After a light rest, Swamy’s audience will be available to waiting devotees. Swamy meets
them with compassion and bestows them with phala-mantrakshate. This is also the time
that Swamy attends to some of the administration matters of the samsthanam. As early
evening approaches, Swamy again withdraws into the japagruhams for sayamsandhyanushthanam and sahasranamadi parayanams. Meanwhile sannidhi aradhakas would
perform the evening thiruvaradhanam to the Pradhana murthys. Asthana paricharakas
would decorate glowing lamps around the bhagavad sannidhi and also in all the brundavana
sannidhis. Many would be seen performing their evening anushtanams amidst this divine
ambience.
After performing his evening anushtanam Swamy spends more time with his shishyas and it
is also the time that he sometimes prefers to do granthavalokanam similar to the saying
“प्रबन्धनिमायणववलोकिाद्ययः”. Swamy imparts several rare Acharya prabhavams and essence
of tattva-hita-purusharthams during these times. Swamy then arrives at the sannidhi again
for the evening shattumurai. On the evenings of shravana nakshatram and all
shukravasarams (Fridays), Swamy himself offers dvadasha harati to the Lord in the evening.
An enchanting sight to watch where twelve haratis with increasing number of jyotis one
after the other being presented to the Lord amidst the gosham of panchasuktams. The
culmination is the grandest part when Swamy offers the kumbha harathi and then the multistepped ratha harati. A fitting example of the adage “nityojjrumbhita-vaibhavam”.
Upon completion of the goshti, Swamy again performs chatuhpradakshinam of the Lord and
takes with him a couple of fruits that were offered as nivedanam that evening. With these
fruits in hand, he proceeds towards the chinna hayagriva sannidhi and the brundavana
sannidhis in the same order as earlier during the day. He once again prays at the sannidhis
of all the Purvacharyas and presents the bhagavad prasadam to all the Acharyas through
manasika nivedanam and then accepts the same as part of his evening phalaharam.
Even during the times of yatra, there will be no change to these observances. On other
special days like chaturmasa sankalpam or uththanam, Swamy performs additional vrataanushthanams as well, along with the day to day observances. Many divyadesha maryadais
and anugrahams come to Swamy on these days and also on the days of his
thirunakshatrams. It is seen that Swamy first presents these anugrahams to the sannidhis of
his Purvacharyas in the brundavanams and then receives them as Acharya prasadam. One is
reminded of the svarna-kataka-sveekara-vidhi followed by Swamy Deshika (See
Sankalpasuryodaya). On the days of Varahajayanti, Bhuvarahaswamy from the temple in the
royal palace precincts enjoys Asthanam at the matham. On the days of Srijayanti, Sri Gopala
Krishna from the temple in the royal precincts enjoys asthanam at the matham. Swamy
offers his mangalashasanams in great vaibhavam. During navaratri, Swamy conducts
Vedanta deshika vihara vidwat sabha and presides over the same as the paramadhyaksha.
He also visits several divya deshams on regular basis on special occasions where the
ubhayam is from the matham and also on occasions for receiving special honors and
anugrahams as well as per ancient traditional customs. These include divyakshetrams like
Hastigiri, Thirumala, Melkote, Srirangapattana, Satyakala, Varahapuri etc. The avabhrta
snanam and gandhapodi vasantham of Swamy Deshika, vairamudi of Selvappillai are a few
examples.
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