A Peep into Periya ThriuMozhi 37

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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 bythe 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 sufferinghumans to find the means for liberation

from the cycles of births and deaths. Thus , it is no surprise that

Kaliyanchose VarAha Moorthy behind this most powerful of the threeCharama

slOkams at the beginning of his eulogy of the Lord ofThiruvahIndrapuram.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 mindof

Kailyan , when he arirved at ThiruvhIdhrapuram.Although Kaliyan has not left

us any paasurams aboutthe ancient SrImushNam PerumAL , it is very possiblethat

he might have visited this abhimAna sthalam .(2)There is yet another

possibility for Kaliyan selectingVarAhAvathAram 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 ison 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 consideredas

VarAha KshEthram just as Thirumalai since Dhaiva Naayakan is recognized as Lord

SrInivAsan taking Hisresidence at this Nadu Naattu Thiruppathi .(to be

continued by Sri Sadagopan swami)

 

(to be continued by Sri Sadagopan swami)