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Dear Sri Nrusimha BhakthAs :

The First Paasuram for the Lord of Ahobilam is :

alaittha pEzh vaay vALL yeyiRu ohr kOLL ari aay , avuNan
    kolaik-kayyALan nenju idantha koor uhirALan idam
malaittha selsAtthu yeRintha poosal vann-tuDi vaay kaduppa
    silaikkai vEdar thezhippu aRAtha SingavEL KunRamE

 - -  Periya Thirumozhi :1.7.2

In the previous Paasuram, the sanchAram of the Lions
to Sri Narasimhan's sannidhi to present their SamarpaNams of
the danthams (tusks ) of elephants for use in ivory cots and
palanquins for the Lord were described .

In this paasuram , another type of noisy activity at SingavEL
KunRam is described by the SevArTee , Thirumangai Mannan .

Here Thirumangai sees the bhakthAs of Lord Narasimhan
struggling to find their way amidst the fierce and inhospitable
terrain of Ahobilam to have the darsanam of their Lord and
putting up with the stones and arrows of the native hunters .

The First two lines of thePasuram
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First , salutation is made to the Thiruppathy of the Lord . It is
identified as the place of residence of the majestic , matchless
Lion( ohr kOLL ari)  with the sharp outstretched tongue that is roaming from
side to side inside the cave like mouth (alaittha pEzh vaay ) and revealing
the radiant white teeth  (VaaLL yeiRu) over and below that tongue.
That Simha roopa Moorthy pulled out the heart of the asuran HiraNyan
(avuNan) with His fierce and powerful nails ( koor uhirAl nenju piLanthAn)
and punished him (HiraNyan) decisively for his many trespasses .

This angry Simham tore apart the chest walls of HiraNyan to check
if the heart of HiraNyan had any fear about Him and respect for Him
as well as affection for his son , PrahlAdhan . Finding none of the above
in the heart of HiraNyan , Narasimha BhagavAn tore out that heart of
HiraNyan and threw it out . Thus ,  Lord Narasimha put an end to
HiraNyan , whose sole activity was destroying others for
disobeying him( Kolai Kai AaLan)  . Kaliyan salutes Ahobilam
as the dhivya dEsam , where Lord became the HiraNya SamhAra
Moorthy as well as Bhaktha PrahlAdha anugraha Moorthy .

While HiraNyan went on a rampage of killing all those ,
who did not recognize him as the Supreme Being , his young
child with extraordinary vivEkam displayed the highest form of
VishNu Bhakthi and provided upadEsam for all about the nine
kinds of VishNu Bhakthi that they should observe for their salvation :

" SravaNam Keertthanam VishNOr smaraNam Paadha sEvanam
   archanam vandhanam dhAsyam Sakhyam aathma nivEdhanam
   ithi pumsArpithA VishNou Bhakthi : chEth nava lakshaNA "

When HiraNyan challenged his son and asked him whether his Hari
was inside a pillar that he hit with his hand , PrahlAdhan answered
that Hari is everywhere including that pillar . Hari jumped immediately
out of that pillar so that His parama bhakthan's words do not become
untrue and destroyed the mighty asuran in a trice with His nails alone .

HiraNyan had done fierce presence once and had recieved a set of
boons  from Brahma Devan that (1) he should not experience death
from a human or an animal ; (2)  he should not meet death during day
time or night time ; (3) he should not meet death inside the house or
outside the house ; (4) he will  not be killed on earth or in the sky ;
(5) he should not be killed by a living entity or one without life .
HiraNyan
thought that he was very clever in seeking such boons to gain freedom
from death . Bhagavaan is cleverer in scheming than HiraNyan .
As He tore out of the Sthampam , our Lord took on the Narasimha
Roopam . In that state ,He was neither a full human being nor a full animal
.
He became naram kalantha Singham . His time of appearance was
neither day or night . It was sandhyA kaalam that was in between
the two . Our Lord did not kill HiraNyan either inside or outside
the house (palace) ; He killed the asuran on the door step , which
is in between the inside and the outside . HiraNyan met his death
on the lap of the Lord , which was in between the earth and aakAsam .
HiraNyan was destroyed with the weapon of nakham ( nail ) of the Lord ,
which is neither living nor dead . When it grows , it has life . When it is
cut and thrown away , it has no life. Thus the Lord outsmarted
HiraNyan , while not violating the boons granted by the careless
Brahma Devan .

After  HiraNyan was destroyed , Bhagavan invited PrahlAdhan to come
near and asked him to choose the boons that he wished to have. PrahlAdhan
responded : "Oh My Lord ! You can not distract me by granting me boons .
I seek only the boon of freedom from attachment to any thing other than
Your sacred feet . Lord Narasimhan was immensely pleased with
the VairAghyam and Bhakthi of PrahlAdhan . PrahlAdha Sthuthi of
Lord Narasimhan with 42 slOkams is one of the most sacred sthuthis .
This sthuthi was a favorite of HH InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar .

PrahlAdhA's immense bliss on having the sevai of Narasimha BhagavAn
is beautifully expressed by Saint ThyagarAjA in his PrahlAdha Bhakthi
vijaya Naatakam  .Through a Gandha Padhyam , the Saint of ThiruvayyARu
describes :

ithadE JeevAdhArudu ,
ithadE nAnOmuphalamu IndhrAdhinudhuNDu
ithadE mununanau brOchina-
thithadE SarvEswaruNDuni ithaDE ithaDe

(Meaning) : He alone is the foundation of my life ; He alone is the
fruit(Phalan) of my  vrathams ; He alone is the object of
the worship of Indhran ; He alone is the One , who protected me
from time immemorail ; He alone is the SarvEswaran.He is the One;
He is the Supreme One.

In an Uthpala MaalA meter gadhyam , ThyAga Brahmam describes
the blissful mental state of PrahlAdhan after the darsanam of
the Lord  :

" tallini joosu Bittavala , tAmara vairiki kalvasanthamE
Pallava PaaNi jAruvela , bhAnudu lEvaka viprureethithA
ullamunAsajenthi , nikilOtthama dEvuni kanna yanthanE
jallani bhAshpamulva- tala saakenu paadhamulayanthu
mrOkkagAn "

(Meaning) : When PrahlAdhan had the bhAgyam of seeing the Lord
of the Universe , his eyes were flooded with tears of joy and he fell at
the sacred feet of the Lord . His mind was filled with joy . His joyous
status was like that of an infant , which saw its mother , like the Lilly
flower that experienced the Moon rise , like the young woman ,
who met her lover and like the Brahmins who saw the Sun rise
( SooryOdhayam ) .

Such is the glory of Lord Narasimhan , who was eulogized by PrahlAdhan
throug 42 exquisite slOkams in Srimad BhAgavatham . Ahobilam is
the dhivya dEsam , where HiraNya SamhAram and PrahlAdha anugraham
happened at the same time . Let us conclude this posting about the first
two lines of Kaliyan's second Paasuram with the description of Sri NaarAyaNa
Bhattadhiri in SrI NaaraayaNeeyam, which captures the essence of
the first two lines of Thirumangai Mannan's second paasuram  :

taptha-svarNa savarNa ghUrNadh athirooksha aksham saDAkEsara
   prOthkampa pranikumBitha amBaram ahO jeeyAtthatavEdham vapu:
vyAttha vyApthamahAdarIsakha mukham khaDgOgra valkanmAhA
   jihvA nirgama dhrusyamAna sumahA dhamshtrAyuga uttAmaram

(Meaning ) What a Wonder ! His fast moving (rotating ) manes around
His neck had the hue of molten gold . His face had the most frightening
eyes .The movement of the assembly of His pidari mayir ( saDAkEsara)
hid the sky as it were with their hugeness . The open mouth had
the appearance of a huge cave . His rapidly moving tongue from side to
side of His mouth was like a sharp and rotating sword . When the tongue
was projected outward , the huge cannine teeth became visible and was
frightening to look at . Oh Lord Narasimha ! May this firece form of Yours
shine radiantly forever !

We will cover the next two lines of the second paasuram
in the next posting .

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan ,  Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan















Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan



 
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