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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs Of Sri Hari NaarAyaNan :

Today we will study Eleven more slOkams of MaangaLya Sthavam .
They focus on four more avathArams of the Lord .

Hari of MaangaLya Sthavam is Nara Hari( Narasimhan)
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At  the outset , I concur with the SrikAryam Swamy of Srimath PoundarIkapuram
Andavan Aasramam that the Maangalya Sthavam is all about Sri Narasimha
BhagavAn . I do not have access to his commentary in Kannada here ;
my reasoning is based on  the ending of each of the Fourth Paadham of 43 of 
the 50 slOkams of this Sthavam ending with the nAmA of HARI : 

" Mamaasthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE HARI:"

The Hari sabdham refers not only to MahA VishNu but also to a Lion .
On this basis , we call BhagavAn Nara-Simhan as "Nara-Hari " .
It is therefore appropraite to consider this Sthavam to be all about
Nara Hari or Nrusimha BhagavAn and His various avathArams .

SlOkams 29-35 (VamanAvathAram of Hari)
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SlOkma 29 :
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Rk-paavitham yO YajushA hi SrImath 
Saama-dhvanidhvastha samastha pAthakam
chakrE jagath Vaamanaka: Sa sarvadhA 
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari :

(Meaning) :May the MaayAvi (KapaDa) Vaamana Moorthy , who 
purified the world with the recitation of Rg Veda Rks , who enlivened
the world and make it bloom with the uccharaNam of Yajur Veda 
Manthrams and who removed all the ills of the world with the singing
of Saamans of the Saama vEdham grow my MangaLams further and further !

(Comments) : As Lord walked towards the Yaaga Saalai of Bali Chakravarthy
in the form of a dwarf BrahmachAri , He was reciting Rg , Yajur and Saama Veda
manthrams alternatively . Through His blessing of the world with these 
manthrams,
there was mangaLam all around . The inauspiciousness was chased away . 

Lord Vaamana incarnated on a SravaNa dhvAsai day to restore the wealth of 
Indhra , which was taken away by the asurA king , MahA Bali .He appeared
with Sanka-Chakrams at birth , but quickly changed into the body of a bright 
and active dwarf BrahmachAri (  PaDutamam VaDuroopam aadhA: ) . adorned with 
Munji waist band, PalAsa twig , KamaNdalu and Yajn~opaveetham , Vaamanar
proceeded towards the Yaj~na Saalai of MahA Bali to seek the alms of 
three feet of Earth  from MahA Bali . When the Lord walked on the Earth , 
His weight made th earth bend under His step.

He arrived at the YaagasAlai of MahA Bali reciting the four VedAs .
He is Veda Shadanga Paarakan ( expert in the VedAs with six angams).
The powerful Veda Manthrams  recited by the Lord caused auspiciousness
all around .   

SlOkma 30
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Yath-paadha-vinyAsa pavithrathAm Mahee
yayaou viyaccha Rg-yajusham-udheeraNAth  
Sa VaamanO dhivya sareera roopa dhruk
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari :

(Meaning): Parama Paavana Vaamana Moorthy's foot steps 
purified the earth under ; His recitation of the Veda manthrams
purified the aakAsam and the space between heaven and earth
(anthariksham) . May that most sacred Vaamana Moorthy enhance
further and further adiyEn's auspicousness ! 

SlOkam 31
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Yasmin prayAthEasura-bhUbhruthOadhvarAth 
nanAma khEdhAth avani: sasAgarA
Sa Vaamana: Sarvajaganmaya: sadhA
MamAsthu MaangaLya vibrutthayE Hari:

(Meaning) : When the Lord as Vaamanan walked towards 
the Yaaga saalai of the King of asuraas ( MahA Bali) , BhUmi 
devi bent Her head down thinking about the Yaachakam ( Begging
of the Lord) for three steps of land . May that mysterious Lord of
all Iswaryam  , who contains in Himself all the worlds , increase 
further and further adiyEn's MangaLams ! 

(Comment) : The weight of the Lord even though He had the form of
a dwarf made the Earth bend under each of His step . That made it look
like BhUmi DEvi was bending Her head out of reverence for Her Lord ,
who was about to engage in Yaachakam of what was His own property .


SlOkam 32
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MahAdhbhuthE dhaithyapathE : MahAdhvarE
Yasmin pravishtE kshupitham MahAsurai:
Sa VaamanOanhtasTitha sapthalOkadhruk
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari :

(Meaning): When the dwarf BrahmachAri (Vaamana BrahmachAri)
entered the grand Yaaga Saalai of MahA Bali , all the brahmaNAs
assembled there were dumbfounded by His tEjas and adhbhutha 
roopam of the Lord .  May that Hari , who holds all the seven worlds 
in His stomach for protection during the time of deluge , enhance 
adiyEn's MangaLams further and further ! 

(Comment) : Maha Bali was a descendant of Bhaktha PrahlAdhan .
He was pious . He had Veda Viths all around him at the YaagasAla 
under the leadership of his Guru , SukrAchArya . When Vaamana 
BhagavAn reached the Yaaga SaalA on the banks of Narmadha river , 
His tEjas blinded the assembly of Rthviks . They wondered the dwarf
in front of them is Sooryan or Agni or the Yogi SanathkumArar .


SlOkma 33
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sanghai: surANAm dhivi bhUtalasTithai:
taTA manushyairgaganE cha khEcharai:
sthutha: kramAth Ya; prachachAra sarvadhA
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

(Meaning) : May the Lord who was eulogized by the dEvAs in Svargam ,
by the humans on Earth and by the celestials in heaven as He measured 
the Universe with His ever-growing gigantic feet bless me with 
the soubhAgyam of increasing MangaLams !

(Commnet ) : When MahA Bali completed the dhAnam , Vaamanar
grew into a gigantic form and the  DevAs , SaaraNas , Siddhars and 
all celestials showered a rain of flowers . Brahma Devan washed 
the Lord's Thiruvadi with waters from His Kamandalu .MahA Bali
saw the whole Prapancham in the body of the Lord Thrivikraman .
Lord placed His sacred feet on the head of MahA Bali and placed
him in a puNya lOkam named Sutalam to live auspiciously with 
his family and friends ,

SlOkam  34 
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krAnthvA dharihtreem gagnam taTA dhivam
MaruthpatErya: pradadhou thrivishtabham
Sa DevadEvO bhuvanEswarEswarO
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

(Meaning): May Hari , the Lord of the Universe , who measured
the Earth , Heaven and the Svarga lOkam with His two steps and blessed
Indhran with the rulership of the three lOkams enhance my MangaLams
further and further !  

SlOkam 35
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anugraham chApi BalEranutthamam
chakAra Ya: Sa IndhrapadhOpamam kshaNAth
SurAmsccha  yaj~nAmsabhuja: sa sarvadhA 
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

(Meaning): May Hari , Who granted a superior post to MahA Bali 
equal to the one He gave to  Indhran and who blessed
the dEvAs with the Havis portions of the Yaagam of MahA Bali 
bless adiyEn with ever increasing MangaLams !

SlOkam 36 (Sri HayagrIva avathAram)
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rasAtaLAth yEna purA samAhruthA:
samastha VedhA : JalachAra roopiNA
Sa KaiDabhAri MadhuhAmbhusaayee
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

(Meaning) :May Hari who incarnated as Lord HayagrIvan and 
descended to RasAtaLam to destroy Madhu and Kaidhaban and 
to bring back the VedAs stolen by them and who engaged  in 
Yoga NidhrA thereafter bless adiyEn with ever expanding 
circle of MangaLams !

(Comments) : When VedAs were stolen by the two asurAs 
and Brahma lost his powers of creation as a result , BhagavAn
HayagrIvan (as AnuruddhAmsam) incarnated  , went to RasAtaLam
where the Asuraas ( Madhu and Kaidapan ) had hidden the VedAs ,
raised OmkAra udhgeetham , frightened the asurAs , brought back 
the VedAs and taught Brahma dEvan again and made it possible 
for the creation to continue .The asurAs looked for the Lord and found
Him engaged in Yoga NidhrA .They made a lot of noise and invited
the Lord for a battle. Hayagriva BhagavAn caught hold of them 
and pressed them between His thighs and destroyed them  and 
became known thereafter as Madhusoodhanan .

SlOkam 37 ( Sri ParasurAma avathAram)
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nikshahtriyAm Ya: chAkAra Medhineem
anEkaSO Baahuvanam taTAacchinath
Ya: Kaarthaveeryasya  Sa BhArgavOtthamO
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

(Meaning ): May Hari who incarnated as ParasurAman , who cut all
the thousand arms of KaarthaveeryArjunan and destroyed many 
generations of Kashthriyans on this earth bless adiyEn with 
ever growing MangaLams !  

(Comments) ParasurAma was the son of Sage Jamadhagni . King 
KaarthaveeryArjunan offended the Sage Jamadagni and latter removed
the king's powers and destroyed him ultimately . The sons of the king
came to the Aasramam of Jamadagni , when ParasurAmar was not there
and killed Sage Jamadagni . Angered by this dastardly act of the sons of
the King , ParasurAmar cut the heads of all of them with His axe and 
follwed it up with the destruction of 21 generations of kings . Swamy 
Desikan celebrates the anger and valour of ParasurAmar this way:

"KrOdhAgnim Jamadagni peeDana-bhavam santharpayishyan kramAth
  akshathramiha samtathaksha Ya imAm thrisapthakruthva: Kshithim "


SlOkma 38 ( RaamAvathAram)
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nihathya yO Vaalinamugra-vikramam
niBhadhya sEthum jaladhou dasAnanam
jagAna chAnyAn rajaneecharAn asou
MamAsthu Maangalya vivrutthayE Hari: 

(Meaning ): May Hari , who incarnated as Dasaratha Raaman 
and killed the mighty Vaali  and built the dam across the ocean 
to reach the island of LankA to destroy RaavaNan and his army
of asurAs enhance adiyEn's mangaLams !

(Comment ): The valor of Raghuveeran celebrated in Swamy
Desikan's Raghuveera Gadhyam is the focus of this slOkam .
His arrows had the power to dry up the ocean and they were 
like the JwAlais of PraLaya Kaala Agni : 

" PaarAvAra PayO visOshaNa kalaa PaareeNa kAlAnala
   JwAlA jaala vihAra  haari visikha vyApAra ghOra krama: "  

SlOkam 39 KrishNAvathAram )
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chikshEpa Baala: SakaDam Banhanja 
yO yamArjunam Kamsamarim jagAna cha
mamardha ChANUramukhAn Sa sarvadhA
MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

(Meaning ) : May Hari who incarnated as KrishNa and pulverized
the SakadAsuran with a kick , pulled down the twin YamaLarjuna
trees , killed the wrestlers of the court of Kamsa and finally destroyed
Kamsa ( who showed enimity to Him ) increase further and further 
adiyEn's MangaLams ! 

(Comment): From the infant days to youth stage , KrishNan displayed
His mighty power to destroy evil-minded enemies . As an infant resting 
in cradle , he kicked with His tiny foot the mighty asuran who had 
approached Him as a wheel and reduced him to splinters . As a crawling infant ,
he went between the two arjuna trees with a mortar tied to His waist 
and brought the trees down and freed the two gandharvAs , who had become
the two trees out of a sage's curse . As a teen ager , He went to His uncle 
Kamsan's
capitol and destroyed the court wrestlers and ultimately put an end to 
His uncle , who had committed so many atrocities . These heroic deeds
of KrishNaavathAra Hari are saluted in this slOkam . 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan




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