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maari malai muzhaiNYcil mannik kitan^thu uRaNGkum * Rainy season; mountain in a cave (with) wife lying united sleeping cIriya ciNGkam aRivuRRuth thI vizhiththu * brave lion comes to senses (opens his) fiery eyes vEri mayir poNGka eppaatum pErn^thu uthaRi * mane [? hair] shaking (his body) on all sides bending/moving shaking mUri nimirn^thu muzhaNGkip puRappattup * into shape , standing up roaring (as if) starting (to) pOtharumaa pOlE nI pUvaip pU vaNNaa * un go ; like that you (who are) bilberry flower colored (from) your kOyil ninRu iNGNGanE pOn^th aruLi * kOpputaiya temple standing in this manner come (and) grace . Decorated cIriya ciNGkaacanaththu irun^thu * yaam van^tha Great throne (You) Seated (on) our coming kaariyam aaraayn^thu aruL purpose examine (and) grace (us). El Or empaavaay Come (Let us do) (the penance of) paavai nOmbu
Translation By Dr. V.K.S.N. Raghavan
In the words of the Young girls , ANDAL describes how the Lord should majestically come out of His chamber).Just as the majestic lion ( Seeriya Singam) crouching in sleep inside the mountain-cave during the rainy season , on becoming awake , opens its fire-emititng eyes ,(looks all around as the King of beasts) , sizes vigorously the locks of hairs of its fragrant manes standing erect , shakes itself up , gets up majestically ,comes out of the cave with a loud roar (simha Naatham) ,even so ,May You , the Lord of enchanting bluish hue of KaayAmpoo flower , emerge from Your holy shrine (aasthAnam)and come out this way--blessing us by the darsana-soubhAgyam of Your gait --and be seated on the perfectly suited and well-deserving throne ; and then, May You kindly look into the aim and purpose of our coming here (and awakening You).
Commentary By Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchari Sadagopan
In this Paasuram , the Gopis describe the Majestic gait of KrishNa-simham . In the previous (angaNmA Gn~Alatthu ) paasuram , they announced their arrival at the foot of His cot and appealed to Him to wake up and look at them and inquire about their mission . He obliges. Here, they salute the gambhIra Nadai azhahu of that "YasOdhai iLam singam ". The "Suka Suptha Paranthapan" ( the blissfully resting scorcher of His enemies) has now arisen and the way in which He awakens-- like a Lion waking up in its cave during rainy season after a deep sleep-- is movingly captured by ANDAL in this Paasuram.
The Connection of the 23rd Paasuram to Sri Narasimhan
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This Paasuram is considered to be dedicated to Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan by ANDAL.
PerukkAraNai Swamy as the Aasthaana VidhvAn of Sri Matam gives this explanation
for such a view . In the hills (caves ) of AhObilam , MaalOlan , Sri LakshmI
Narasimhan , was in deep sleep ( mannik Kidanthu uRanginAn). He is the
"Seeriya SrimAnAna Singam". He reflected on the unfortunate lot of the
people of Kali age and their deep aj~nAnam and took pity on them and had the
sankalpam to bless them . Hence , He came out of the caves of AhObilam Hills and
went on SanchAram to the villages and towns all over BhAratha Varsham in the
company of AadhivaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar and His successors to grow the tatthva
Jn~Anam of people and to bless them with the phalan of Prapatthi at His
Thiruvadi.
The significance of Number 23
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This is the 23rd paasuram . When you consider 23 as 2+3 , the sum is 5 . The
fifth nakshathram is Mruga Seersham or the One who has the head of an animal (Nrusimhan).
Although HayagrIvan , VarAhar have the heads of animals , according to Vedam (
mrugOrana Bheema: kuchara: giristha:) , the Mrugaseershan referred to here is
thus Nrusimhan. The Paasuram is then about Narasimha Moorthy showing us the
Maarga Seersahm ( Talai siRantha UpAyam), Prapatthi maargam for our salvation.
AchArya RaamAnujA and Lakshmi Narasimhan
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VisishtAdvaitha Matha Pravarthakar , AchArya RaamAnujA's aarAdhya dhaivam was
Lakshmi Narasimhan .He appointed 74 peetAdhipathis and gave each of them the
icon of Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan and asked them to spread the glory of our
sampradhAyam and enhance its splendor through AarAdhanam of Lakshmi Narasimhan .
Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr refers to this important niyamanam of AchArya
RaamAnujA this way:
"Valarntha VenkOpa MadangalonRAi--kizhitthavan keerthi
payir yezhunthu viLainthidum chinthai RaamAnusan".
Narasimha AarAdhanai by AchAryAs
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In all AchArya's aasthAnam , it is interesting to note that Lord Narasimhan is
worshipped ( Uduppi , SrungEri , VaanamAmalai et al).Adhi SankarA sang the
"Lakshmi Nrusimha KarAvalampa SthOthram " , when he was in deep
distress.His moving cry was like the Gajendran's cry "AadhimoolamE".
PeriyAzhwAr and ANDAL as BhakthAs of Narasimha
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PeriyAzhwAr was a Narasimha Bhakthar and His daughter was also Narasimha
Bhakthai .PeriyAzhwAr stated in His passuram that he is "yEzhpadikkAl"
Narasimha Bhakthan . For seven generations , He and His family are Narasimha
BhakthAs . His daughter of the next generation is a natural Narasimha Bhakthai
.She goes on to say in VaaraNamAyiram Paasuram dealing with Laaja Homam that
Narasimhan is Achyuthan ( One who never fails in His RakshaNa vratham of
His BhakthAs: "arimuhan acchuthan "). ANDAL through Gopis reminds us
of the Achyutha Tatthvam of MalOlan and His aasritha PakshapAtham .One AzhwAr
saluted this Nrusimham as " azhahiyAn thAnE !ariuruvan thAne" and
Kaliyan saluted Him as "Nammudai NamperumAn" in his Nallai nenjE
paasuram.
ANDAL in Her 23rd Paasuram of ThiruppAvai sang about the Vaibhavam of Nrusimhan , when She chose the words," Mannik Kidanthu uRangum Seeriya Singam".
The Inner Meaning of this Paasuram : PerukkAraNai Swamy
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Maari malai muzhanjil Mannik kidanthuRungum seriya Sigham aRivuRRu
= Receiving the blessing of dhivya Jn~Anam from Lakshmi- Narasimhan , who is the
enduring Thee Vizhitthu principle of the rahasyams of Vedams( Upanishads) ,
which pour down (knowledge about ) PuNyams and Paapams and awakening as a result
of His dhivya anugraham
vEri mayir ponga yeppAdum pErnthu udhaRi moori nimirnthu nee
muzhanki puRappattu yeppAdum povaip poo VaNNA Poovaip Poo VaNNA
=
May you journey to Sri Vaikuntam to
the sound of mangaLa vAdhyams! May You , who has not procrastinated
about the performance of your nithya karmAs , spread the glories of that
Lord of fragrant kEsams and supreme Buddhi VikAsam !
Poovaip Poo VaNNA = Oh Aathma Jn~Ani with blossomed Jn~Anam!
ninn kOil ninRum = leaving from the hrudh-puNdarIkam, where the Lord resides
injn~anE pOntharuLi= and proceeding in the path shown by AadhivAhikAs
kOppudaya seeriya SingAthanatthirunthu = staying at the paryankam of the Lord at His command
yAmm vantha Kaariyam aarAyntharuL = Please intercede with the Lord for us to be blessed with sarva- vidha Kaimkaryam (nithya Kaimkaryam).
Soodikkoduttha NaacchiyAr ThiruvadigaLE Saranam ,
Sarvam KrushNArpanam asthu
RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SatakOpan