SrI:
Dear Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha
BhakthAs:
Today , we will
study the Sixth Paasuram of Kaliyan on
AhObila Narasimhan
:
yerintha paimkaNN ilangu
pEzhvAi yeyiRRODu ithu yevvurvu yenRu
irinthu vaanOr kalangi Oda iruntha AmmAn idam
nerintha vEyin muDayuL
ninRu neeNeRivAi uzhuvai
tirintha vaanaic-chuvadu paarkkum SingavEL KUnRamE
The Scene at avathAra Kaalam is
depicted here . Sri JwAlA Narasimhan's
appearance is described here
as witnessed by the DevAs , who were some
of the groups tormented by
HiraNyan . Kaliyan identifies through his
arul Vakku , the avathAra Sthalam
of HiraNya SamhAra Moorthy
" VaanOr ithu
yevvuruvu yenRu irinthu
kalangiODa iruntha AmmAn
Idam , SingavEL KunRamE "
The
celestials ( VaanOr) could not figure out what kind
of form
is the Moortham ( ithu yevvuruvu ?) that jumped out of the Pillar in
HiraNyan' s sabhA
. They wondered
and after one more look got frightened
by the fierce appearance of the Moorthy
with the deafening roar of a lion and with
the rapidly moving hair around the
head (Pidari Mayir) . They were dismayed
and ran for fear for their lives
( Ithu yevvuruvu yenRu irinthu kalangi ODa
).
This gigantic Moortham reaching up to
the sky had red eyes spitting fire
in its huge face ( yerintha paimkaNN ilangu pEzh vAi )and adamantine
,
lustrous teeth in
its mouth ( pEzh Vaai yeyiRRodu ithu yevvuruvu ? )
.
An oft-quoted Srimad
BhAgaavtha SlOkam describes this extraordinary
Moortham jumping out of
the pillar in the assembly hall of HiraNyan
this way
:
sathyam vidhAthum nija bhruthya
bhAshitham
vyApthimcha bhUthEshvakhilEshu
chAthmana:
adhruSyathAth adhbhutha roopam
udhvahan
stambhE sabhAyAm na mrugam na
maanusham
---
Srimad BhAgavatham: 7.8.18
Sriman NaarAyaNan , who pervades all chEtanams and
achEtanams
at
all times jumped out of the gem-studded pillar in the SabhA
of
HiraNyan , when latter hit it with his palm . He appeared that way
to
show
that His devotees' statement that the Lord is everywhere including
that
pillar will not become false . He jumped out bearing a most
wonderous
roopam , which was neither an animal nor a human . It was a Nara
simham
with
lon's head and human body that incarnated and grew right in froint
of
the
terrorized HiraNyan's eyes. Even the fearless heart of HiraNyan
was
shaken to its roots. He could not comprehend as to how this
Narasimham
was
"hiding" in the pillar of his sabhA . He could not figure out that
the
Lord , who has all the world in Himself was ready to appear before
His
dearest bhakthan in a time of crisis at a moment's
notice .Swamy Desikan
salutes this grace of Lord Narasimhan as : "
ThrailOkyamEthath Narasimha
garbham " . Our Lord appeared with a dazzling white beard and
firey red
eyes.
His Moortham grew and grew . In that blinding light , HiraNyan
could
not determine as to which direction the Lord was
coming at him .
Sri
NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri salutes this adhbhutha roopam as :
"
na mrugAthmakam na manujAkAram tE vapu: " ( it was
neither
the
body of an animal nor that of a human ) . It was a mighty
miracle
(adhbhutham) . It was frightening and made people wonder as to
what
it
was ( kim kim ithi bheeshaNam ) .HiraNyan's mind was agitated
and
terror stricken ( vyudhbrAntha chitthE asurE ) . That form
expanded
(
samAjrumbhaTA: ) with blinding white manes and terror creating head
full
of lion's hair ( vispoorjadh dhavaLOgra
rOma-vikasath varshmA) .
Sri
Bhattadhiri goes on to describe the adhbhutha roopam of the Lord
:
Taptha svarNa savarNam = it matched the color of the molten gold
.
ghUrNath athirooksha aksham= with rapidly rotating , intimidating
eyes
that do not miss even the minutest
saDAkEsara prOthkambha pranikumBitha amBaram = with the
sky
hidden by the gigantic and rapidly moving pidari mayir ( manes)
.
vyAttha vyAptha mahA dhareeskhA mukham =
with a huge open
mouth that looked like a deep cave in
dimensions .
khaDgOgra valgath mahA jihvA = a
huge rotating tongue with
the sharpness of a sword
.
nirgama sumahA dhamshtrAyuga uDDAram = the
protruding ,
huge cannine teeth becoming visible in that open mouth
.
Sri Bhattadhiri ends this description with a prayer : " Tava
vapu:
jeeyAth " ( May this adhubhutha sareeram of Yours be
victorious) .
Third & the Fourth
Lines of the Paasuram
*****************************************************
At SingavEL KunRam ,
Kaliyan witnesses another sight , which
frightened travellers of
his days to climb the hills of AhObilam :
nerintha vEyin mudayuL
ninRu neeNeRi Vaayuzhavai
tirintha
vaanaic-chuvadu paarkkum SingavEL
KunRamE
At
this dhivya dEsam of the Lord ( ammAn idam) , the
tigers ( Uzhuvai)
are
hiding in dense bamboo bushes ( nerintha vEyin muzhayuL
ninRu)
tracking some thing of particualr interest to them that has
passed by
leaving their foot prints on the mountainous trails (
MuzhayuL ninRu neeL
neRivAi tirintha aanai suvadu paarkkum uzhavai) . These
tigers are moving
stealthily from one dense bambhoo bush to the other to follow
the footprints
of the elephants that have travelled earlier along the paths of
the hills to attack
them for food . A pilgrim may stumble on these hungry tigers
at
the
SellavoNa SingavEL KunRam and endanger themselves
.
The inapproachability of these hills is described once
more
with all the lurking dangers from wild weather , forst fire
and
wild animals looming large there
.
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.
Sadagopan
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