrations just like Sri parthasarathi temple.  The welcoming committee, that included Sri kanchi swamy, Justice Sriman krishnaswamy naidugaru, Justice Varadachariar swamy, Sriman venkatasAmi naidugaru did stop with just giving a grand welcome to swamy but continued with their service by doing dhadeeyArAdhanam for about 2 months.  They did a grand pattanapravesam to swamy that enchanted everyone.

 

Swamy during his stay as per the wishes of devotees and geethacharyan himself started the geetha mandhiram in chennai mAnagaram.  Swamy visited mayilai and had the divine darshan of kesava perumal, mAdhava perumal and pEyAzhvar.  As per the request of devotees swamy also visited the thirumAligai of thiruvallikeni pandita ratnam, thirukkannapuram Sri SrinivasAcharyar, vidwan karapangadu venkatacharyar, advocate Sri sanbhakEsa iyengar and honoured their houses placing swamy?s holy feet there.

 

Swamy?s stay in thiruvallikeni for 3 months had made both swamy and devotees very close.  Though both of them didn?t want to get separated still swamy not forgetting his duties continued his yathra to kachchi nagar.  Swamy stayed there for 2 days, did mangalasasanams to devaperumal and perundEvi thayar followed by mangalasasanams to other kanchi divya desams ooragam, pAdagam, vekka and proceeded to thiruputkuzhi did mangalasasanams to vijayaraghavan and proceeded to cholasimhapuram.  Swamy was blessed with the divine darshan of takkAn ?kadigai tadan kundrin misai erundha akkAra kaniyai adaindhu vuindhu pOnEnE? After rejoicing the darshan swamy?s journey proceeded towards north.

 

Swamy visited nellore, kuntoor, vijayavada in order bathed in Krishna river and continued being honoured by many astikas throughout the way.  Then swamy visited noojveedu and stayed for some days for the pleasure of the disciples over there.  Proceeding with his journey swamy passed through many villages and finallay reached bhakya nagar, presently called hyderabad.  Honoured by officials in a grand manner swamy proceeded to seetharama bhAk.  Swamy stayed there in the same place where the previous acharyas of the mutt used to stay during their visits.  As per the wishes of many, swamy decided to undergo his chaturmasa vratha (manmatha varusha) there.  NithyOsava, mAsOtsava for aranganagarappan and nithyakalashepa, dhadheeyArAdhanams went on in a noble manner.  One disciple and a very rich person Sriman pannAlal sEt and others with great enthusiasm welcomed swamy to their houses and celebrated the occasion in a very grand manner.  After completing the mahotsavam swamy proceeded to secunderabad.  Swamy stayed for some days in Lakshmi Narayanan sannadhi consecrated by Sri chinna kaliyan swamy.

 

Then as per the request of one of the disciple of the mutt and a very wealthy person govardhana das swamy visited lakshmanabak, very close by and completed the theertha mahotsava of periya swamy in Iyppasi month in a special way.  Then swamy reached vanaparuththi and stayed in srirangapuram consecrated by earlier jeeyer of the mutt, for danur masam.  ThiruAradhanam for aranganagarappan and thiruppavai kalashepam went on in a grand manner.

 

In the month of thai, swamy continued his journey towards karnool, ananthapur and reached Bangalore.  Swamy was welcomed by govt. procedures and swamy stayed at malleswaram.  Swamy stayed there for a few days, immersing the devotees in bhagavat vishayam.  Swamy did mangalasasanams to selvapillai and emperumAnAr in melkote/thirunArAyanpuram after the divine dip in the holy kalyani saras.  Then as per the order of thirunaranan to stay there for the vairamudi sevai, swamy took the orders on top of his head and with great pleasure (?aho bhakyam, aho bhakyam) stayed in the mutt waiting for the divine darshan.  The day finally came.  Swamy?s joy reached its peak.  Selvapillai gave an enthralling darshan adorning the diamond-studded crown.  Swamy invited selvapillai to the mutt and did great honours to the divine lord on this very special day followed by taligai upacharams.  Emperuman accepted them with pleasure and honoured sriswamy with mudal mariyadai in the ghosti.  On all the 10-12 days swamy stayed in melkote different thirupaniyarams (dishes/sweets) were made offered to selvapillai and the prasadam was sent to Swamy.  This is a very rare and auspicious happening.  Swamy then visited tondanoor and reached mysore.

 

The details of swamy?s divya desa yathra stop here since this particular article translated by adiyen was written while Sri swamy was in Mysore.  Adiyen will make sincere efforts to get the details of the latter part of swamy?s life (Sri chinna ramanuja swamy) and the acharyas following in the peedam from elders and disciples of those acharyas.  Meanwhile adiyen requests all bhagavatas to lend a helping hand to complete this guruparampara prabhavam.  If any of you have the details about the 27th, 28th, 29th peedAdhipadhis please do send it to adiyen or post it in the vanamamalai groups.

 

Thanking you in advance

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,
Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 



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