thiru allik kENi - Part 6 - Grace of theLLiya singa perumAL

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aththigiri munivar did a severe penance here and

sought the darshan and blessings of Lord narasimhar

here. Lord Narasimhar appeared here as theLLiya singam

and offered darshan to him. This narasimhar sannithi is

west facing and there is also an ahobila muth narasimhar

sannithi within a block of teh temple. I am told that during the

desikar ursavam and during jeer's visit here

many people throng here to this ahobilam sannithi also.

 

This theLLiya narasimhar inside the temple has a very special

feature

as the muththirai of Utsavar in Telliyasingha PerumAl Koil

is "AahvAyaka Mudhra" (i-e) calling PrahladhA to come near.

Even in the fierce state of destroying the father of PrahlAdhan

for his offenses , Bhagavan Narasimhan did not forget His

Bhagavatha Sisu . Therefore He became TeLLIya Singham

and invite dPrahlAdhan with Vatsalyam to approach closer.

It seems during the

narasimha avathAram Lord narasimha's kobam was melting

even kailyaam and every one came to plead to lord.

However the lord didn't pay attention to anyone other

than prahalada and despite HIS unexplainable anger, HE

called prahaladaha using one of HIS hand saying "don't

fear; you are my ardent devotee and it is due to your

sathya graham that I took this avatharam to kill

hiranyakashipu" and by saying so it seems Lord called

his devotee prahalaadha using one hand and while the

other hand is assuring HIM that HE is blessing him all

the times and taking care of him *all* the times.

(refer to my post on Sholingar thala puranam

and an analysis on narasimha avatharam posted in this

forum (TWO) 2 years back ie in 1995 march for some most

important details on narasimha avatharam). It is this

clarity of mind that Lord had for HIS bhakthAL when

everyother demigod and devas and munis and sages and Shiva and

all others in all the 7 worlds had in their mind only the "beethi" over

the excessive ushnam (the were afraid if this is mahA praLayam as the "ushnam"

was so excessive) created due to this avatharam. However whenthe Lord

appeared with this kobak kanal to everyone he also showed the face of

kindeness and grace to HIS devotee prahaladahan. Thus this Lord who appeared

with this clarity is called as theLLiya singam (theLLIy means "clear"

or "one with clarity" in tamil) and

thirumangai praises HIM in his pasuram as

 

There is also an other Lord who has the

same muththirai in another of the 108 DD. It is thiru

nanthi pura viNNagaram popularly known as nAthan kOil

near kumbakonam. This temple is also west facing. This

Lord was originally east facing and it is said that

this Lord took an 180 degree rotation (about turn) to

watch the wonderful sacrifice of emperor sibi for the

bird. This temple nathan koil is also the place where

shiva's commander inchief the bull, nandhi worshipped

our Lord Vishnu and got his curse removed and hence

named as nanthi pura viNNagaram as per the request of

nandhi himself.

 

 

In a way this is also very similar to the very special

vigraham that the divya dEsam in thiru naagai (naagp

pattinam, near kumbakonam) has. In this thiru vigraham

in thiru naagai, the next stage of narasimha avatharam

is featuring. ie Lord is holding prahalAdA in one hand

while hiranya kshipu is kept down. ie this is taking

place after Lord Narasimha receives prahaladhan with

HIS own hands.

 

 

1075:

paLLiyi lOdhi vanNdhadhan siRuvan

vaayilO raayira nNaamam,

oLLiya vaagip pOdhavaaNG kadhanuk

konRumOr poRuppila Nnaagi,

piLLaiyaich cheeRi veguNduthooN pudaippap

piRaiyeyiR Ranalvizhip pEzhvaay,

theLLiya singka maagiya dhEvaith

thiruvallik kENikkaN dEnE. (2) 2.3.8

 

The two important ursavars here also reflect the two

srivaishnavas schools and validate that both the school of

philosophies are correct.

 

Lord parthsarathy in "dhAna" muthirai "shows" us to surrender at HIS feet and

assures that HE will save us once surrendered using this muthirai. This

confirms that the Lord HIMself shows us the path or upaayam of "prapatti" as a

valid path. TheLLiya singap perumal with HIS "AahvAyaka Mudhra" calls HIS

"bhaktha" (bhakathi prahaladhan next to ANDAL, HE is the greatest "bhakthi"maan

as per many opinions) HIS ownself and offers salvation and without any

intellectual play from the bhakthaaL themselves. is This also confirms the

school of thoughts that Lord Takes care of HIS sisu all by HIMself

and without any intellectual play from the sisu in terms of a upaayam. This

validate thenachaaryaaL's school of philosphy. ie This validate the point and

school of thought that we donot have to do an upayam and Lord the almightly

takes care of all HIS children all the time even without any effort from us.

This validates the school of philosophy on Bhkathi maaragam.

A coin has two sides and one side is not inferior to the other. They both are

special in some way and they both lead us to HIM as these are the only two ways

to reach HIM as per many acharyALs and azwaars.

 

Sri Lakshmi samEtha theLLiya singa perumAL thiruvadikaLE charaNam

Sampath Rengarajan