Ahobila Narasimha Paasurams : Periya Thirumozhi: 1.7.8

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri Nrusimha BhakthAs :

 

Let us reflect on the 8th Paasuram of Kaliyan on Ahobila

KshEthra Naathan , Sri Lakshmi Narsimhan :

 

Naatthazhumbha Naanmuhanaum Isanum-Aay muRayAl

yEttha angOr AaLariyAi iruntha AmmAn idam

kaayttha vaahai neRRu olippak-kall athar vEynkazhai pOy

tEyttha theeyAl ViNN sivakkum SingavEL KunRamE

 

(Meaning and comments )

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The transformations in Brahma Devan , Indhran and all the other DevAs

after HiraNya samhAram are described here .The stage is set for

PrahlAdha Sthuthi of the Lord and the embrace of the Lord by

MahA Lkshmi to make Him Lasksmi Narasimhan (MaalOlan) .

 

" Naanmukhanum IsanumAi muRayAl naat-tazhumbha yEttha "

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When HiraNyan got the boons of " indestructibility " from Brahma Devan ,

he terrorized the world and its beings ; BrahmA and Siva transfromed

themselves into human forms to praise HiraNyan for fear of their lives ;

some times , they praised HiraNyan in their own forms . They forgot

who their real Lord was . Brahma was afraid of the HiraNyan that he

had created . Brahma slipped from the worship of the Lord prescribed

in SaasthrAs and lost his satthu and Svaroopa Jn~Anam . This went on

for a considerable time , when HiraNyan strutted around hailing his

supermacy and invincibility .

 

When NrusimhAvathAram took place and they ( BrahmAdhi DEvAs)

had the darsana soubhAgyam of the adhbhutha Kesari ( wonderous form

as Naram kalantha singam) , Brahma , Siva and other celestials snapped back

into the true awareness of their status of eternal SeshabhUthars to

the Sarva Seshi , the Lord . Their dormant and temporarily immobilized

Svaroopa Jn~Anam blossomed forth to its full dimensions . They regained

their satthu (aay) and engaged in the sthuthi of their Lord (yEttha)

at a level much higher than that before . Their tongues developed welts

(tazhumpu) from the repeated utterance of the Lord's thousand names .

 

Brahma , Siva , Indhran and the thirty three crores of DevAs , MahA Lakshmi

and the Baala bhakthan , PrahlAdhan had the paramAnandham of the Lord's sevai

seated on HiraNyan's throne ( angu ohr AaLariyAi IRUNDHA AMMAAN ) .

The Lord at Ahobilam was in the seated pose (VeeRRirundha ThirukkOlam) .

This then is the seated Jwaala Narasimha Moorthy uthsavar that we have

the bhAgyam of worshipping inside PrahlAdha Varadhan Sannidhi today

and at other sannidhis , where He is blessing us in Iruntha THirukkOlam .

 

The nine sannidhis of Sri Narasimha avatAra Moorthy can be enjoyed at

the Ahobila Matam home pages : http://www.ahobilamutt.org

 

Additional postings on the nine Nrusimha Sannidhis at Ahobila

KshEthram ( JwAlA , Ahobila , MaalOla , KrODa , Kaarancha ,

BhArgava , YogAnandha , ChatravaDa and Paavana Narasimhans)

can be accessed at the archives in the series entitled " A SanyAsi

ascends to the Throne " by adiyEn :

 

http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/arcives/jul97/0017.html

 

This posting covers the spreading of the resplendent JyOthi from

JwAlA Narasimhan to reside at nine sannidhis around

the JwAlA Sthambham .

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/archives/1998/msg00116.html

 

 

The shtuthi by Lord SivA ( Ahirbhudhnyan) came out in the form of

Mantra Raaja Padha SthOthram . Sri Muralidharan Rangaswamy has written

an excellent article on the sacred Manthra Raaja Padha SthOthram , which you

can access at :

 

http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/may98/0093.html

 

Sri Rangaswamy has written another informative article on the mahimai

of the Sudarsanam in the upper right hand of the Lord ( Naarasimha Vapu:

SrimAn Kesava: PurushOtthama:) , which became the adamantine nail

that bypassed BrahmA's boons and destroyed HiraNyan :

 

http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/aug97/0051.html

 

The Third and the Fourth Lines of Kaliyan's 8th Paasuram on AhObila NaaTan

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" Kaayttha vaahai neRRu olippa kall athar vEynkazhai pOy

tEyttha theeyAl viNN sivakkum SingavEL KUnRamE "

 

AzhwAr says that this is the SingavEL KunRam , where even today

one has to climb the hills with difficulty due to its challenging terrain .

Here , the dry bamboo plants rub against one another as a result of

the strong winds at Ahobilam and generate forest fires that reach sky high .

The dried up fruits hanging on the many Vaahai trees burst open

in the encompassing fire and shoot out their seeds noisily all around .

The fire spreading from the dense bamboo bushes reminds one of

the fire that shot up to the skies during the time of destruction of

HiraNyan by Lord Narasimhan .

 

" ViNN sivakkum " sandhyA Kaalams must be wonderful to experience

at the Ahobilam hills (SingavEL KunRam) as described by Thirumangai

Mannan many hundreds of years ago .

 

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan