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 :
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 :
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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