bhOgyAmrutam 21 - nArasimha vapuhu

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nArasimha vapuhu = nArasimhasya vapuhu yasya saha = The one who has the

Narasimha rUpam.

 

pASuram : Siriya tirumaDal – 43, 44, 45 (Tirumangai AlwAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam)

 

 

 

samanvayam with pASuram : HiraNyakaShipu who considered himself as Brahma died a

ghastly death. He couldn’t protect his body. Is he the Brahma then?.

The one who broke open the pillar and thrashed that

HiraNya is the real Brahma. That day, He roared and proclaimed to one and all

that He is the Lion among all and He is the antaryAmi of all. He displayed His

all protective power and mad love for His devotees.

 

nAra – Amongst the AtmAs

simha – The pre-eminent one

vapuhu – who shines with such a splendid divya mangaLa vigraham.

 

 

 

pASuram :

(43) pOrAr neDuvElOn | pOn peyarOn

The fighting HiraNya with the long spear

 

Akattai | kUrArnda vaLLukirAl | kINDu

He tore that HiraNyA’s body with His sharp and sturdy nails

 

 

 

KuDal mAlai | (44) SirAr | tirumAr binmEl kaTTi

And wore the intestines as a garland over His chest, which is the auspicious

abode of mother lakShmi.

 

 

 

Senguruti SorAr kkiDandAnai | kungumattoL koTTi

He knocked down the blood smeared arms of the HiraNya who lay bleeding profusely

 

 

 

(45) ArA yeZhundAn | ariyu ruvAi

And flourished rapidly in His roaring nrusimha form.

 

Detailed Interpretation :

1) Of the fighting HiryaNya with the long spear : HiraNya considered

himself as the Brahma and all others as totally insignificant. This thought was

his spear. He used to wage a war with it against everyone who challenged his

supremacy.

 

2) He tore such HiraNyA’s body with strong & sturdy nails : Those who

consider themselves as Brahma require such a thought (such a weapon) to defend

their standpoint.

Of what necessity is any such weapon to the One who is

naturally powerful; who is the epitome of all the kaLyANa guNAs like Souryam,

dhairyam, parAkramam…He pounced upon HiraNya and teared him apart with just His

nails.

 

3) And wore the intestines as a garland over His chest : His chest is the

auspicious abode of mother LakShmi. He decorated such a chest with the entrails

of HiraNyakaShipu. This was purely due to the fact that HiraNyakashipu was

related to His ardent devotee, PrahlAda. He adorns Himself with anything that

has a bhAgavatha sambandham and gives it a position equal to our mother SrI.

This act exemplifies His boundless love towards His devotees.

 

4) He knocked down the blood smeared arms of the HiraNya who lay bleeding

profusely : Those hands of HiraNya inflicted pain on many bhAgavatAs,

over-powered many women and forced them to surrender to him. He knocked them

down with an aggrieved heart as they were not instrumental in doing

bhAgavath-bhAgavatha kainkaryam and were instead involved in unpardonable acts.

 

4) And flourished in His roaring Nrusimha avatAram : His roar vividly

promulgates the praNavArdham.

"I am your protector. You are not the protector. When you cannot

safeguard yourself, How come you pose as the protector of all others?. Are you

the Brahma?. Are you that supreme truth?.

I am that Brahma, that supreme truth. Know me as the sarva

rakShaka, as the sarvAntaryAmi - the supreme controller.”

Lord Nrusimha flourished in each and every department, each and

every quality. HiraNya was muffled into a nothing.

 

This was one of the most celebrated incarnations of the Lord. He

displayed in an astounding manner, His all protective prowess, His mad Love for

His devotees, and the truth of He being the inner controller of all.

 

He is the one with inimitable kaLyANa guNAs and divya mangaLa

vigraham and He is the greatest of all the nArams (nArasimha vapuhu).

 

Jai Sriman Narayana

 

 

 

 

 

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