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) ************************************************************************* 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) ********************************************************* SlOkma 29 : *************** 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 ************** 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 *************** 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 ************** 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 ************** 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 *************** 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 ************** 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) ************************************************ 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) *************************************************** 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) *************************************** 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 ) *************************************** 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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