Why vArAhavathAram?
Sri kaliyan talks of Lord DhaivanAyakan as that of vArahavatharam. The possible
reasons of why this should be, is explained aloud by Sri Sadagopan swAmi.
"yEanam adhAi" 3-1
Lord DhaivanAyakan as the One who incarnated
as VarAha BhagavAn to bring back BhUmi Devi
from under the Ocean , where She was hidden by
the Raakshasan , HiraNyAkshan. After the MahA VarAha
Moorthy destroyed HiraNyAkshan and arose out of
the ocean waters carrying BhUmi Devi on His powerful
tusk, our compassionate Mother requested the Lord
to instruct Her on the sure way to save the destitute
human beings from their SamsAric afflictions and
for them to attain mOkshAnugraham.
Our Lord responded to His divine consort and blessed us
all , Their children , with the powerful and reassuring
Varaha Charama slOkam in this context. Along with
the other two charama slOkams blessed to us by Lord
Raamachandra and Lord KrishNaa , the VarAha charama slOkam is
a marga darsi (path definer ) for the suffering
humans to find the means for liberation from the cycles of
births and deaths. Thus , it is no surprise that Kaliyan
chose VarAha Moorthy behind this most powerful of the three
Charama slOkams at the beginning of his eulogy of the Lord of
ThiruvahIndrapuram.There may be other reasons Kaliyan's choice
of VaraahAvathAram first . Let us explore them:
(1)Kaliyan was not too far from the Svyam Vyaktha kshEtram
( Sacerd abode of the Lord , where He is self-manifested)
of SrI MushNam . The worship of that beautiful archA
of Adhi VarAhan might have been lingering in the mind
of Kailyan , when he arirved at ThiruvhIdhrapuram.
Although Kaliyan has not left us any paasurams about
the ancient SrImushNam PerumAL , it is very possible
that he might have visited this abhimAna sthalam .
(2)There is yet another possibility for Kaliyan selecting
VarAhAvathAram first over all the other avathArams of
the Lord. Earlier , Kaliyan has performed MangaLAsAsanam
for Adhi Varahan , who is revered as as Jn~AnappirAn
at the dhivya dEsam of Thiruvidaventhai , which is
on the way to Mahabalipuram . The archA Moorthy of
Adhi Varahan at this dhivya desam is also most beautiful.
The lingering sweetness of the earlier the sevai of
Jn~AnappirAn might also have been in Kaliyan's mind.
(3)Finally , ThiruvahIndhrapuram is generally considered
as VarAha KshEthram just as Thirumalai since Dhaiva
Naayakan is recognized as Lord SrInivAsan taking His
residence at this Nadu Naattu Thiruppathi .
(to be continued by Sri Sadagopan swami)
(to be continued by Sri Sadagopan swami)
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