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SrI:
 
Dear Sri Nrusimha BhakthAs :
 
Let us reflect on the NINTH Paasuram of Kaliyan on AhobilaKshEthra Naathan , Sri Lakshmi Narsimhan . This is a moving one :
 
nallai nenjE naamm thozhuthum nammudaya namperumAL
    alli mAthar pulha ninRa aayiram thOLan-idam
nelli malhik-kalludaippap-pul ilai aarntu atharvaay
    silli sill yenRu oll aRAtha SingavEL KunramE
 
Introductory Comments
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Lord Narasimhan has completed His avathAra Kaaryam .
He sat on the throne of HiraNyan to cleanse it of its dhOshams
and to consecrate it for the coronation of PrahlAdhan as the next
asura king . Brahma and Siva concluded their sthuthis of the Lord .
Our Lord's anger had still not subsided . DevAs requested  
MahA Laskshmi to appear before the Lord to calm Him down .
She saw Her Lord in a form that She had not heard about or seen
before  and wondered what this gigantic form with the head of
a lion and the body of a human was . Out of wonderment and fear ,
She did not choose to go near the angry Narasimham sitting on
the throne . Srimad BhAgavatham describes this scene as :
 
SaakshAth SrI: prEkshithA dEvai: dhrushtvA tanmahadhadhbhutham
adhrushta-asrutha poorvathvAth Saa nOpEyAya sankithA
 
Srimath BhAgavatham : 7.9.2
 
Brahma was now at his wit's end . He thought of an idea . PrahlAdhan
was standing next to him and told  PrahlAdhan : " Oh dear Child ! Go near
and appease the Lord , who is still  mighty angry at your deceased father ". 
 
The child PrahlAdhan responded positively and slowly came close to 
the Lord and prostrated before the Lord with folded hands . 
 
The most compassionate Lord lifted the child that was prostrating 
before Him and embraced the dear one and placed His lotus soft hands 
on the child's head in benediction . PrahlAdhan was now rid of all his sins
from the Lord's kara sparsam and shed tears of happiness . He meditated 
on the sacred feet of the Lord in his heart lotus. With a trembling voice 
choked with emotions, PrahlAdhan began to praise the Lord . Here are
some slOkAs   from Srimath BhAgavatham (Translations are from
Sri P.N.Krishnaswamy Iyengar of Coimbatore ) :
 
Srimath BhAgavatham : 7.9.9 " Oh Lord Narasimha ! I think that mere
riches (dhanam), family (abhijanam) , beauty (roopam) , penance (Tapas)  ,
skils (Srutha) , strong will ( Ojas) and bodily appearance (dEha Kaanthi) ,
fame (PrabhAvam) , strength of body (Pourusham) , Balam  , bravery ,
intelligence (Buddhi) and yoga practise -- all these twelve are not
useful for the worship of You ,the Lord , if wanting in Bhakti . Was it not
You , the Lord , pleased with the worship offered by a wild elephant
(GajEndhra) which was devoid of all these ?
 
SlOkam 7.9.10: " Oh Lord ! I think that a chandaaLa , with Bhakti , is far
superior to a Brahmin , who is possessed of all of the above 12 attributes
but wanting in Bhakthi . For that ChaNdaaLa with Bhakti , he purifies
himself and his whole clan ., whereas that proud brahmin does not 
purify even his own self " .  
 
Portion of SlOkam 7.9.14 : " Oh Lord ! Please control Your anger !
Let this avathAra of Yours be hereafter the object of meditation for
men to get rid of all fears in their lives ( roopam Nrusimha  vibhayAya
janA: samaranthy) ."  
 
Portion of SlOkam 7.9.15: " Oh Lord ! You are invincible . I am not
afraid of Your appearnace .... These Brahma and other gods may be 
afraid of seeing You in this form after samhAram of my father . But , 
I am not afraid ". 
 
SlOkam 7.9.24: " Oh Lord ! Knowing as I do that all the long life ,
wealth and prosperity that are enjoyable from Brahma downwards
are transient and fleeting . Those worldly pleasures are all subject to
You . Hence , please take me in the assembly of Your servants
(nijabhruthya paarsvam maamm upanaya) ".
 
SlOkam 7.9.50: " Oh Lord ! There are six ways to attain that Bhakti
towards You , (Viz)., (1) Prostration (2) Praising You (3) performing
aarAdhanam for You (4) keeping dharmAs (5) Meditation of Your
sacred feet (6)Hearing stories about You . These are the ways of real
devotes or BhaktAs or SanyAsis . Except by such sevA , it is not 
possible to reach the path of such sanyAsis or to become Your BhakthA ."
 
Lord Narasimha was immensely pleased with the delightful and yet
humble eulogy of PrahlAdhan and spoke to the child with bent knees 
in front of Him:
 
Vathsa PrahlAdha bhadhram tE  preethOham tE asurOtthama 
varam vruNeeshva abhimatham kaamapUrOasya aham nruNAm 
 
Oh Child PrahlAdha ! All auspiciousness  to You ! Ask me of any boons . 
I am immensely pleased with thee . I am the fulfiller of all the prayers of 
the devotees of Mine .
 
PrahlAdha Sthuthi concludes with Sukha Braham's statement that PrahlAdha ,
even though tempted by the Lord Himself with the choicest of boons ,
which would have naturally enticed comonfolk  did not desire any such
boons even from the Lord Himself , since all his concentration and
dhyAnam was on Lord Bhagavaan Himself  and not on any other .
 
Lord Narasimhan was touched by the great bhakthi displayed by
PrahlAdhan and became completely tranquil and approachable to
MahA Lakshmi and the Deva samooham .
 
Thirumangai covers what happened thereafter at Ahobilam
in this ninth Paasuram .
 
( To be continued)
  
Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan  
 


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