SrI:
Dear Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha
BhakthAs:
ThvamEva Manthram
ThvamEva RakshA
Thvam Oushadham
anutthamam
trividhAdapi dukkham Maam
prachOdhaya Jagath-PathE
Today , we will
study the Fifth Paasuram of Kaliyan on
AhObila Narasimhan
:
menRa pEzhvaay vaaLL
yeyiRROr kOLariyAy avuNan
ponRa vAham vaLLuhirAl pOzhntha Punithanidam
ninRa senthee moNDu
sooRai neeLL visumbUdu yeriya
senRu kaaNDaRkkariya Koil SingavEL KUnRamE
---Periya Thirumozhi :
1.7.5
(meaning): The inapproachability of the
Nrusimha KshEthram
of SingavEL KunRam is described by
Kaliyan in this Paasuram .
In the First tqo lines , Kaliyan
decribes the intimidating appearance of
the HiraNya
SamhAra Moorthy : He is
in the middle of tearing apart the chest
of HiraNyan laid on His wide lap .
His nails resembling VajrAyudham in
power are at work on HiraNyan's
chest .Sri JwAlA Narasimhan is mighty
angry and intense in His samhAra
kaaryam ( avuNan pOnRa) . He has
a folded , gigantic
mouth ( menRa pEzh Vaay ). His Vajra-like , lustrous teeth
are
chewing His upper and lower
lips ( menRa vaaLL
yeiRu ) in uncontrollable
rage over the asuran's Bhaagavatha
apachAram . With His mighty nails ,
Sri Nrusimhan is
destroying
HiraNyan ( avuNan ponRa vaLL uhirAl
pOzhntha Punithan)
.
Kaliyan salutes the HiraNya
SamhAra Moorthy as " Punithan " ,
the most sacred One (Pavithran , Paavanan). The rapidity with which He came to
His Bhakthan's
rescue and His
unmatchable protective grace propels
Kaliyan to salute Him as Punithan
. This avathAram
was exclusively
for His Bhaklthan , PrahlAdhan . If
PrahlAdhan is the Premier Bhakthan ,
the Lord who came to his rescue at the
most critical time has to be
the Premier God as attested by Swamy
NammAzhwAr : " Yenn
SingapirAn
perumai aarAyum
seermaitthE " . In aapath Kaalams , His bhakthAs
appeal
to Him for rescuing them and He
responds to His true BhakthAs immediately
as evidenced by RukmiNi DEvi's address
to KrishNa as Narasimhan :
" KaalE
Nrusimha " . The advocacy of Lord Narasimhan's mahimai
as
"Punithan "
. This
"Naarasimha Vapu: SrImaan " is Paavana Narasimhan
at one of the nine sannidhis . He
is saluted by Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamams
as: " Pavithram MangaLam Param " . He
is also recognized as : " PavithrANAm
pavithram yO MangaLAnam cha MangaLam .
The First of the PrahlAdha Sthuthi (
Srimad BhAgavatham :7.9.1) salutes
His Pavithra Karmaa , which got Him the
NaamA of Pavithran:
nathOasmy-AnanthAya
dhurantha-sakthyE
vichithra-veeryAya
PAVITHRA KARMANE
Viswasya
sarga-sTithi-samyamAn guNai:
svaleelayA samdhatE
avyayAthmanE
(Meaning)
: Salutations to the Limitless , indefatigable power ,
multiple valor
and Parisuddha Kaaryams
! He performs the acts of creation , protection
and
destruction playfully
with His guNAs . adiyEn's salutation is to that One ,
who
undergoes no changes
(VikArams ) .
The Meaning of the 3rd
and the 4th Lines
****************************************************
ninRa senthee moNDu sooRai neeLL
visumbhuDeriya
senRu kaaNDaRkariya kOil SingavEL
KunRamE
To match the JwAlais of JwAlA
Narasimhan , the whole side of
Ahobilam hills is ablaze with the
steady red fire ( ninRa semthee) ,
which fills itself with ( MoNDU) the strong , rotating winds and
sets the new trees on fire and
maintains the intensity
of the heat
all around up to the skies ( neeLL visumbhodu sooRai iriya) .
This makes it extremely difficult for
the pilgrims to climb
the hills
and offer their salutations to Lord
Narasimhan .
The pilgrims think that they found a
break in the enveloping flames and
think of using that pathway to climb
upstairs . The rotating wind stirs up
the fire and the pilgrims beat a
retreat to safety and stay at the foot hills .
These wild fires and their intensity as
well as frequency makes the Ahobilam
hills hard to climb to have the
darsanam of BhagavAn Narasimhan
( SenRu
kaaNDathaRkku ariya koil ) .
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.
Sadagopan
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