Sivaanandalahari - 25

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continued from Sivaanandalahari - 25 (1)

 

Sivaanandalahari - 25 (2)During the time of kruthayuga it occurred to Devas

and asuras that they have to overcome old age and death. With a view to

realizing it they used Mount Meru as the rod and the great snake Vasuki as

the rope and began to churn the milky ocean for amrutham. They did this for

over a thousand years! Suddenly from the belly of the ocean came the most

terrible poison called Haalaahalam and seeing this Naradha Muni shouted a

dire warning:

 

na kaarya madhanam chaabdhai: bhavadbhiradhunaakhilai:

praarthayadvam shivam dEvaa: sarvE dhakshasya yaajanam

thaddhismruthim cha vO yaatha veerabhadrENa yathkrutham ||

 

That is, Hey! Devas! Hey! Asuraas! Danger! Danger! Stop churning the ocean!

Immediately start doing the smaraNa of Parameswara who is the Sarva

Rakshakan. Don’t you know what happened before in Dhaksha Prajaapathi’s

yagna which was started without SivasravaNam? Was it not completely

destroyed by mahaparaakraman Veerabhadran? Therefore O! Devas and asuraas!

Without further thought “thasmaachchiva: smaryathaam’, begged Saint

Naaradha. However driven by the desire to get amrutham they turned out to be

jada buddhaas so they never stopped churning the ocean. Because of this

Aalaahalam rose in terrible form.

 

DhagdhaadhO brahmanOlOkam VaikuNtam cha dhadhaaha vai |

Kaalakootaagninaa dhagdhO Vishnu: sarvaguhaasaya: ||

Paarshadhai: sahitha: sadhya: thamaala sadrusanchavi: |

VaikuNtam cha suneelam sarvalOkai: samaavrutham ||

 

It burnt down Brahmaloka first. Then it burnt down VaikuNtam too. Vishnu

also got burnt in the melee that he got charred blue. Hearing the cry of

Naaradha, Brahma Vishnu and other devas began chanting Sri Rudhram that

starts with the sloka ‘NamasthE Rudhra ManyavE’.

 

KruthvaaspapiNdam paaNistham bhagavaan hara:

sarvalOkahithaarthaaya bhagavaan paramesvara: ||

kandasthamakarOthpraasya leelayaamarapoojitha: ||

 

Immediately KaruNaamoorthy Parameswara took that adhigOra aalaahala visham

in his hand and playfully threw it into his mouth! Realizing that this

terrible poison might burn down the entire creation that lives at the

pleasure of the Lord, Parvathi put her hand at his throat and stopped Shiva

from swallowing it. Yielding to the desire of his consort Shiva let the

poison stay in his throat that turned his throat blue like an ornament

embedded there. That is why the Veda says: ‘namo neelagreevaaya cha’.

 

Recalling this wonderous leela of Parameswara narrated in detail in Skanda

Purana, alone would relieve the bhaktha of all his miseries. There is no

doubt about it.

 

‘Vedhathrayee thrinEthraaNi’ says the saasthra and AachaaryaaL echos this in

Sivaanandalahari as ‘ThriNayanam’.

 

Being hugged by saakshaath paraambikai Uma, Parameswara bestows mangalam to

the three worlds. This is highlighted by AachaaryaaL when he says,

‘Umaaslishtavapusham.

 

Parameswara holds the Vedas in the form of a deer in his hand is known from

AachaaryaaL’s expression ‘Mrugadharam’, indicating Parameswara removes the

thaapathraya of the praaNis who surrender to him. Also sathrunaasam is

indicated by the parasu in his hands by the word ‘khandaparasum’. The poison

that is capable of destroying all the worlds is but an ornament adorning his

neck is known from the expression ‘neelagreevam’. ‘VrushO dharma ithi

prOkthasthamaaroodasthathO vashi’ says the saasthra noting that vrishabham

is of dhrmaswaroopam.

 

Thus, AachaaryaaL crys out to Shiva as follows:

 

Hey! Parameswara! When can I see you carrying the slender deer on the one

hand and the bright mazhu on the other as Neelagreeva and Thrinayana hugged

by Uma, you both sitting majestically on the dhaarmic vrishabham surrounded

by the vedic chanting devas such as Brahma and Vishnu and ecstatic dancers

like Bringi and others shouting their JayagOsham?

 

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