Periya Thirumozhi: 1.7.9 (Part III )

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri Nrusimha BhakthAs : Let us continue our enjoyment of

the NINTH Paasuram of Kaliyan on AhobilaKshEthra Naathan ,

Sri Lakshmi Narsimhan .

 

nallai nenjE naamm thozhuthum nammudaya namperumAL alli mAthar pulha ninRa aayiram thOLan-idam

nelli malhik-kalludaippap-pul ilai aarntu atharvaay

silli sill yenRu oll aRAtha SingavEL KunramE

 

The First Two lines of the Ninth Paasuram (Continued) :

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In this Paasuram , Kaliyan uses the VisEsha padha prayOgam of

" Nammudai NamperumAL ". Nammudai means at one level

the One who blesses us with His VisEsha darsanam at

Ahobilam . "Nammaduai" is a short for Nammudaya ( Our).

This is a way of celebrating VisEsha BhAndhavyam

(Special relationship) . He is our Mother , Father , Master

and every thing . We are Mumukshus ( Those desiring

Moksham) and He is the Moksha DhAyaka Mukundhan .

 

Nammudaya PerumAL has to be comprehended as

Lakshmi SamEtha Narasimhan and not Just as Narasimhan .

MahA Lakshmi takes on the appropriate roopams befitting

the appropriate avathArams and does not leave His side

even for a second ( NithyaivaishA JaganamAthA VishNO :

SriranapAyini) . Even in the Vamana avathAram , where

He had to appear as a bachelor , He hid Her under the deer

skin attached to His Yajn~Opaveetham . "Nammudai "

PerumAL ( Our PerumAL) is thus a special PerumAL ,

who can only be understood through HIs PradhAna VisEshaNam

(vIz) ., PirAtti as per AruLALa PerumAL EmperumAnAr's Sri Sookthi:

 

aakAriNasthu vijn~Anam aakaara Jn~Ana pooravkam

tEnAkArm Sriyam Jn~AthvA Jn~AthavyO BhagavAn Hari:

 

Here , the AchAryan states that a vasthu's visEshaNam has to be

understood first before one can comprehend the vasthu .Therefore ,

BhagavAn's tatthvam can be understood only after comprehending

the Tatthvam of PirAtti , His chief / primary VisEshaNam .

 

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar focuses on this unique sambhandham

of MahA Lkashmi with Hari NaarAyaNan this way in one of

the slOkams of GuNa Rathna KOsam :

 

---------------------- Bhavathee sambhandha-dhrushDyA Harim ,

paSyEma prathiyAma yaama cha paricharAn prahrushyEma

 

Oh MahA Lakshmi ! It is only through Your sambhandham ,

we enjoy Him (Your Lord) ; it is why we worship Him , perform

kaimkaryams to Him and derive bliss by such kaimkaryams .

He thus becomes "Nammudai NammperumAL " because of

Your Sambhandham .

 

Oh Lakshmi ! Because of yourself being His PradhAna VisEshaNam ,

He is saluted in Sri VishNu Sahsra Naamam as :

 

Sridha: SriSa: SrInivAsa: Srinidhi: SrivibhAvana:

Sridhara : SrIkara: SrEya: SrImAn lOkathrayAsraya:

 

Because of this VisEshaNam , Kaliyan introduces Ramaa Nruhari

(MaalOlan) as " Nammudai Namm PerumAl ".

 

Lord RanganAtha is generally referred to as Namm PerumAL .

He was presented by Brahma DEvan to the Kings of IshvAku

dynasty in which Lord Ramachandra was born . At AyOdhyA ,

Lord Raama chandra worshipped Lord RanganAtha during

His Vibhava avathAram as the son of King DasaraTa .

 

NrusimhAvathAram is however earlier than RaamAvathAram

and Lord Raamachandran worshipped Ahobila Narasimhan

and blessed us with the Sthuthi of Nrusimha PanchAmrutham .

From this extraordinarily beautiful SthOthram composeed by

none other than Lord Raamachandra in front of MalOlan ,

we can conclude why Kaliyan's visEsha Padha PrayOgam of

"Nammudai Namm PerumAL " belongs to Lakshmi Narasimhan

alone . The detailed write ups ( Parts I and II) on Nrusimha PanchAmrutha

SthOthram of Lord Raamachandran can be accessed at :

 

http://ww.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr97/0007.html

 

http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr97/0008.html

 

Alli-mAthar pulha ninRa Aayiram thOLan

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Ahobila KshEthram is saluted by Kaliyan as " Alli-maathar

pulha ninRa Aayiram thOLan idam ".

 

Sarva Swamy Narasimhan was praised by PrahlAdhan and was

pleased by that moving sthuthi ; He banished then His anger and became

a Saantha, Soumya Moorthy . Now MahA Lakshmi approached

and embraced Him . Out of the joy from that embrace , Lord Narasimhan

grew thousand arms to return that embrace and placed Senju Lakshmi

on His lap and became MaalOlan . BhagavAn did not have thousand arms

when a joyous SithA Piraatti embraced Him during RaamAvathAram ,

when he returned victorious from the battle with 14,000 rAkshasAs .

In NrusimhAvathAram , When MahA Lakshmi ( AllimAthar) embraced

(pulha ) Him , He developed thousand arms to hold Her tight and became

aasritha vathsalan ( Pulha ninRa Aayiram thOLan) and stayed at Ahobilam

( Aayiram thOLan idam ithuvAm) .

 

This Aayiram ThOludayAn became Nammudai Namm PerumAl ,

when He jumped in to the cupped palms of AdhivaNN SaThakOpa

Jeeyar to travel from village to village to bless us with Pancha SamskAram

and Bhara NyAsam . Thus He has become Nammudaya Namm PerumAL.

He comes to us even if we can not get to AhObilam . He comes with His

PaadukA SEvakar . That is why He is our (Nammudai) VisEsha PerumAL .

 

Third and the Fourth Lines of the Ninth Paasuram

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nelli malhik-kalludaippa pullilai aarnthu atharvAy

silli sillenRu oll aRAtha SingavEL KunRamE

 

In previous Pasurams , Kaliyan described the frightening sights

at the Ahobila dhivya dEsam , which made it inaccessible to all

but hardy . From sights , Kaliyan shifts now to the sounds as an accomplished

multimedia artist (Poet) . It is a windy , sandhyA kaalam at AhObilam hills .

There are the palm , Coconut , Bamboo and Plantain trees with

the kind of finger-like leaves that are easily agitated by the winds

to make a loud noise . Added to these almost non-stop noise of

the wind driven , violent movements of these lafy trees , there are

two more frightening sounds that a pilgrim experiences , which makes

him fearful and agitated : First is the sound of the shattering of

the rocks under one's feet from the upward growth of the strong roots

of hardy trees like goose berry . Those sounds are infrequent , unexpected

and loud.That makes the pilgrim jump with fear. Second is the persistent

and rhythmic sound of the suvar Kozhis ( crickets) chirping their wings

to create a loud mating noise .That makes the pilgrims fear that they have

intruded into an eerie land and makes them want to retreat to a safer place .

The combination of the three , Kall udaippu oli - Pull ilai oli - silli pakshi's

sill oli, join together to give an other worldly experience to the pilgrim

as he seeks a safe shelter for the night against the sound and sights

that he experiences as he climbs up the hills of Ahobilam .

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan