your grace please
Post 3
Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
First of all my heartiest best wishes for a very happy and bhakthi
filled new year `paarthibha' to all bhakthaas of the list. You may be
wondering what is the connection the lowly servant woman sabari
saying raama as `manlion' and prahlaadha talking to lord narasimha,
in particular, with reference to dhayaraani krithi of ST - which is
our topic. I am not going to deal that.
How "this krithi and the seventh skandham of srimadh bhaagavatham -
where prahlaadha charithram is dealt - are closely linked", is the
point of interest.
Lord brahma, the dhEvaas, naaradha and even the supreme lord's
consort sree lakshmi are afraid of nearing the angry narasimha, who
has just finished killing hiraNyakasipu. At that stage brahma pushed
the young prahlaadha to please the lord narasimha, to reduce his
anger, and prahlaadha started praying
"dhayaraanee, dhayaraanee, dhaasarathee raamaa" as stated by ST
as stated in bhaagavatham ?
thathEthi sanakai: raajan mahaa-bhaagavathO~'rbhakah
upEthya bhuvi kaayEna nanama vidhrthanjali: || 7th skandham ch 9
slOkam 4
thatha- so be it;
ithi- thus accepting the words of Lord Brahma;
sanakai: - very slowly;
rajan- O King (Yudhisthira) [to whom naaradha is telling this story
as styled in bhaagavatham] mahaa-bhaagavatha: - the great exalted
devotee (prahlaadha)
arbhakah- although only a small boy;
upEthya - gradually going near;
bhuvi - on the ground;
kaayEna ? by his body;
nanama- offered respectful obeisance
vidhrtha anjali: - folding his hands.
Meaning: Naaradha Muni continued: O King, although the exalted
devotee Prahlaadha was only a little boy, he accepted Lord Brahma's
words. He gradually proceeded toward Lord Narasimha and fell down to
offer his respectful obeisance with folded hands.
Point: when a devotee falls at the feet of the lord and does
saastaanga praNaamams, what else he is going to ask
except `dhayaraanee, dhayaraanee', that too when the lord is angry.
CharaNam 1: vivarimpa tharamaa raghuveera aanandha munu raamaa
meaning: The acts done by you, Oh bliss personified, raghu veeraa, am
I competent to explain them?
Sri prahlaadha uvaacha
brahmaadhayah suragaNaa munayO~tha sidhDhaa:
saththvaikaathana gathayO vachasaam pravaahai:
na aaraadhithum puru guNair adhunaapi pipru:
kim thOsthum arhathi sa mE harir ugrajaathE: || slokam 8, ch 9, 7th
skandham
sri prahlaadha: uvaacha - Prahlaadha prayed
brahmaadhaya: - headed by Lord Brahmaa
sura gaNaa: - the inhabitants of the upper world ? the dhEvaas
munaya: - the great saintly persons
atha- as well (like the 4 Kumaras and others)
sidhDhah- who have attained perfection or full knowledge
saththvaa - to spiritual existence;
Ekathana gathaya: - who have taken without diversion to any material
activities
vachasaam ? of descriptions or words;
pravaahai: - by streams
na - not
aaraadhithum ? to satisfy
puru guNai: - although fully qualified
adhunaa - until now;
api - even;
pipruh - were able
kim - whether;
thOsthum - to become pleased;
arhathi - is able;
sah - He (the Lord);
mE - my;
hari: - the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
ugra-jaathE: - who am born in an asuric family.
meaning: Prahlaadha prayed - How is it possible for me, who have been
born in a family of asuraas, to offer suitable prayers to satisfy the
Supreme Personality of Godhead? Even until now, all the demigods,
headed by Lord Brahmaa, and all the saintly persons, could not
satisfy the Lord, by streams of excellent words, although such
persons are very qualified, being in the mode of goodness. Then what
is to be said of me? I am not at all qualified.
Point: is it not `vivarimpa tharamaa' ? am I competent to explain the
acts done by you, oh lord ? raama ? raghu veeraa - Is it not a
veerach cheyal to kill hiraNyakasipu? then how can I describe that,
oh raamaa ? the lionman.
CharaNam 2: thalachithE mEnella pulakarinchEnu raama
meaning: If I think of your leelaas, Oh raamaa, my entire body
horripillates.
sva paadhamulE pathitham tham arbhakam vilOkya dhEva: krpayaa
pariplutha:
uththaapya thacchirsny adhadhath karambujam kalahi vithrasthadhiyam
krtha abhayam ||
slOkam 5 ? ch 9, 7th skandham
sva-paadhamulE - at His lotus feet;
pathitham - fallen;
tham - him (Prahlaadha);
arbhakam - only a little boy;
vilOkya ? seeing
dhEva: - Lord Narasimha
krpayaa - out of His causeless mercy
pariplutha: - very much afflicted (in ecstasy)
uththaapya - raising
thath sirsni - on his head
adhadhath - placed
kara-ambujam - His lotus hand
kaala ahi - of the deadly snake of time, (which can cause immediate
death)
vithrastha - afraid
dhiyam- to all of those whose minds
krtha abhayam - which causes fearlessness.
Meaning: When Lord Narasimha saw the small boy Prahlaadha prostrated
at the soles of His lotus feet, He became most ecstatic in affection
toward His devotee. Raising Prahlaadha, the Lord placed His lotus
hand upon the boy's head because His hand is always ready to create
fearlessness in all of His devotees.
When Narasimha appeared, all the devotees became fearless for they
already knew that hiraNyakasipu will be killed, thereby their fearful
days are ending. The devotee's hope of becoming fearless is by
thinking and chanting the holy name of Narasimha. Also the slOkam
yathO yathO yaami thathO nrsimha:
wherever one goes, he must always think of Lord Narsimha. Then there
will be no fear for the devotee for he is `thooNilum iruppaar,
thurumbilum iruppaar', such a lord narasimha is present everywhere.
Further
sa thath kara sparsa dhuthakhilasubha: sapadhy abhivyaktha para
aathma dharsana:
thath paadha padhmam hrdhi nirvrthO dhadhau hrsyath thanuh klinna
hrdh asru lOchana: ||
slokam 6, ch 9, 7th skandham
sah- he (Prahlaadha)
thath kara sparsa - because of being touched on the head by the lotus
hand of lord Narasimha
dhutha - being cleansed;
akhila - all;
asubha: - inauspiciousness or material desires;
sapadhy - immediately;
abhivyaktha - manifested;
para aathma dharsana: - realization of the Supreme spiritual
knowledge
thath paadha padhmam - Lord Narasimha's lotus feet
hrdhi - within the core of the heart;
nirvrtha: - full of transcendental bliss
dhadhau - captured
hrsyath thanu: ? having transcendental ecstatic bliss manifested in
the body;
klinna-hrdh - whose heart was softened due to transcendental ecstasy;
asru lOchana: - with tears in his eyes.
Meaning: By the touch of Lord Narasimha's hand on Prahlaadha's head,
Prahlaadha was completely freed of all material desires, as if he had
been thoroughly cleansed. Therefore he at once became ecstatic,
transcendentally situated, and all the symptoms of ecstasy became
manifest in his body. His heart filled with love, and his eyes with
tears, and thus he was able to completely capture the lotus feet of
the Lord within the core of his heart.
Point: when the lord is most ecstatic towards his devotee, is it not
but natural to the devotee also to realize that ecstasy? Not only
that when the lord himself places his hand on the devotee's head and
gives that abhaya mudhraa ? then can anybody be else but
except `pulakarinchEnu raama'. Oh, what a way to describe.
Again since length is increasing we will continue in next post.
Dhaasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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