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 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)