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SrI:
 
Dear BhakthAs:
 
Today  , we will study  the Fourth Paasuram of Kaliyan on
AhObila Narasimhan :
 
yevvam vevvEl Ponn peyarOn yEthalan inn uyirai
    vavvi aahamvaLLUhirAl vahirntha ammAn idam
kavvu-nAyum  kazhuhum ucchippOthodu kaal suzhanRu
    DhaivamallAl sella oNNA SingavEL KunRamE
 
Periya Thirumozhi: 1.7.4
 
(Meaning) : The AhObila KshEthram is the place of residence of
Lord Narasimhan , who stole the dear prANan of the asuran
with the name denotin gold (HiraNyan) through His powerful
nails of the fingers . The asuran carrying a sharp spear in his hand
and caused sorrow to the people of the world was destroyed by
Lord Narasimhan with His sharp nails . HiraNyan's chest was 
torn apart by the Matchless power of His nails .This dhivya
dEsam of Ahobilam ( SingavEL KunRam) is not of easy access to
human beings ; it is readily accessible to dEvAs alone. The hardships
faced by the humans are hinted by Kaliyan : (1) The intense heat of
the mid day Sun and the fast moving hot winds from the forest fires
slow down the pilgrims . Those adverse factors weaken the steps
of the pilgrims (2) There is also mortal danger that they experience :
The wild dogs attack the weary pilgrims , who are in a weakened
state and if they fall down , then the eagles sweep down to go for
their flesh as their food . Under these circumstances , even the most
hardy pilgrims find it extremely difficult to climb up the hills for
Bhagavath darsanam . Thirumangai  wonders that this dhivya dEsam
is accessible to dEvAs alone (Dhaivam allAl sella oNNA SingavEL
KunramE ) .
 
Lord Narasimha and His hard-to-access dhivya dEsam of Ahobilam
is dear to VaishNavAs , Sankara  and Dhvaitha  SampradhAyins .
There are many sthOthrams about Lord Narasimhan , who destroyed
adharmic HiraNyan with His nails alone . One of them is by MadhvAchArya
named " Nrusmha Nakha Stuthi  " , a tribute to the finger nails of Lord
NarasimhA , the instrument of destruction of HiraNyan . There are
two beautiful slOkams in this Stuthi by MadhvAchArya :
 
http://www.dvaita.org/stotra/nakha_stuti.html
 
Sri Mantra Raaja Padha sthOthram of Ahirbudhnyan , KaamAseekAshtakam
of Swamy Desikan , Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha KarAvalampana sthOthram of
Adhi Sankara are some of the sthOthrams that salute the power and
Mahimai of Lord Narasimha . The most important one in this category is
the Nrusimha Kavacham known for its mantric potency :
http://Sanskrit.gde.to/doc_Vishnu/nkavacham.pdf
 
This URL with 21 pages has both the Sanskrit text and the meanings of
the individual slOkams of Sri Nrusimha Kavacham with many BheejAksharams
that extol the valour of the victorious Lord displayed during the samhAram
of HiraNyan .
 
The powerful prayer in one of the slOkams is :
 
" (PraNavam) namO BhagavatE NarasimhaAya , manas tEjasE aavirbhava ,
   --- vajra nakha , vajra dhamshtra karmaasayan randhaya randhaya , tamO graasa "
 
Oh my Lord Narasimha , who poseeses nails and teeth like thunderbolt !
kindly appear before my mind with Your ( matchless )tEjas as JwAlA
Narasimhan ! Please vanquish our demon like desires and grant us
fruitive activity in this materialistic world !
 
In another slOkam , the Kavacham begs the Lord of the Universe ,
Sri Narasimhan to remove the Taapa thrayams because He is the all
encompassing Manthram , unfailing protection and the sure  medicine .
 
" ThvamEv aManhtram ThvamEva RakshA
   Thvam Oushadham anutthamam
   ThrividhAdh api dukkhAn maam
   prachOdhaya Jagath-PathE ".    
 
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan      


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