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 SrI: 
Dear Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha 
BhakthAs: 
Today  , we will 
study  the Sixth Paasuram of Kaliyan on 
AhObila Narasimhan 
: 
yerintha paimkaNN ilangu 
pEzhvAi yeyiRRODu ithu yevvurvu yenRu 
    
irinthu vaanOr kalangi Oda  iruntha AmmAn idam 
nerintha vEyin muDayuL 
ninRu neeNeRivAi uzhuvai 
    
tirintha vaanaic-chuvadu paarkkum SingavEL KUnRamE 
The Scene at avathAra Kaalam is 
depicted here . Sri JwAlA Narasimhan's 
appearance is described here 
as witnessed by the DevAs , who were some  
of the groups tormented by 
HiraNyan . Kaliyan identifies through his  
arul Vakku , the avathAra Sthalam 
of  HiraNya SamhAra Moorthy  
" VaanOr ithu 
yevvuruvu yenRu irinthu 
kalangiODa iruntha AmmAn  
   
Idam , SingavEL KunRamE "  
The 
celestials ( VaanOr) could not figure out what kind 
of form 
is the Moortham ( ithu yevvuruvu ?) that jumped out of the Pillar in 
 
HiraNyan' s sabhA 
. They wondered 
and after one more look got frightened  
by the fierce appearance of the Moorthy 
with the deafening roar of a lion and with  
the rapidly moving hair around the 
head (Pidari Mayir) . They were dismayed  
and ran for fear for their lives 
( Ithu yevvuruvu yenRu irinthu kalangi ODa 
).  
This gigantic Moortham reaching up to 
the sky had red eyes spitting fire  
in its huge face ( yerintha paimkaNN ilangu pEzh vAi )and adamantine 
, 
lustrous teeth in 
its mouth ( pEzh Vaai yeyiRRodu ithu yevvuruvu ? ) 
.   
An oft-quoted Srimad 
BhAgaavtha SlOkam describes this extraordinary 
Moortham jumping out of 
the pillar in the assembly hall of HiraNyan  
this way 
: 
sathyam vidhAthum nija bhruthya 
bhAshitham  
vyApthimcha bhUthEshvakhilEshu 
chAthmana: 
adhruSyathAth adhbhutha roopam 
udhvahan 
stambhE  sabhAyAm na mrugam na 
maanusham  
--- 
Srimad BhAgavatham: 7.8.18 
Sriman NaarAyaNan , who pervades all chEtanams and 
achEtanams 
at 
all times jumped out of the gem-studded pillar in the SabhA 
of 
HiraNyan , when latter hit it with his palm . He appeared that way 
to  
show 
that His devotees' statement that the Lord is everywhere including 
 
that 
pillar will not become false . He jumped out bearing a most 
wonderous 
roopam , which was neither an animal nor a human . It was a Nara 
simham  
with 
lon's head and human body that incarnated and grew right in froint 
of  
the 
terrorized HiraNyan's eyes. Even the fearless heart of HiraNyan 
was 
shaken to its roots. He could not comprehend as to how this 
Narasimham 
was 
"hiding" in the pillar of his sabhA . He could not figure out that 
 
the 
Lord , who has all the world in Himself was ready to appear before 
His  
dearest bhakthan  in a time of crisis at a moment's 
notice .Swamy Desikan 
salutes this grace of Lord Narasimhan as : " 
ThrailOkyamEthath Narasimha 
garbham " . Our Lord appeared with a dazzling white beard and 
firey red 
eyes. 
His Moortham   grew and grew . In that blinding light , HiraNyan 
 
could 
not determine  as to which direction the Lord was 
coming at him . 
Sri 
NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri salutes this adhbhutha roopam as : 
 
" 
na  mrugAthmakam na manujAkAram tE vapu: " ( it was 
neither  
the 
body of an animal nor that of a human ) . It was a mighty 
miracle  
(adhbhutham) . It was frightening and made people wonder as to 
what 
it 
was ( kim kim ithi bheeshaNam ) .HiraNyan's mind was agitated 
and 
terror stricken ( vyudhbrAntha chitthE asurE ) . That form 
expanded  
( 
samAjrumbhaTA: ) with blinding white manes and terror creating head 
 
full 
of lion's hair (   vispoorjadh dhavaLOgra 
rOma-vikasath varshmA) . 
Sri 
Bhattadhiri goes on to describe the adhbhutha roopam of the Lord 
: 
Taptha svarNa savarNam = it matched the color of the molten gold 
. 
ghUrNath athirooksha aksham= with rapidly rotating , intimidating 
eyes  
that do not miss even the minutest 
  
saDAkEsara prOthkambha pranikumBitha amBaram = with the 
sky 
hidden by the gigantic and rapidly moving pidari mayir ( manes) 
. 
vyAttha vyAptha mahA dhareeskhA mukham = 
with  a huge open  
mouth that looked like a deep cave in 
dimensions . 
khaDgOgra valgath mahA jihvA = a 
huge rotating tongue with 
the sharpness of a sword 
. 
nirgama sumahA dhamshtrAyuga  uDDAram  = the 
protruding , 
huge cannine teeth becoming visible in that open mouth 
. 
Sri Bhattadhiri ends this description with a prayer : " Tava 
vapu: 
jeeyAth " ( May this adhubhutha sareeram of Yours be 
victorious) . 
Third & the Fourth 
Lines of the Paasuram 
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At SingavEL KunRam , 
Kaliyan witnesses another sight , which  
frightened travellers of 
his days to climb the hills of AhObilam : 
nerintha vEyin mudayuL 
ninRu neeNeRi Vaayuzhavai 
tirintha 
vaanaic-chuvadu paarkkum SingavEL 
KunRamE 
At 
this dhivya dEsam of the Lord ( ammAn idam) , the 
tigers ( Uzhuvai)  
are 
hiding in dense bamboo bushes ( nerintha vEyin muzhayuL 
ninRu)  
tracking some thing of particualr interest to them that has 
passed by  
leaving their foot prints on the mountainous trails ( 
MuzhayuL ninRu neeL 
neRivAi tirintha aanai suvadu paarkkum uzhavai) . These 
tigers are moving 
stealthily from one dense bambhoo bush to the other to follow 
the footprints 
of the elephants that have travelled earlier along the paths of 
the hills to attack 
them for food . A pilgrim may stumble on these hungry tigers 
at  
the 
SellavoNa SingavEL KunRam and endanger themselves 
. 
The inapproachability of these hills is described once 
more  
with all the lurking dangers from wild weather , forst fire 
and  
wild animals looming large there 
.     
Srimath Azhagiya Singar 
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , 
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V. 
Sadagopan       
    
  
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