SrI:
Dear Sri Nrusimha BhakthAs
:
Let us continue
our enjoyment of the NINTH Paasuram of
Kaliyan on
AhobilaKshEthra Naathan , Sri Lakshmi Narsimhan . Kaliyan gave
us
a ring side seat to enjoy the
happenings after HiraNya SamhAram :
The fear of the DevAs ,
BrahmA's astute act to request Bhaktha SirOnmani
,
PrahlAdhan to approach the
Lord first to nullify the
residual anger of
the Lord and transform Him
from the state of Ugra Narasimhan in to
the most compassionate DayALu
and Soumya Moorthy ,
PrahlAdha Varadhan
.
This signature Paasuram of
Thirumangai Mannan is
a nithyAnusandhAna Paasuram
at Sri Matam . On hearing
this Paasuram from the
ThiruvAkku of Srimath Azhagiya Singar ,
" nammudaya
NamperumAL , alli
Maathar pulha
ninRa aayiram
thOLan " moves a little
forward on His
svarNa dOlai and blesses
His PadhukA Sevakar , SrivaNN
SaThakOpa Sri NaarAyaNa
Yathindhra MahA Desikan .
Empowered by that Kusala Pracchnam ,
our NadamAdum Narasimhar
places the SaThAri on the heads of
AdhyApAka GhOshti . Here is
the Paasuram dear to Sri Nrusimha
BhakthAs since the time of
RasOkthi Saarvabhoumar , Kaliyan's time :
nallai nenjE naamm thozhuthum
nammudaya namperumAL
alli mAthar pulha ninRa aayiram thOLan-idam nelli malhik-kalludaippap-pul
ilai aarntu atharvaay
silli sill yenRu oll aRAtha SingavEL
KunramE
The First Two lines of the
Ninth Paasuram : Introduction
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Azhwars in general and Thirumangai in
particular are fond of Maanasa
SambhOdhanams ( Conversatons with their
minds ) . Some times , they
will give instructions to it and
other times the topic of
conversation will be
different as seen from the examples
below :
" Sengkayal tiLaikkum Sunait-ThiruvEngadam adai nenjamE ". Kaliyan :
PTM 1.8.1
" Pilimaamayil nadam cheyyum taDam
sunai Pirithi adai nEnjE " . Kaliyan: PTM
1.2.1
" Salavan salam sooznthazhahAya
SaaLakkirAmam adai nenjE " Kaiyan: PTM
1.5.3
Some times , the AzhwAr will tell his
mind about what he saw that day :
" TeLLiya SingamAhiya dEvai ThiruvallikkENi kaNDEnE " Klaiya: PTM
2.3.8
Some times , AzhwAr will reveal to us
what is inside his nenju :
" minnAr muhil sEr ThiruvEgaDam
mEya
yenn aanai , yennappan
yen nenjil uLAnE " PTM : Kaliyan
1.10.6
Some times , AzhwAr's message to his
nenjam will be congratulatory :
vaNDu vaazh Vada
Venkatamalai kOil koNDu athanODum , meemisai
aNDam aaNDiruppARkku
adimai thozhil PooNDAy ---Kaliyan : PTM 2.1.3
Here Kaliyan says ! AhO BhAgyam !AhO
BhAgyam ! Oh My mind ! How
fortunate indeed that You have been to
be blessed to perform Kaimkaryam
for the Lord , who has not only
ThiruvEnkatam but also the SarvOnnatha
dhivya dEsam of Sri Vaikuntam as His
place of residence !
Some times , the message to his
discouraged mind will be to console it
and to lift it out of its melancholic
mood :
thuNivu unakkuc-cholluvEn MANAME ! thozhthu yezhu ,
thoNDarkaL tamakku
piNi ozhitthu amarar
peruvisumpu aruLum pEraruLALan EmperumAn
aNi malar kuzhalAr
Arambayar tuhilum aaramum vaari vanthu aNi neer
maNi kozhitthu
izhintha Gangayin karai mEl Vadariaasramatthu uLLAnE
--- Klaiyan : PTM 1.4.4
Here , AzhwAr asks his mind to
become resolute . He asks his mind to
worship the Lord on the banks of Ganga
river at BadrikAsramam and
to overcome its
despondency .
AzhwAr says that it is a firm and unassailable
message from him . AzhwAr asks his mind
to join with the ghOshti of
BhagavathAs who are worshipping the
Lord at BadrikAsramam with
MahA VisvAsam that He will remove all
of our aarTi (sufferings) and
grant us the boon of residence in His
Supreme abode .
Thus , AzhwAr's
communications with his mind will be multi-faceted .
Conversation with his
mind at AhObilam
***************************************************
In the ninth Paasuram on
Ahobila NaaTan , the message of Kaliyan to
his nenjam is a
congratulatory one.
Azhwar addresses his
nenjam in a mood of gratefulnes : "nallai nenjE
! ".
He has asked his mind
before to enjoy the ArchA Moorthys of many
Dhivya Desams (
SaaLagrAmam , Pirithi , ThriuvEkadam et al ) . At Ahobilam
,
Kaliyan finds that he
does not need to give any pep talk to his mind or
invite its attention to
enjoy the dhivya dEsam of Ahobilam . His mind
was ahead of the AzhwAr
and had fallen in love with the Lord of
this dhivya dEsam .
AzhwAr is very pleased and seems to say , "sabhAsh ".
He starts this paasuram
with " nallai nenjE ! " . Oh my mind ! You have
become possessed now with
all auspicious attributes ( NaRguNam udayavanAi
uLLAy ) . AzhwAr praises
his nenjam for its predisposition of being deeply
engaged in the worship of
the Lord of AhObilam .
AzhwAr goes on to pin
point the special reasons why he is hailing his mind
by addressing it as
"nallai nenjE ! ".
Oh my trustworthy and
pious mind ! You have clearly comprehended that
Ahobila KshEthram is the
dhivya desam very dear to our Lord ( Nammudai
NamperumAl uhantha idam)
. Oh my mind ! You not only recognized Him
as "namm PerumAL "
( Our Sarva Swamy , NaarAyaNan , the Para
DEvathai )
but you went
one step ahead by
recognizing Him especailly as Sriman
NaarAyaNan , who stays here embracing Mahaa Lakshmi ( alli
Maathar ,
the Lotus born lady )
with His left hand (savyEna hasthEna chenchu
suthAm
RamAm
parishvajantham , LakshmI Nrusimham SaraNam prapadhyE
).
Oh My mind ! You
recognized the Lord of this dhivya dEsam not just as
Narasimhan but as Lakshmi
Narsimhan .. It is well known that
He is not easily
accessible to those , who do not comprehend
the equal place that His
divine consort holds in granting MOksha Phalan
besides being PurushakAra
BhUthai . It is because of Her , His glories are
hailed with the Naamams
of "Sriya: Pathi , IndhirA Kaanthan , MaalOlan ,
and Ramaa Nruhari .
Therefore , My mind , it is for these reasons that
I address you as "nallai
nenjE ! ".
(To be
continued )
Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha
ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
Thiruvadi ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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