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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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