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GovindhO--- VarAha MahA after Mother Earth (Go=Earth, who rescued BhagavAn rescued His VarAham that Sri VishNu sahasra Naamam salutes this avathAram Naamam salutes sahasra Sri VishNu as “ Govindhan. this interpreta endorses Niruktham also purAnam and MahA Bhaaratham: purAnam and MahA The Scope of Rahasya SikhAmaNi The Scope of Rahasya SikhAmaNi sadagopan.org The Context oftheVa totheLord Tribute Desikan’s Swami The Context oftheVa totheLord Tribute Desikan’s Swami not beabletothink oftheLordduring neck of a sparrow,would betheequivalentoftyingapana which surely will ground topracticemeans)li upAyam (difficult it forever.She rightfullyrecognizedusasasaktha She knew that we will andtoreachHisLotusfeet. of SamsAram chEthanams (Herchildren)withaLagh ThAyAr, whoisOmniscientandyetaske because VarAha CharamaSlOkamarose MahA POthrin. waters andplacedHeronHisimmense ofthatOceanlikeliftin PirAtti out dimension ofonehoofthegigantic The deepoceanofthe ocean duringth Meaning: pOtriNEnama:|| mahatE vahatE mEdineemustAm kvApi kalpaantavEsantEkhuradaghnE samuddhrutAm| vhte meidnImuSta our life on this sadagopan.org r than the thoughts about Lordthe thoughts r than at ple and unfailing means) of salvation.ple and unfailing ). BhU VarAhan agreed to His dear ). BhU VarAhan e worst time of our suffering as our of our suffering as e worst time slOkams is the essence of Jn~Ana free from the burdens of svarUpa of svarUpa burdens free from the ked throat and memoryked throat loss et al. Our for our benefit a supreme message of our benefit a supreme for 21 Her Lord therefore to have mercy on us and begged begged and us on mercy to have therefore Lord Her from the cage of body. from the cage Laghu Aradanam to SrI Varaha Salagrama murthi The Meaning of the VarAha Charama Slokam The Meaning of the VarAha Charama Slokam The message contained in these two The message mind will struggle with every matter othe every matter struggle with mind will prayed to that time. She with a laghu upAyam (sim Him to bless us UpAyam to be that laghu She wanted parikArams (structure and limbs/angams and revealed to Her consort’s request remove our fears at th hope that would to part Jeevan is about earth, when we are overpowered by bloc we are overpowered earth, when The Meaning of the VarAha Charama Slokam The Meaning of the VarAha Charama Slokam The Meaning of the VarAha Charama Slokam The Meaning of the VarAha Charama Slokam sadagopan.org Oh Bhumi Devi! The entire universe is my body (sarIram). I do not have birthsMeaning: ||2|| madbhaktamnayAmiparamAmgatim aham smarAmi tatastam mriyamANamtukAshThapaashaNa sannibham| Ah< SmraimmÑ´ d reflect about Me d reflect moments, they are totally when (one who is fit to (one who is fit be worshipped), ya sannihithan (One who is always ya sannihithan ad them by archirAdhi maargam to My ad them by archirAdhi and an healthy body nithya kaimkarya to Me there. bhAgyam 23 yanthA (one who commands from within) commands from within) yanthA (one who bhu-varAhar ArAdanam I think of them at their last I think of them then (root cause of all), ni as SarvAdharan sarva sEshi (the ultimate), aasrayaNeeyan (all-pervasive)Sarva VyApthan and Nith near), and le log or a stone a unconscious like have to and bless them parama padham or deaths. When my bhakthAs with mahA visvAsam surrender to me, while while me, to surrender visvAsam mahA with bhakthAs my When deaths. or mind of tranquil still in a state they are sadagopan.org Concluding prayerofSwam This inessence isRahasyaSikhAmaNigrantham. have mercyonusandleadtoHisParamaPadham. VarAhan stone oralog,thenmayLord their powerandwhenweareinastate When thetimeofphysicaldeathappr Meaning: naatha: pOtrInayatukrupayaanaathita:svampadamna: kaalE prAptEkaraNavilayAtkaashThapaashaNakalpAn| naw>paeÇInytuk¯pyanaiwt>Sv sadagopan.org prevented by from having the by prevented ram as revealed by the dwaara m to the SanathkumAraa and the m to the SanathkumAraa avatara/Hiranyaksha story with which avatara/Hiranyaksha ram are two fold in adiyEn's opinion ram are two fold 25 aa of the VarAhAvathAram of the of the VarAhAvathAram of the of the VarAhAvathAram of the Jn~anap Piraan ThiruvdigaLE SaraNam Jn~anap Piraan ThiruvdigaLE Bhumi Devi ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Bhumi Devi ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE paalakAs’ (Jaya-Vijaya’s) apachArapaalakAs’ (Jaya-Vijaya’s) sages, who were great other three darsanam of Sriman NaaraayaNa at Parama Padham. Our Lord will not evenput up with BhAgavathApachAram if it originates from His servants. 1. slOkam and The birth of VarAha Charama 2. asahyApachaaram/BhagavathApachA The twin significance The twin significance dAsan, SaThakOpan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri is as follows: we are all familiar avathA to this The deeper significance The significance of the deeper Varaha The twin significance