kandhAdai aNNan leaves for thirumalai
jIyar mercifully graced kandhAdai aNNan and asked him “Should dhEvarIr not carry out mangaLASAsanam to thiruvEngadamudaiyAn?” appiLLai, who was nearby responded “Is he not praised as kandhAdai aNNan who does not cross kAvEri?” [since he was deeply attached to SrIranganAthan] to which jIyar replied “Isn’t thiruvEngadam the place where nithyasUris gather to worship and carry out thiruvArAdhanam to arangaththaNaiyAn?” [here the reference is to thiruppANAzhwAr’s third pAsuram in his prabandham amalanAdhipirAn in which he says mandhipAy vadavEngadamAmalai vAnavargaL sandhi seyya ninRAn arangaththu aravin aNaiyAn – at the great thiruvEngam hills, where monkeys are jumping about, SrIranganAthan is standing in order to be worshipped by nithyasUris]. aNNan then told jIyar “dhEvarIr should order adiyEn accordingly”. jIyar took him to perumAL’s sannidhi and gave him his permission to travel to thiruvEngadam. He also told uththama nambi, the temple archakar, to go with kandhAdai aNNan. jIyar asked many SrIvaishNavas, jIyars, EkAngis (assistants to jIyars) to travel with them. uththama nambi got ready a palanquin and other comforts for kandhAdai aNNan’s use. aNNan rejected all these and went to thiruvEngadam, worshipping the assembly of SrIvaishNavas. He wanted to stay in thiruvEngadam for at least two to three days during the brahmOthsavam (which is held in the month of purattAsi (kanni mAsam)) and went with a great urge. The entourage reached the foothills of thiruvEngadam and worshipped adippuLi azhagiya singar (narasimhap perumAn). thirumalai ananthAzhwAn [who might have hailed in the clan of rAmANujar’s disciple onRAna thirumalai ananthANpiLLai and carrying out pushpa kainkaryam in his place] received this news and announced this to periya kELviyappan jIyar and sthalaththArs (eminent people living in thiruvEngadam). They were much pleased with this news; desiring that aNNan should carry out mangaLASAsanam during the uthsavam, they waited for perumAL to ascend the divine chariot and immediately left as an entourage to receive aNNan. They welcomed aNNan and his retinue after which all of them returned to the divine chariot. kandhAdai aNNan carried out mangaLASAsanam, then the divine chariot went round the divine streets. At the place where the iyalgOshti (those who recite nAlAyira dhivya prabandham) was to start, ayOdhyA rAmAnuja aiyangAr saw aNNan and ecstatically worshipped him. aNNan mercifully gave his grace to aiyangAr.
At that time, rAmAnuja dhAsar, who was in badhrikASramam, came to thiruvEngadam, saw that aNNan had mercifully come there; he was amazed at this and immediately worshipped aNNan’s divine feet. aNNan too was very pleased to see rAmAnuja dhAsar, embraced him and joyously told him “Oh rAmAnuja dhAsar! Come. Weren’t we fortunate to see you! Just as the heart of a father dwells with his son who has gone to another place, jIyar’s divine heart has united with you”, revealing rAmAnuja dhAsar’s AchAryanishtai (firmly rooted with AchAryan) mercifully to all the eminent people assembled there. perumAL too mercifully entered the temple from the divine chariot. In the order of worshipping perumAL, aNNan worshipped him from his divine feet to divine crown and again from his divine crown to his divine feet. With total satisfaction of his mind’s desire, he accepted the sacred water, SrI SatakOpan, and the divine dust from perumAL’s divine feet. He was then taken to ananthAzhwAn’s divine residence where ananthAzhwAn carried out all the honours to aNNan. kandhAdai aNNan stayed there for a few days.
adiyEn krishNa rAmAnuja dhAsan
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