Sri Maangalya Sthavam : Part VII /SlOkams 29 to 39 ( Vaamana , VaDapathra Saayee , Raama and KrishNa avathAram ).

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs Of Sri Hari NaarAyaNan :

 

Today we will study Eleven more slOkams of MaangaLya Sthavam .

They focus on four more avathArams of the Lord .

 

Hari of MaangaLya Sthavam is Nara Hari( Narasimhan)

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At the outset , I concur with the SrikAryam Swamy of Srimath PoundarIkapuram

Andavan Aasramam that the Maangalya Sthavam is all about Sri Narasimha

BhagavAn . I do not have access to his commentary in Kannada here ;

my reasoning is based on the ending of each of the Fourth Paadham of 43 of

the 50 slOkams of this Sthavam ending with the nAmA of HARI :

 

" Mamaasthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE HARI:"

 

The Hari sabdham refers not only to MahA VishNu but also to a Lion .

On this basis , we call BhagavAn Nara-Simhan as "Nara-Hari " .

It is therefore appropraite to consider this Sthavam to be all about

Nara Hari or Nrusimha BhagavAn and His various avathArams .

 

SlOkams 29-35 (VamanAvathAram of Hari)

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SlOkma 29 :

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Rk-paavitham yO YajushA hi SrImath

Saama-dhvanidhvastha samastha pAthakam

chakrE jagath Vaamanaka: Sa sarvadhA

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari :

 

(Meaning) :May the MaayAvi (KapaDa) Vaamana Moorthy , who

purified the world with the recitation of Rg Veda Rks , who enlivened

the world and make it bloom with the uccharaNam of Yajur Veda

Manthrams and who removed all the ills of the world with the singing

of Saamans of the Saama vEdham grow my MangaLams further and further !

 

(Comments) : As Lord walked towards the Yaaga Saalai of Bali Chakravarthy

in the form of a dwarf BrahmachAri , He was reciting Rg , Yajur and Saama Veda

manthrams alternatively . Through His blessing of the world with these manthrams,

there was mangaLam all around . The inauspiciousness was chased away .

 

Lord Vaamana incarnated on a SravaNa dhvAsai day to restore the wealth of

Indhra , which was taken away by the asurA king , MahA Bali .He appeared

with Sanka-Chakrams at birth , but quickly changed into the body of a bright

and active dwarf BrahmachAri ( PaDutamam VaDuroopam aadhA: ) . adorned with

Munji waist band, PalAsa twig , KamaNdalu and Yajn~opaveetham , Vaamanar

proceeded towards the Yaj~na Saalai of MahA Bali to seek the alms of

three feet of Earth from MahA Bali . When the Lord walked on the Earth ,

His weight made th earth bend under His step.

 

He arrived at the YaagasAlai of MahA Bali reciting the four VedAs .

He is Veda Shadanga Paarakan ( expert in the VedAs with six angams).

The powerful Veda Manthrams recited by the Lord caused auspiciousness

all around .

 

SlOkma 30

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Yath-paadha-vinyAsa pavithrathAm Mahee

yayaou viyaccha Rg-yajusham-udheeraNAth

Sa VaamanO dhivya sareera roopa dhruk

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari :

 

(Meaning): Parama Paavana Vaamana Moorthy's foot steps

purified the earth under ; His recitation of the Veda manthrams

purified the aakAsam and the space between heaven and earth

(anthariksham) . May that most sacred Vaamana Moorthy enhance

further and further adiyEn's auspicousness !

 

SlOkam 31

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Yasmin prayAthEasura-bhUbhruthOadhvarAth

nanAma khEdhAth avani: sasAgarA

Sa Vaamana: Sarvajaganmaya: sadhA

MamAsthu MaangaLya vibrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning) : When the Lord as Vaamanan walked towards

the Yaaga saalai of the King of asuraas ( MahA Bali) , BhUmi

devi bent Her head down thinking about the Yaachakam ( Begging

of the Lord) for three steps of land . May that mysterious Lord of

all Iswaryam , who contains in Himself all the worlds , increase

further and further adiyEn's MangaLams !

 

(Comment) : The weight of the Lord even though He had the form of

a dwarf made the Earth bend under each of His step . That made it look

like BhUmi DEvi was bending Her head out of reverence for Her Lord ,

who was about to engage in Yaachakam of what was His own property .

 

 

SlOkam 32

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MahAdhbhuthE dhaithyapathE : MahAdhvarE

Yasmin pravishtE kshupitham MahAsurai:

Sa VaamanOanhtasTitha sapthalOkadhruk

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari :

 

(Meaning): When the dwarf BrahmachAri (Vaamana BrahmachAri)

entered the grand Yaaga Saalai of MahA Bali , all the brahmaNAs

assembled there were dumbfounded by His tEjas and adhbhutha

roopam of the Lord . May that Hari , who holds all the seven worlds

in His stomach for protection during the time of deluge , enhance

adiyEn's MangaLams further and further !

 

(Comment) : Maha Bali was a descendant of Bhaktha PrahlAdhan .

He was pious . He had Veda Viths all around him at the YaagasAla

under the leadership of his Guru , SukrAchArya . When Vaamana

BhagavAn reached the Yaaga SaalA on the banks of Narmadha river ,

His tEjas blinded the assembly of Rthviks . They wondered the dwarf

in front of them is Sooryan or Agni or the Yogi SanathkumArar .

 

 

SlOkma 33

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sanghai: surANAm dhivi bhUtalasTithai:

taTA manushyairgaganE cha khEcharai:

sthutha: kramAth Ya; prachachAra sarvadhA

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning) : May the Lord who was eulogized by the dEvAs in Svargam ,

by the humans on Earth and by the celestials in heaven as He measured

the Universe with His ever-growing gigantic feet bless me with

the soubhAgyam of increasing MangaLams !

 

(Commnet ) : When MahA Bali completed the dhAnam , Vaamanar

grew into a gigantic form and the DevAs , SaaraNas , Siddhars and

all celestials showered a rain of flowers . Brahma Devan washed

the Lord's Thiruvadi with waters from His Kamandalu .MahA Bali

saw the whole Prapancham in the body of the Lord Thrivikraman .

Lord placed His sacred feet on the head of MahA Bali and placed

him in a puNya lOkam named Sutalam to live auspiciously with

his family and friends ,

 

SlOkam 34

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krAnthvA dharihtreem gagnam taTA dhivam

MaruthpatErya: pradadhou thrivishtabham

Sa DevadEvO bhuvanEswarEswarO

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning): May Hari , the Lord of the Universe , who measured

the Earth , Heaven and the Svarga lOkam with His two steps and blessed

Indhran with the rulership of the three lOkams enhance my MangaLams

further and further !

 

SlOkam 35

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anugraham chApi BalEranutthamam

chakAra Ya: Sa IndhrapadhOpamam kshaNAth

SurAmsccha yaj~nAmsabhuja: sa sarvadhA

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning): May Hari , Who granted a superior post to MahA Bali

equal to the one He gave to Indhran and who blessed

the dEvAs with the Havis portions of the Yaagam of MahA Bali

bless adiyEn with ever increasing MangaLams !

 

SlOkam 36 (Sri HayagrIva avathAram)

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rasAtaLAth yEna purA samAhruthA:samastha VedhA : JalachAra roopiNA

Sa KaiDabhAri MadhuhAmbhusaayee

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning) :May Hari who incarnated as Lord HayagrIvan and

descended to RasAtaLam to destroy Madhu and Kaidhaban and

to bring back the VedAs stolen by them and who engaged in

Yoga NidhrA thereafter bless adiyEn with ever expanding

circle of MangaLams !

 

(Comments) : When VedAs were stolen by the two asurAs

and Brahma lost his powers of creation as a result , BhagavAn

HayagrIvan (as AnuruddhAmsam) incarnated , went to RasAtaLam

where the Asuraas ( Madhu and Kaidapan ) had hidden the VedAs ,

raised OmkAra udhgeetham , frightened the asurAs , brought back

the VedAs and taught Brahma dEvan again and made it possible

for the creation to continue .The asurAs looked for the Lord and found

Him engaged in Yoga NidhrA .They made a lot of noise and invited

the Lord for a battle. Hayagriva BhagavAn caught hold of them

and pressed them between His thighs and destroyed them and

became known thereafter as Madhusoodhanan .

 

SlOkam 37 ( Sri ParasurAma avathAram)

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nikshahtriyAm Ya: chAkAra Medhineem

anEkaSO Baahuvanam taTAacchinath

Ya: Kaarthaveeryasya Sa BhArgavOtthamO

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning ): May Hari who incarnated as ParasurAman , who cut all

the thousand arms of KaarthaveeryArjunan and destroyed many

generations of Kashthriyans on this earth bless adiyEn with

ever growing MangaLams !

 

(Comments) ParasurAma was the son of Sage Jamadhagni . King

KaarthaveeryArjunan offended the Sage Jamadagni and latter removed

the king's powers and destroyed him ultimately . The sons of the king

came to the Aasramam of Jamadagni , when ParasurAmar was not there

and killed Sage Jamadagni . Angered by this dastardly act of the sons of

the King , ParasurAmar cut the heads of all of them with His axe and

follwed it up with the destruction of 21 generations of kings . Swamy

Desikan celebrates the anger and valour of ParasurAmar this way:

 

"KrOdhAgnim Jamadagni peeDana-bhavam santharpayishyan kramAth

akshathramiha samtathaksha Ya imAm thrisapthakruthva: Kshithim "

 

 

SlOkma 38 ( RaamAvathAram)

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nihathya yO Vaalinamugra-vikramam

niBhadhya sEthum jaladhou dasAnanam

jagAna chAnyAn rajaneecharAn asou

MamAsthu Maangalya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning ): May Hari , who incarnated as Dasaratha Raaman

and killed the mighty Vaali and built the dam across the ocean

to reach the island of LankA to destroy RaavaNan and his army

of asurAs enhance adiyEn's mangaLams !

 

(Comment ): The valor of Raghuveeran celebrated in Swamy

Desikan's Raghuveera Gadhyam is the focus of this slOkam .

His arrows had the power to dry up the ocean and they were

like the JwAlais of PraLaya Kaala Agni :

 

" PaarAvAra PayO visOshaNa kalaa PaareeNa kAlAnala

JwAlA jaala vihAra haari visikha vyApAra ghOra krama: "

 

SlOkam 39 KrishNAvathAram )

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chikshEpa Baala: SakaDam Banhanja

yO yamArjunam Kamsamarim jagAna cha

mamardha ChANUramukhAn Sa sarvadhA

MamAsthu MaangaLya vivrutthayE Hari:

 

(Meaning ) : May Hari who incarnated as KrishNa and pulverized

the SakadAsuran with a kick , pulled down the twin YamaLarjuna

trees , killed the wrestlers of the court of Kamsa and finally destroyed

Kamsa ( who showed enimity to Him ) increase further and further

adiyEn's MangaLams !

 

(Comment): From the infant days to youth stage , KrishNan displayed

His mighty power to destroy evil-minded enemies . As an infant resting

in cradle , he kicked with His tiny foot the mighty asuran who had

approached Him as a wheel and reduced him to splinters . As a crawling infant ,

he went between the two arjuna trees with a mortar tied to His waist

and brought the trees down and freed the two gandharvAs , who had become

the two trees out of a sage's curse . As a teen ager , He went to His uncle Kamsan's

capitol and destroyed the court wrestlers and ultimately put an end to

His uncle , who had committed so many atrocities . These heroic deeds

of KrishNaavathAra Hari are saluted in this slOkam .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan