Sri Ramanujar Sahasrabdi Poorthi
Sarrumurai (1001) ~ 2018 : evening purappadu
At Thiruvallikkeni in East tank square
overlooking the beautiful Kairavini pushkarini stands this Mutt (for sure you
would have attended many functions at this kalyana mantap) ~ Yadugiri Yathiraja
Mutt – is associated with our great Acaryar Swami Ramanujar who excelled in
ensuring control of temples and reorientation of services (kainkaryams) to
Emperuman at Thiruvarangam, Thirumala and Melukote. This mutt having its hq at Melukote
Thirunarayanapuram was founded by our
Yathi Raja.
Sri Vaishnavaites study his granthas and
hail Him daily – in educational texts, only He should have been the role model
for perseverance and victory and not the invader who repeatedly invaded India and
destroyed Somnath. The fit model our
Acaryar Sri Ramanuja went 18 times to convince
Acharya Goshthi Poorna
(Thirukottiyur Nambi) to impart him the
Asthakshari - Tirumanthra and Dwaya l)
mantra and their inner meanings… .. .. and learning it after such ordeal,
thought it fit to share to the World (ஆசை உடையார்க்கு எல்லாம் கூறுமின்)
இன்று 21.4.2018 - சித்திரையில்
செய்ய திருவாதிரை நந்நாள். நம் ஆச்சார்யன் இவ்வுலகத்தில் வந்துதித்த சீரிய நாள்.
செங்கயல் வாவிகள் சீர்வயல்கள் சூழ்ந்த ஸ்ரீபெரும்புதூரில் இளையாழ்வார் எனும் ராமானுஜர் அவதரித்த
நந்நாள்
Today concludes the 10 day Thiruvavathara Uthsavam of our Swami
Ramanujar. In the morning there was the
grand veethi purappadu – inside there was mangalasasanam in all sannathies,
then it was rendering of Gadyatrayam, thirumanjanam, thirumozhi sarrumurai;
evening thiruppavai sarrumurai, thiruveethi purappadu in mangalagiri concluding
with thiruvaimozhi sarrumurai.
In the words of Thiruvarangathu
Amuthanar, the earthly human beings were all given the true Knowledge by the birth of Acharyar Ramanujar
and started disciples of Sriman Narayanan.
உலகோர்கள் எல்லாம் அண்ணல் இராமானுசன் வந்து தோன்றிய
அப்பொழுதே நண்ணரு ஞானம் தலைக்கொண்டு நாரணற்கு ஆயினரே.
On Sahasrabdi poorthi (1001) sarrumurai day, in the evening it was big Mangalagiri
purappadu. For all Acaryars and Alwars
on their sarrumurai day occurs purappadu with Sri Parthasarathi (or Sri
Varadhar / Sri Thelliya Singar) – however, for Swami – it is purappadu for Him
alone, though last year in a redefined
scale of grandeur ~ there was Swami Ramanujar – alongside his most
desired disciple Swami Mudaliandan (for whom too it was Sarrumurai day – a rare
occasion of Chithirai Thiruvathirai and Chithirai Punarvasu falling on the same
day) ~ and ~ and – there was Sri Parthasarathi.
Swami Ramanuja stayed in Melukote for 12 years,
changing the life of the people around.
He ensured appropriate rituals for Sri Cheluvanarayanar at the place
which now boasts of great vidwans in Ubayavedantham; our Emperumanar conducted kalakshepas inside the precincts of
this glorious temple. In most places, scholars engaged in academic pursuits, do
not usually take care of temple duties, and temple priests are not academically
inclined. But in Melkote, those on duty
in the temple, as Vedic, Sanskrit scholars, well versed in divyaprabandham and
granthams – selflessely at the service of Yathirajar and Cheluva Naranar.
Our Acaryar Swami Manavala Mamunigal was
so attached at the feet of Sri Ramanujar and here is a verse from his Yathiraja
Vimsati – which according to our learned vidwans came in to being as a result of the request of
Swami Manavala Maminigal’s acharyan to compose a sthOthra grantham on Sri
Ramanujar, when Mamunigal was a grahasthar and had the name of Azhagiya MaNavALa
NaayanAr. These twenty verses
constitute one of the most beautiful appeals to RaamAnujA for conferring his
anugraham.
SrirangarAja
charaNAmbhuja rAja hamsam
Srimadh
ParAnkusa padhAmbhuja brungarAjam |
Sri
BhattanAtha parakAla mukhAbhja Mitram
Srivatsa
chi(h)nna CharaNam(SaraNam) YathirAjameedE ||
Mamunigal draws comparison to King
Swan at the feet of Sriranganatha, great
beetle settled to drink honey at the feet of
Nammalvar, Sun who makes the lotuses blossom – I fall at the feet of Sri
Kuresa, who is lthe mark of Srivatsa, Yatiraja – I worship. Mamunigal eulogises
the emperor of SanyAsis , RamAnujA , who
has chosen the lotus feet of Sri RangarAja as the seat of his permanent
residence , just as a king swan would seek a beautiful lotus for its place of
rest .
Ramanuja was one of those visionaries who made us realize the importance of
harnessing waters in remote villages. He built a few and renovated many temple
tanks right in the middle of Thirunarayanapuram, which not only ensured water for
temple, but also for drinking and irrigation.
The crowning glory is the 2,200 acre temple tank at Tondanur, called
Tonnur Kere about 20 km from Melkote, that provides water to 70 villages for the last 1000 years.
Hail Ramanuja ~ we
fall at the feet of our Acaryar who will take care of us.
உய்ய ஒரே வழி - உடையவர் திருவடி
ஆழ்வார் எம்பெருமானார் ஜீயர் திருவடிகளே சரணம்.
~-adiyen Srinivasa dhasan
21st Apr 2018
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