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nArasimha vapuhu = nArasimhasya vapuhu yasya saha = The one who has the 
Narasimha rUpam.

pASuram : Siriya tirumaDal ? 43, 44, 45 (Tirumangai AlwAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam)



samanvayam with pASuram : HiraNyakaShipu who considered himself as Brahma died 
a ghastly death. He couldn?t protect his body. Is he the Brahma then?.
The one who broke open the pillar and thrashed that HiraNya is the real Brahma. 
That day, He roared and proclaimed to one and all that He is the Lion among all 
and He is the antaryAmi of all. He displayed His all protective power and mad 
love for His devotees. 

nAra ? Amongst the AtmAs
simha ? The pre-eminent one
vapuhu ? who shines with such a splendid divya mangaLa vigraham.



pASuram :
(43) pOrAr neDuvElOn | pOn peyarOn
The fighting HiraNya with the long spear 

Akattai | kUrArnda vaLLukirAl | kINDu 
He tore that HiraNyA?s body with His sharp and sturdy nails



KuDal mAlai | (44) SirAr | tirumAr binmEl kaTTi
And wore the intestines as a garland over His chest, which is the auspicious 
abode of mother lakShmi.



Senguruti SorAr kkiDandAnai | kungumattoL koTTi
He knocked down the blood smeared arms of the HiraNya who lay bleeding profusely



(45) ArA yeZhundAn | ariyu ruvAi
And flourished rapidly in His roaring nrusimha form.

Detailed Interpretation : 
1) Of the fighting HiryaNya with the long spear : HiraNya considered himself as 
the Brahma and all others as totally insignificant. This thoughtwas his spear. 
He used to wage a war with it against everyone who challenged his supremacy.

2) He tore such HiraNyA?s body with strong & sturdy nails : Those who consider 
themselves as Brahma require such a thought (such a weapon) to defend their 
standpoint.
Of what necessity is any such weapon to the One who is naturally powerful; who 
is the epitome of all the kaLyANa guNAs like Souryam,dhairyam, parAkramam?He 
pounced upon HiraNya and teared him apart with just His nails. 

3) And wore the intestines as a garland over His chest : His chest isthe 
auspicious abode of mother LakShmi. He decorated such a chest with theentrails 
of HiraNyakaShipu. This was purely due to the fact that HiraNyakashipu was 
related to His ardent devotee, PrahlAda. He adorns Himself with anything that 
has a bhAgavatha sambandham and gives it a position equal to our mother SrI. 
This act exemplifies His boundless love towards His devotees.

4) He knocked down the blood smeared arms of the HiraNya who lay 
bleedingprofusely : Those hands of HiraNya inflicted pain on many bhAgavatAs, 
over-powered many women and forced them to surrender to him. He knocked them 
down with an aggrieved heart as they were not instrumental in doing 
bhAgavath-bhAgavatha kainkaryam and were instead involved in unpardonable acts. 

4) And flourished in His roaring Nrusimha avatAram : His roar 
vividlypromulgates the praNavArdham.     
"I am your protector. You are not the protector. When you cannot safeguard 
yourself, How come you pose as the protector of all others?. Are you the 
Brahma?. Are you that supreme truth?.
I am that Brahma, that supreme truth. Know me as the sarva rakShaka, as the 
sarvAntaryAmi - the supreme controller.?
Lord Nrusimha flourished in each and every department, each and every quality. 
HiraNya was muffled into a nothing. 

This was one of the most celebrated incarnations of the Lord.He displayed in an 
astounding manner, His all protective prowess, His mad Love for His devotees, 
and the truth of He being the inner controller of all.

He is the one with inimitable kaLyANa guNAs and divya mangaLa vigraham and He 
is the greatest of all the nArams (nArasimha vapuhu).

Jai Sriman Narayana



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