Ahobila Dhivya Desam Paasurams: Periya Thirumozhi 1.7.5

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha BhakthAs:

 

ThvamEva Manthram ThvamEva RakshA

Thvam Oushadham anutthamam

trividhAdapi dukkham Maam

prachOdhaya Jagath-PathE

 

Today , we will study the Fifth Paasuram of Kaliyan on

AhObila Narasimhan :

 

menRa pEzhvaay vaaLL yeyiRROr kOLariyAy avuNan

ponRa vAham vaLLuhirAl pOzhntha Punithanidam

ninRa senthee moNDu sooRai neeLL visumbUdu yeriya

senRu kaaNDaRkkariya Koil SingavEL KUnRamE

 

---Periya Thirumozhi : 1.7.5

 

(meaning): The inapproachability of the Nrusimha KshEthram

of SingavEL KunRam is described by Kaliyan in this Paasuram .

 

In the First tqo lines , Kaliyan decribes the intimidating appearance of

the HiraNya SamhAra Moorthy : He is in the middle of tearing apart the chest

of HiraNyan laid on His wide lap . His nails resembling VajrAyudham in

power are at work on HiraNyan's chest .Sri JwAlA Narasimhan is mighty

angry and intense in His samhAra kaaryam ( avuNan pOnRa) . He has

a folded , gigantic mouth ( menRa pEzh Vaay ). His Vajra-like , lustrous teeth

are chewing His upper and lower lips ( menRa vaaLL yeiRu ) in uncontrollable

rage over the asuran's Bhaagavatha apachAram . With His mighty nails ,

Sri Nrusimhan is destroying HiraNyan ( avuNan ponRa vaLL uhirAl

pOzhntha Punithan) .

 

Kaliyan salutes the HiraNya SamhAra Moorthy as " Punithan " ,

the most sacred One (Pavithran , Paavanan). The rapidity with which He came to

His Bhakthan's rescue and His unmatchable protective grace propels

Kaliyan to salute Him as Punithan . This avathAram was exclusively

for His Bhaklthan , PrahlAdhan . If PrahlAdhan is the Premier Bhakthan ,

the Lord who came to his rescue at the most critical time has to be

the Premier God as attested by Swamy NammAzhwAr : " Yenn SingapirAn

perumai aarAyum seermaitthE " . In aapath Kaalams , His bhakthAs appeal

to Him for rescuing them and He responds to His true BhakthAs immediately

as evidenced by RukmiNi DEvi's address to KrishNa as Narasimhan :

" KaalE Nrusimha " . The advocacy of Lord Narasimhan's mahimai as

"Punithan " . This "Naarasimha Vapu: SrImaan " is Paavana Narasimhan

at one of the nine sannidhis . He is saluted by Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamams

as: " Pavithram MangaLam Param " . He is also recognized as : " PavithrANAm

pavithram yO MangaLAnam cha MangaLam .

 

The First of the PrahlAdha Sthuthi ( Srimad BhAgavatham :7.9.1) salutes

His Pavithra Karmaa , which got Him the NaamA of Pavithran:

 

nathOasmy-AnanthAya dhurantha-sakthyE

vichithra-veeryAya PAVITHRA KARMANE

Viswasya sarga-sTithi-samyamAn guNai:

svaleelayA samdhatE avyayAthmanE

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to the Limitless , indefatigable power ,

multiple valor

and Parisuddha Kaaryams ! He performs the acts of creation , protection and

destruction playfully with His guNAs . adiyEn's salutation is to that One , who

undergoes no changes (VikArams ) .

The Meaning of the 3rd and the 4th Lines

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ninRa senthee moNDu sooRai neeLL visumbhuDeriya

senRu kaaNDaRkariya kOil SingavEL KunRamE

 

To match the JwAlais of JwAlA Narasimhan , the whole side of

Ahobilam hills is ablaze with the steady red fire ( ninRa semthee) ,

which fills itself with ( MoNDU) the strong , rotating winds and

sets the new trees on fire and maintains the intensity of the heat

all around up to the skies ( neeLL visumbhodu sooRai iriya) .

This makes it extremely difficult for the pilgrims to climb the hills

and offer their salutations to Lord Narasimhan .

 

The pilgrims think that they found a break in the enveloping flames and

think of using that pathway to climb upstairs . The rotating wind stirs up

the fire and the pilgrims beat a retreat to safety and stay at the foot hills .

These wild fires and their intensity as well as frequency makes the Ahobilam

hills hard to climb to have the darsanam of BhagavAn Narasimhan

( SenRu kaaNDathaRkku ariya koil ) .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan