Ahobila Dhivya Desam Paasurams: Periya Thirumozhi 1.7.7

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha BhakthAs:

 

Today , we will study the Seventh Paasuram of Kaliyan on

AhObila Narasimhan :

 

munaittha seeRRam viNN sudappOy moovulahum piravum

anaitthum anja AaLariyAi iruntha AmmAn idam

kanittha theeyum kallum allA villudai vEdarumAy

tinaittanayum sella oNNA SingavEL KUnRamE

 

(Meaning) : When Lord Narasimhan engaged in destroying

the Asuran , HiraNyan , the fire of anger of the Lord rose sky high ;

next , it climbed upwards to the three lOkams above and spread

beyond that to the Sathya lOkam , where BrahmA resides . There

even anukoolars , who are totally obedient to the Lord also got

impacted by the intensity of the heat just as the Prathikoolars

like HiraNyan and othe rasurAs , who hated the Lord . Kaliyan

describes the ascending jwAlai of anger of the ferocious Lord

climbing up and up this way :

 

" Munaittha SeeRRam ( the flame of anger that arose out of the Lord)

ViNN Suda pOy ( spread up and made the sky burnt ) ; It continued to

climb upward to the three worlds above the anthariksham and the worlds

above ( " ViNN sudap-pOy , moovulahum , piRavum " paraviyathu) . These

worlds were populated by Bhagavath BhakthAs and His servants like

Indhra , BrahmA and the keepers of Directions . These were anukoolars ,

who obeyed the Lord and worshipped Him . Even those people were

beginning to wither under the intense heat from the flames of anger of

the Lord .They got frightened ( Moovulahum , piRavum , anaitthum anja)

and did not know what to do. As these flames spread everywhere , our Lord

who has taken the Narasimha avathAram chased HiraNyan , got hold

of him , laid him on His lap while seating Himself on the door step and

destroyed HiraNyan . His avathAra kaaryam was completed . Now , He sat

still ( irunthAn) . This place which served as HiraNya SamhAra kshEthram

is indeed Ahobilam ( AaLariyAi irundha AmmAnathu idam) .

 

The Third and the Fourth Lines of the Paasuram

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" Kanaittha theeyum kallum allA villudai vEdarumAi

tinaitthanayum sellavoNNA SingavEL KUnRamE "

 

In this fierce kshEthram , where JwaalA Narasimhan's

anger burst out in to giant flames and leapt across higher

universes during the time of the destruction of HiraNyan ,

other things were happening at the time of Kaliyan's pilgrimage .

 

There were bursts of fire from the burning bamboo bushes that

shot out and set fire to other objects around . The heat on ground

from the burning objects made the stone red hot and they cracked

and exploded ( Kanaittha theeyum , kallum ) .

 

Besides the burning objects and exploding rocks ( kanaittha theeyum

kallum allaa) , there were other matters to worry about . There were

the hunter tribes with bows in hand making deafening noises , while

chasing after the animals running helter-skelter from the rapidly

spreading wild fires all around ( villudai Kanaittha vEdarumAi ) .

All these frightening events made it impossible to advance in

pilgrimage even by the smallest measure at SingavEL Kunram

( tinaitthanayum sellavoNNaa SingavEL KunRamE ) .

 

The intensity of the Lord's anger that affected all the worlds

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In SrI NaarayaNeeyam , Sri Bhattadhiri captures the frightening

scene at Ahobilam , while he is standing before Lord GuruvaayUrappan :

 

thyakthvA tamm hathamAsu rakthalaharee sikthOnnamadhvarshmaNi

prathyuthpathya samasta dhaithya paDaleem chAdhyamAnE Thvayi

brAhmyath bhUmi vikampithAmBudhikulam vyAlOla-sailOthkaram

prOthsarpathkhacharam charAcharamahO dhu:sTAmavasTAm dhadhou

 

Sri NaarANeeyam : Dasakam 26.7

 

Here , Bhatthadhiri describes the scene after HiraNya SamhAram .

The frightening Narasimhan tore the chest of HiraNyan , killed him

and cast him away and ran towards the other evil minded asurAs ,

who meant ill to PrahlAdhan , His intimate devotee . He tore them

also apart with His adamantine teeth this time . While the Lord was

engaged in these samhAra activities , the flames of anger shot

out from the Lord in all directions . The world with all its charAcharams

rotated with the fast movements of the Lord's mighty feet ( CharAcharam

bhrAmyath bhUmi: ) . The waters of the oceans got agitated and formed

whirlpools ( VikampithAmBhukulam ) . The assemblies of mountains

shook as if they were engaged in a dance movement ( vyAlOla SailOthkaram) .

The skies got loosened and shed their stars ( prOthsarpathkhacharam) .

The whole world stayed in a fearful state ( dhu:sTAmavasTAm dadhou) .

As the Lord engaged in His frightening taaNDavam , the aNDa kOsams with

their CharAcharams , mountains and oceans shook every where .

 

After that rapid movement , Lord Narasimhan sat majestically on

the throne of HiraNyan according to Srimad BhAgavatham :

 

" tatha: sabhAyAm upavishtamutthamE nrupAsanE sambhrutha

tEjasam vibhum ".

 

It appeared as though the Lord wanted to sanctify that throne

through His sitting on it to make it auspicous for Bhaktha

PrahlAdhan , who would sit next on that throne of

his father .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan