Sri Maangalya Sthavam : Part VI/SlOkams 21 to 28 ( NarasimhAvathAram )

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs Of Sri Hari NaarAyaNan :

 

Today we will study Eight more slOkams of MaangaLya Sthavam .

Before coverage of the individual slOkams , let us recite Swamy Desikan's

wonderous description of NrusimhAvathAram from the pillar in

the dharbhAr of HiraNyakasipu (DasAvathAra SthOthram: 5th slOkam) :

 

prathyAdhishDa purAthana praharaNa grAma: kshaNam paaNijai:

avyAth threeNi jaganthyakuNDa mahimA VaikunDakaNDeerava:

Yath-prAdhurbhavanAth avandhya jaDarA yAthrucchikAth VedasAm

Yaa Kaachith sahasA MahAsura-gruha-sTUNA pithAmahyabhUth

 

(Meaning) : May the Lord with undefeatable power and unmatched

Vaibhavam incarnating as Narasimha BhagavAn protect the beings of

all the three worlds ! In this avathAram , His weapon -- the nails of His hands --

became all powerful and rejected in a second all the other traditional

weapons (Chakram , Nandhakam , Mace et al) to tear the chest of

HiraNyan apart . Through this sudden and unexpected appearance of

the Lord from the pillar at the great king's (HiraNyan's) sabhA ,

He removed the infertility of that stone pillar and made it claim

the title of the Mother of all Brahma dEvaas (BrahmA is known as

PithAmahan . The Pillar by giving birth to Lord Narasimha became

the Mother of the PithAmahan ).

 

SlOkam 21

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damshtrA-karALam surabheethi-nAsam

krutham vapur-dhivya nrusimha-roopiNA

thrAthum jagath yEna Sa sarvadhA Prabhu:

MamAsthu MaangaLya VivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning) : May Lord Hari , who removes the fears of the dEvAs ,

who had fearsome cannine teeth during His NrusimhAvathAram

and who incarnated to save the world from the terrors of HiraNyaksipu

grow adiyEn"s MangaLams more and more !

 

(Comments) : Let us reflect on the Sri Nrusimha AshtOtthara Satha NaamAs

which are close to the meanings of this SlOkam. Please add PraNavam

before the individual NaamAs :

 

MahA BalAya Nama: , Ugra SimhAya Nama: , Agni LOchanAya nama:,

MahA VeerAya Nama: , MahA damshtrAyudhAya Nama: , Vajra NakhAya Nama: ,

Bheema ParAkramAya nama:, Deva PriyAya Nama: , BhakthAthivatsalAyai nama:

 

SlOkam 22

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daithrEndhra VakshasTala dhAra dhAruNai:

karEruhair Ya: krakachAnukAribhi:

chichEdha lOkasya bhayAni sOchyuthO

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning): May Hari Narasimhan with the saw-like (Rambham)

nails that had the power to tear apart the chest of HiraNyan

and removed the fear of the beings of the universe grow adiyEn's

auspiciousness further and further !

 

Recall of the slOkams from Sri Nrusimha MangaLa Navarathna Maalikaa

are appropriate here :

 

MangaLam sTambha DimbhAya MangaLam Mrutyu-MruthyavE

MangaLam roudhra roopAya NarasimhAya MangaLam

 

HiraNyakasipum hathvA dhaithyEndhram dEva khaNdakam

Jagath-rakshaNa dhuryAya Jagath BheejAya MangaLam

 

Nara-KhaNDeeravAkAra vyakthAthugra vapUthayE

MrugEndhrAya NarEndhrAya dhaivatEndhrAya MangaLam

 

Sarva BheejAya SathyAya SarvAdhishtAna MoorthayE

SarvEswarAya Sarvasmai Satthva simhAya MangaLam

 

SlOkam 23 :

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dhanthAntha-dheeptha-dhyuthi-nirmalAni Ya:

chakAra sarvANi disAm mukhAni

ninAdha-vithrAsitha-dhanavO hyasou

MamAsthu MaangaLya VivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning ): May the Hari Narasimhan spreading to the end of

the directions the lustre of His teeth and who created fear in the hearts

of asurAs and made them falter enhance adiyEn's MangaLams forever !

 

The 4th slOkam of Sri Mathra Raaja Padha SthOthram celebrates

the JyOthirmaya Narasimhan this way :

 

JyOtheemshu arkEndhu nakshathra jwalanAdheen anukramAth

Jwalanthy tEjasA Yasya Tamm Jwalantham namAmyaham

 

(Meaning): adiyEn salutes that Narasimha avathArAm of MahA VishNu ,

the power of whose JyOthi lights up the Sun , Chandran , Stars

and Agni . They derive their lustre from His JyOthi .

 

SlOkam 24

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YannAma-sankeertthanathO mahA bhayAth

vimOksham aapnOthy na samsayam nara:

Sa sarvalOkArthi-harO NrukEsaree

MamAsthu Maangalya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning) :The human beings are freed from their great fears

through the singing of the many NaamAs of the Lord .

There is no dubt about this . The Lord in the avathAram

as Naram kalantha (admixed) Singam destroys the dangers of

the beings of all the world . May that Narasimha Hari

grow adiyEn's auspiciousness further and further !

 

The 7th slOkam of Sri Mantra Raaja Padha SthOthram refers

to the power of His Naama Sankeertthanam and Naama dhyAnam :

 

YannAma SmaraNAth bheethA: bhUtha VetALa RaakshasA:

rOgAdhyaasccha praNasyanthy bheeshaNam Tamm namAmyaham

 

(Meaning) : The very thought of the name Narasimha of the fierce from

destroys instantly fears about all inauspiciousness ( BhUthams , GhOsts,

VethALams and RaakshasAs) .

 

 

SlOkam 25

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saDA-

karALa-bhramaNAnilAhathA:

sphuDanthy YasyAmbhudharA: samanthatha:

Sa dhivya simha: sphurithAnalEkshaNO

MamAsthu MaangaLya VivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning) : May SingappirAn with moving manes ( Pidari Mayir )

scattering the assembly of clouds to far corners and with eyes

like balls of fire grant adiyEn the boon of increasing auspiciousness !

 

The sixth slOkam of Sri Mantra Raaja Padha SthOthram brings before us

the fierce form of the Lord Narasimhan with spreading manes ( PidAri kEsam) ,

JaDai and four Cannine teeth :

 

Naravath simhavacchaiva Yasya roopam MahAthmana:

mahA SaDam MahA damshtram Tamm Nrusimham NamAmyaham

 

SlOkam 26

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YadheekshaNa-jyOthishi raSmi maNDalam

pralaeenameeshanna rarAja bhAsvatha:

kutha: SaSaankasya Sa dhivyaroopa dhruk

MamAsthu Maangalya VivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning): The Bright rays of the Sun lose their

JyOthi as Lord Narasimhan's glances fall on them .

If that were to be so for the rays of the Sun , there is

no need to dwell upon the fate of Moon's rays.May Lord

Narasimha adorning the beautiful form of half lion and

half man grow further and further adiyEn's auspiciousness!

 

The second slOkam of SrI KaamAseekAshtakam is important to

recall here :

 

TapanEndhvagni nayana: tApaan apachinOthu na:

Taapaneeya rahasyAnAm saara: KaamasikA Hari:

 

(Meaning) : May KaamAsikaa Hari at ThiruvELUkkai dhivya dEsam

having the Sun , Chandran and Agni as His three eyes and being

the essence of Nrusimha Taapaneeya Upanishad destroy our Thaapams !

 

SlOkam 27

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aSEsha dEvESa-narEswarEswarai:

sadhA sthutham yaccharitham mahAdhbhutham

Sa sarvalOkArthiharO MahAhari:

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

( Meaning): The adhbhutha charithram of Lord Narasimhan is

celebrated with rapture by the DEvAs and the Kings of this Earth .

They recite this charithram with reverence and get freed from their

sorrows and sins . May that Hari , who wipes out the aarthi of

the world grow further and further adiyEn's MangaLams !

 

The fourth slOkma of SrI KaamAsikaashtakam is anusandhEyam here :

 

Bhandhum akhilasya JanthO: Bandhura-paryanka Bhandha ramaNeeyam

Vishama vilOchanameeDE Vegavathee puLina kELi Narasimham

 

(Meaning): adiyEn eulogizes Lord Narasimhan sporting on the sand banks of

river Vegavathee with three eyes . He sits on the Yogic posture of Paryanka

Bhandham and is the dear friend of all Janthus .

 

SlOkam 28

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dhravanthy dhaithyA: praNamanthy dEvathA:

naSyanthy rakshAmsi apayAnthy chAraya:

Yath keerthanAth sOdhbhutha Kesaree

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning) : AsurAs run away the moment they hear Lord NarasimhA's

sacred name.DevAs prostrate on ground the second they hear the Lord's

Parama Paavana Naamam . The asurAs who oppose the Lord get destroyed.

The enemies ran away from the battle fields . May that Hari Narasimhan

bless me with evergrowing MangaLams !

 

The ninth slOkam of Sri Mantra Raaja Padha SthOthram is anusandhEyam here :

 

SaakshAth svakAlE samprAptham Mruthyum Sathru gaNAnvitham

bhakthAnAm naasayEth Yasthu Mruthyu Mruthyum namAmyaham

 

(Meaning) : adiyEn prostrates before Narasimha BhagavAn , who removes

the fears from one's enemies and the bheethi about the fear of ordained death.

adiyEn's salutations to Narasimhan , who rules over the Yama dharma rAjan

as well .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan