Sivaanandalahari - 50

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*Parameswara loves to dance in the evening. Because in the evening the

kshoothradevathaas have enormous powers by which they compel praaNis to do

paapa karma. In order to do dwamsam of these kshoothra devathaas and the

agnyaana raakshasaas and to protect all the lOkas ParamEswara performs this

evening dance. This thaandavam is therefore called 'anugraha thaandavam'.

Let us now understand the mahima and the rahasya of this natana.

 

lOkaanaahooya sarvaan damarukaninadhai: ghOrasamsaaramagnaan

thathwaabheerthi dhayaalu praNathabhayaharam kunchitham savyapaadham |

udhruthyEdham vimukthErayanamithi karaaddharsayan prathyayaartham

bibhraddharhin sabhaayaam kalayathi natanam ya sa paayaath natEsa: ||

 

Calling sakala praaNis who are immersed (nirmagnar) in samsaarasaagaram by

the sound of his damaru ParamEswara is giving them abhayam. The main reason

for this is that he is parama dhayaaLu. Moreover, with a view to giving

enless MOksha to sakala praaNis who have surrendered to Him he lifts his

left leg and says as follows:

 

" Hey people! Hey asuras! Hey Devas! Please do listen to me little

patiently. Do not be wondering that MOksha is anywhere else. I am calling

you now only to give you MOksha. The Nithyaanandha mOkshasukham is at the

tip of my left leg. That which leg which even Mahaavishnu has failed to

find by taking varaahaswaroopam, that leg is there for you now to

attain Nithyaanandha

mOkshasukham! "

 

In order to prove that mOkshaayadhanam is in the tip of the left leg, he is

holding the agni as saakshi in his left hand. He does this in order to do

anugraha thaandavam in the presence of all the devas and the asuras. And in

this he is doing dwamsam of kshoothra devathas and agnyaana raakshasas with

his right leg. To show that ParamEswara is fond of lOkarakshaNam by this

dance is highlited by AachaaryaaL in his saying *

'sandhyaarambhavijrumbhitham*'.

 

Also ParamEswara remains established in the upanishads that remain as the

peak of the Vedas. Because of Bramaraambhika's association he is possessed

of adhisoundaryam. In his association the saadhu janas shine in their

sathwa guNa. By wearing the snakes as his aabharaNa he is cheering

(aahlaadhanam) the praaNis. He remains Easa for all the vidhyas and

therefore is being worshipped by Narayana and other devathas. Above all he

is tightly hugged by Brahmaraambhika in her parama prEma.

 

sarvalingamayeem bhoomi: saravalingamayam jagath |

lingamayaani theerthaani sarvam lingE pradhishtitham ||

yathkinchith dhrusyathE dhrusyam varNyathE smaryathE cha yath |

thathsarvam sivaroopam hi naanyadhastheethi kimchana ||

paathaalE chaapi varthanthE swargE chaapi thathaa bhuvi |

sarvathra poojyathE sambuhu: samdevaasuramaanushai: ||

anugraahya lOkaanaam lingaani cha mahEswara: |

 

(contd.)