SrI:
Dear
BhakthAs:
Today , we will
study the Third Paasuram of Kaliyan on
AhObila Narasimhan
:
yEntha
pEzhvaay vaaLL yeyiRROr kOLariyAy avuNan
vaayntha aaham vaLLuhirAl
vahirntha Ammaanathu idam
Oyntha
maavum udayntha kunRum anRiyum ninRazhalAl
tEyntha vEyum allathillA SingavEL
kunRamE
- -
- Periya Thirumozhi: 1.7.3
(Meaning) : AhObilam is the
dhivya dEsam of Veda Prasiddha
EmperumAn , who became a
matchless and majestic Lion with
the
lustrous cannine teeth fitting ideally with the huge
cavern sized
mouth . Here Narasimhan
tore apart the hard chest of HiraNyan
--gained
from his severe
penance-- with His sharp , adamantine nails .
At this Hill of the matchless
Simham (Narasimham) , wild animals
like lion , tiger , elephants
are unable to roam freely due to
the wounds in their legs .
Why is their free roaming thwarted ?
why are they immobilized by
the road side ? It is because of
the intensity of the forest
fires that heat up the rocks to the point of
the rocks cracking and
shooting out in all directions . Treading over
these splinterred hot
rocks and pebbles burns their feet and makes it
difficult for them to move
about freely . They have to wait for the
forest
fire to stop and for the
floor to cool before they can resume their free
movement deep inside the
forests instead of hanging around in places ,
where the
sevArtthees travel along narrow foot paths to the
Sannidhi
of the Lord . These sharp hot
splinters present dangers to the pilgrims
as well in addition to the
dangers posed to them from the wild animals .
The forest is
full of thorny bamboo bushes . When lightning strikes
and
the forest fire
grows , the bamboo bushes catch fire and explode
throwing
thorns like shooting stars on
to the foot paths used by the pilgrims
and the trails used by the
wild animals in their natural habitats. The hot
thorns inhibit further the
progress of the pilgrims and cause consternation
to the wild animals . Hot
rocky splinters from overheated stones , forest
fire and flying hot thorn
shreds from the bamboo forests make AhObila
dhivya dEsam not an easy
place to travel for the sEvai of Narasimhan .
It is not a place for the
faint hearted and the weak-limbed to travel. It is
not an easily accessible
dhivya dEsam like Srirangam , where nightingales
sing , the peacocks dance and
the region is abundant with pleasing lotus
ponds and green rice paddy
fields . Only the hardy and determined pilgrims
can make their way up the
wilderness of Ahobila dhivya dEsam taking
their life in their own hands
to have the bhAgyam of the SEvai of the Lord
in this HiraNya SamhAra
KshEthram (AmmAn Idam) .
Additional Comments
: Thanks to the foresight and DayA of
Prakrutham
Azhagiya Singar , clear
pathways have been constrcuted to climb the hills of
Ahobilam comfortably .Svathi
Thirumanjanam takes place at every one of
the nine sannidhis at
Ahobilam today . People travel comfortably to this dhivya
dEsam now to take part in
these Thirumanjanams .
In Thirumangai Mannan's time
, Ahobila KshEthrAdanam was the most
dangerous one . It was
hazardous . There was the wild forest full of
ferocious animals . The
frequent forest fires from lightning forced the wild
animals to escape the deep
forest to halt near the pathways used by
the YaathrikAs . Even there ,
both the animals and the pilgrims could not
escape from the dangers of
flying bamboo thorns and sharp pieces of
hot rocks set in motion by
the intense forest fires . Oyntha Maa (immobilized
animals) , Udaintha
KunRu (Splintered
rock pieces) and azhalAl tEyntha vEy
( bamboo thorns left over
from the forest fire) all joined together to cause
havoc for
the ardent
pilgrims intent on visiting the Sannidhi of the Lord of
AhObilam
.
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.
Sadagopan
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