The third and the fourth lines of the Paasuram

"Kanaittha theeyum kallum allA villudai vEdarumAi
tinaitthanayum sellavoNNA SingavEL KUnRamE "

In this fierce kshEthram, where JwaalA Narasimhan's anger burst out in to

giant flames and leapt across higher universes during the time of the destruction of HiraNyan, other things were happening at the time of Kaliyan's pilgrimage.

There were bursts of fire from the burning bamboo bushes that shot out and set fire to other objects around. The heat on ground from the burning objects made the stone red hot and they cracked and exploded (Kanaittha theeyum, kallum).

Besides the burning objects and exploding rocks (kanaittha theeyum kallum allaa), there were other matters to worry about. There were the hunter tribes with bows in hand making deafening noises, while chasing after the animals running helter-skelter from the rapidly spreading wild fires all around (villudai Kanaittha vEdarumAi). All these frightening events made it impossible to advance in pilgrimage even by the smallest measure at SingavEL Kunram (tinaitthanayum sellavoNNaa SingavEL KunRamE).

 

THE INTENSITY OF THE LORD'S ANGER THAT AFFECTED ALL THE WORLDS

In SrI NaarayaNeeyam, Sri Bhattadhiri captures the frightening scene at Ahobilam, while he is standing before Lord GuruvaayUrappan:

thyakthvA tamm hathamAsu rakthalaharee sikthOnnamadhvarshmaNi
prathyuthpathya samasta dhaithya paDaleem chAdhyamAnE Thvayi

brAhmyath bhUmi vikampithAmBudhikulam vyAlOla-sailOthkaram prOthsarpathkhacharam charAcharamahO dhu:sTAmavasTAm dhadhou

 — Sri NaarANeeyam: Dasakam 26.7

Meaning:

Here, Bhatthadhiri describes the scene after HiraNya SamhAram. The frightening Narasimhan tore the chest of HiraNyan, killed him and cast him away and ran towards the other evil minded asurAs, who meant ill to PrahlAdhan, His intimate devotee. He tore them also apart with His adamantine teeth this time. While the Lord was engaged in these samhAra activities, the flames of anger shot out from the Lord in all directions. The world with all its charAcharams rotated with the fast movements of the Lord's mighty feet (CharAcharam bhrAmyath bhUmi:). The waters of the oceans got agitated and formed whirlpools (VikampithAmBhukulam). The assemblies of mountains shook as if they were engaged in a dance movement (vyAlOla SailOthkaram). The skies got loosened and shed their stars (prOthsarpathkhacharam). The whole world stayed in a fearful state (dhu:sTAmavasTAm dadhou). As the Lord engaged in His frightening taaNDavam, the aNDa kOsams with their CharAcharams, mountains and oceans shook every where.

After that rapid movement, Lord Narasimhan sat majestically on the throne of HiraNyan according to Srimad BhAgavatham:

"tatha: sabhAyAm upavishtamutthamE nrupAsanE
sambhrutha tEjasam vibhum"

It appeared as though the Lord wanted to sanctify that throne through His sitting on it to make it auspicous for Bhaktha PrahlAdhan, who would sit next on that throne of his father.

 

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PASURAM 8

Naatthazhumbha Naanmuhanaum Isanum-Aay muRayAl
yEttha angOr AaLariyAi iruntha AmmAn idam
kaayttha vaahai neRRu olippak-kall athar vEynkazhai pOy
TEyttha theeyAl ViNN sivakkum SingavEL KunRamE (8)

MEANING:

The transformations in Brahma Devan, Indhran and all the other DevAs after HiraNya samhAram are described here. The stage is set for PrahlAdha Sthuthi of the Lord and the embrace of the Lord by MahA Lakshmi to make Him Lakshmi Narasimhan (MaalOlan).

"Naanmukhanum IsanumAi muRayAl naat-tazhumbha yEttha"

When HiraNyan got the boons of "indestructibility" from Brahma Devan, he terrorized the world and its beings; BrahmA and Siva transfromed themselves into human forms to praise HiraNyan for fear of their lives; some times, they praised HiraNyan in their own forms.

They forgot who their real Lord was. Brahma was afraid of the HiraNyan that he had created. Brahma slipped from the worship of the Lord prescribed in SaasthrAs and lost his satthu and Svaroopa Jn~Anam. This went on for a considerable time, when HiraNyan strutted around hailing his supermacy and invincibility.

NAtthazhumba yeththum devargaL [picture]

When NrusimhAvathAram took place and they (BrahmAdhi DEvAs) had the darsana soubhAgyam of the adhbhutha Kesari (wondrous form as Naram kalantha singam), Brahma, Siva and other celestials snapped back into the true awareness of their status of eternal SeshabhUthars to the Sarva Seshi, the Lord. Their dormant and temporarily immobilized Svaroopa Jn~Anam blossomed forth to its full dimensions. They regained their satthu (aay) and engaged in the sthuthi of their Lord (yEttha) at a level much higher than that before. Their tongues developed welts (tazhumpu) from the repeated utterance of the Lord's thousand names.

Brahma, Siva, Indhran and the thirty three crores of DevAs, MahA Lakshmi and the Baala bhakthan, PrahlAdhan had the paramAnandham of the Lord's sevai seated on HiraNyan's throne (angu ohr AaLariyAi IRUNDHA AMMAAN). The Lord at Ahobilam was in the seated pose (VeeRRirundha ThirukkOlam). This then is the seated Jwaala Narasimha Moorthy uthsavar that we have the bhAgyam of worshipping inside PrahlAdha Varadhan Sannidhi today and at other sannidhis, where He is blessing us in Iruntha ThirukkOlam.

The nine sannidhis of Sri Narasimha avatAra Moorthy can be enjoyed at the Ahobila Matam home pages: http://www.ahobilamutt.org (Note: Additional write-up by adiyEn on Ahobila Kshetram, nine Nrusimha Sannidhis that are found there (JwAlA, Ahobila, MaalOla, KrODa, Kaarancha, BhArgava, YogAnandha, ChatravaDa and Paavana Narasimhans) and the majesty of the Divya Moorthys that adorn the Silver Mantapam of the Ahobila Mutt ashramam can be accessed under the title "Reflections of Narasimhaavataram" at the following site: http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook67.htm)

The stuthi by Lord SivA (Ahirbhudhnyan) came out in the form of Mantra Raaja Padha SthOthram. Sri Muralidharan Rangaswamy has written an excellent article on the sacred Manthra Raaja Padha SthOthram, which you can access at: http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/8SKS.pdf

Sri Rangaswamy has written another informative article on the mahimai of the Sudarsanam in the upper right hand of the Lord (Naarasimha Vapu: SrimAn Kesava: PurushOtthama:), which became the adamantine nail that bypassed BrahmA's boons and destroyed HiraNyan: http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/aug97/0051.html