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your grace please

Post 3

Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

First of all my heartiest best wishes for a very happy and bhakthi 
filled new year `paarthibha' to all bhakthaas of the list. You may be 
wondering what is the connection the lowly servant woman sabari 
saying raama as `manlion' and prahlaadha talking to lord narasimha, 
in particular, with reference to dhayaraani krithi of ST - which is 
our topic. I am not going to deal that. 

How "this krithi and the seventh skandham of srimadh bhaagavatham - 
where prahlaadha charithram is dealt - are closely linked", is the 
point of interest. 

Lord brahma, the dhEvaas, naaradha and even the supreme lord's 
consort sree lakshmi are afraid of nearing the angry narasimha, who 
has just finished killing hiraNyakasipu. At that stage brahma pushed 
the young prahlaadha to please the lord narasimha, to reduce his 
anger, and prahlaadha started praying   
"dhayaraanee, dhayaraanee, dhaasarathee raamaa" as stated by ST

as stated in bhaagavatham ? 
thathEthi sanakai: raajan mahaa-bhaagavathO~'rbhakah
upEthya bhuvi kaayEna nanama vidhrthanjali: || 7th skandham ch 9 
slOkam 4

thatha- so be it; 
ithi- thus accepting the words of Lord Brahma;
sanakai: - very slowly; 
rajan- O King (Yudhisthira) [to whom naaradha is telling this story 
as styled in bhaagavatham] mahaa-bhaagavatha: - the great exalted 
devotee (prahlaadha) 
arbhakah- although only a small boy; 
upEthya - gradually going near; 
bhuvi - on the ground; 
kaayEna ? by his body; 
nanama- offered respectful obeisance 
vidhrtha anjali: - folding his hands.

Meaning: Naaradha Muni continued: O King, although the exalted 
devotee Prahlaadha was only a little boy, he accepted Lord Brahma's 
words. He gradually proceeded toward Lord Narasimha and fell down to 
offer his respectful obeisance with folded hands.

Point: when a devotee falls at the feet of the lord and does 
saastaanga praNaamams, what else he is going to ask 
except `dhayaraanee, dhayaraanee', that too when the lord is angry.

CharaNam 1: vivarimpa tharamaa raghuveera aanandha munu raamaa
meaning: The acts done by you, Oh bliss personified, raghu veeraa, am 
I competent to explain them?

Sri prahlaadha uvaacha
brahmaadhayah suragaNaa munayO~tha sidhDhaa:
saththvaikaathana gathayO vachasaam pravaahai:
na aaraadhithum puru guNair adhunaapi pipru:
kim thOsthum arhathi sa mE harir ugrajaathE: || slokam 8, ch 9, 7th 
skandham

sri prahlaadha: uvaacha - Prahlaadha prayed
brahmaadhaya: - headed by Lord Brahmaa 
sura gaNaa: - the inhabitants of the upper world ? the dhEvaas 
munaya: - the great saintly persons
atha- as well (like the 4 Kumaras and others) 
sidhDhah- who have attained perfection or full knowledge 
saththvaa - to spiritual existence; 
Ekathana gathaya: - who have taken without diversion to any material 
activities 
vachasaam ? of descriptions or words; 
pravaahai: - by streams
na - not  
aaraadhithum ? to satisfy 
puru guNai: - although fully qualified
adhunaa - until now; 
api - even; 
pipruh - were able 
kim - whether; 
thOsthum - to become pleased; 
arhathi - is able; 
sah - He (the Lord); 
mE - my; 
hari: - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; 
ugra-jaathE: - who am born in an asuric family.

meaning: Prahlaadha prayed - How is it possible for me, who have been 
born in a family of asuraas, to offer suitable prayers to satisfy the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead? Even until now, all the demigods, 
headed by Lord Brahmaa, and all the saintly persons, could not 
satisfy the Lord, by streams of excellent words, although such 
persons are very qualified, being in the mode of goodness. Then what 
is to be said of me? I am not at all qualified.

Point: is it not `vivarimpa tharamaa' ? am I competent to explain the 
acts done by you, oh lord ? raama ? raghu veeraa - Is it not a 
veerach cheyal to kill hiraNyakasipu? then how can I describe that, 
oh raamaa ? the lionman.
 
CharaNam 2: thalachithE mEnella pulakarinchEnu raama
meaning: If I think of your leelaas, Oh raamaa,  my entire body 
horripillates.

sva paadhamulE pathitham tham arbhakam vilOkya dhEva: krpayaa 
pariplutha:
uththaapya thacchirsny adhadhath karambujam kalahi vithrasthadhiyam 
krtha abhayam ||
slOkam 5 ? ch 9, 7th skandham

sva-paadhamulE - at His lotus feet; 
pathitham - fallen; 
tham - him (Prahlaadha); 
arbhakam - only a little boy; 
vilOkya ? seeing
dhEva: - Lord Narasimha  
krpayaa - out of His causeless mercy 
pariplutha: - very much afflicted (in ecstasy) 
uththaapya - raising
thath sirsni - on his head
adhadhath - placed 
kara-ambujam - His lotus hand 
kaala ahi - of the deadly snake of time, (which can cause immediate 
death)
vithrastha - afraid
dhiyam- to all of those whose minds 
krtha abhayam - which causes fearlessness.

Meaning: When Lord Narasimha saw the small boy Prahlaadha prostrated 
at the soles of His lotus feet, He became most ecstatic in affection 
toward His devotee. Raising Prahlaadha, the Lord placed His lotus 
hand upon the boy's head because His hand is always ready to create 
fearlessness in all of His devotees.

When Narasimha appeared, all the devotees became fearless for they 
already knew that hiraNyakasipu will be killed, thereby their fearful 
days are ending. The devotee's hope of becoming fearless is by 
thinking and chanting the holy name of Narasimha. Also the slOkam
yathO yathO yaami thathO nrsimha: 
wherever one goes, he must always think of Lord Narsimha. Then there 
will be no fear for the devotee for he is `thooNilum iruppaar, 
thurumbilum iruppaar', such a lord narasimha is present everywhere. 
Further

sa thath kara sparsa dhuthakhilasubha: sapadhy abhivyaktha para 
aathma dharsana:
thath paadha padhmam hrdhi nirvrthO dhadhau hrsyath thanuh klinna 
hrdh asru lOchana: || 
slokam 6, ch 9, 7th skandham

sah- he (Prahlaadha) 
thath kara sparsa - because of being touched on the head by the lotus 
hand of lord Narasimha 
dhutha - being cleansed;
akhila - all; 
asubha: - inauspiciousness or material desires; 
sapadhy - immediately; 
abhivyaktha - manifested; 
para aathma dharsana: - realization of the Supreme spiritual 
knowledge 
thath paadha padhmam - Lord Narasimha's lotus feet 
hrdhi - within the core of the heart; 
nirvrtha: - full of transcendental bliss 
dhadhau - captured
hrsyath thanu:  ? having transcendental ecstatic bliss manifested in 
the body; 
klinna-hrdh - whose heart was softened due to transcendental ecstasy; 
asru lOchana: - with tears in his eyes.

Meaning: By the touch of Lord Narasimha's hand on Prahlaadha's head, 
Prahlaadha was completely freed of all material desires, as if he had 
been thoroughly cleansed. Therefore he at once became ecstatic, 
transcendentally situated, and all the symptoms of ecstasy became 
manifest in his body. His heart filled with love, and his eyes with 
tears, and thus he was able to completely capture the lotus feet of 
the Lord within the core of his heart.

Point: when the lord is most ecstatic towards his devotee, is it not 
but natural to the devotee also to realize that ecstasy? Not only 
that when the lord himself places his hand on the devotee's head and 
gives that abhaya mudhraa ? then can anybody be else but 
except  `pulakarinchEnu raama'. Oh, what a way to describe.

Again since length is increasing we will continue in next post.
Dhaasan
Vasudevan m.g.






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