Abhanga 3085
Kōpōnīyām pitā bōle Prahlādāsī — angry, the father said to Prahlāda; sānga Hrṣīkeśī kōṭhe āhe — tell me — where is Hrṣīkeśī.
The verse
कोपोनियां पिता बोले प्रल्हादासी । सांग हृषीकेशी कोठें आहे ॥१॥
येरू म्हणे काष्ठीं पाषाणीं सकळीं । आहे वनमाळी जेथें तेथें ॥ध्रु.॥
खांबावरी लात मारिली दुर्जनें । खांबीं नारायण म्हणतां चि ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे कैसा खांब कडाडिला । ब्रम्हा दचकला सत्यलोकीं ॥३॥
Literal translation
Kōpōnīyām pitā bōle Prahlādāsī — angry, the father said to Prahlāda; sānga Hrṣīkeśī kōṭhe āhe — tell me — where is Hrṣīkeśī. Yerū mhaṇe kāṣṭhīm pāṣāṇīm sakaḷīm — the other said: in wood, in stone, in everything; āhe vanamāḷī jethe tethe — vanamāḷī is wherever, there. Khāmbāvarī lāta māri durjane — the durjana kicked the pillar; khāmbīm Nārāyaṇa mhaṇatām chi — just on saying Nārāyaṇa-on-pillar. Tukā mhaṇe kaisā khāmba kaḍāḍilā — Tukā says: how the pillar cracked; Brahmā dachakalā satya-lōkīm — Brahmā was shaken in satya-loka.
What it means
★ The 5th-of-6 Prahlāda-rakṣaṇa text — the pillar-test stage.
The narrative: Angry-father asks: where-is-Hrṣīkeśī? Prahlāda: in-wood-stone-everything; vanamāḷī-everywhere. Durjana kicked-the-pillar. Just-on-saying-Nārāyaṇa-on-pillar, the-pillar-cracked. Brahmā-was-shaken in-satya-loka.
★ The doctrinal-claim is the vyāpaka-Hari (pervading-Lord) developed-from-3084. Here-it-is-tested-and-proved: if-the-Lord-is-everywhere, he-must-be-in-this-pillar too — and-the-pillar-cracks-to-reveal-Narasimha. The cosmic-effect: Brahmā in-satya-loka (the-highest-realm) trembles-from-the-crack.
This is the canonical-Narasimha-pillar-eruption narrative.
For someone today
Tukārām's Prahlāda-pillar-test. Angry, the father said to Prahlāda: Tell me — where is Hrṣīkeśī? Prahlāda said: In wood, in stone, in everything — vanamāḷī is wherever-everywhere. The durjana kicked the pillar — just on (Prahlāda's) saying Nārāyaṇa is on the pillar. How the pillar cracked! — Brahmā was shaken in the satya-loka. The verse permits the canonical pillar-cracks-revealing-Narasimha narrative as proof-of-vyāpaka-Hari.
Where this applies
- ★ 5th-of-6 Prahlāda-rakṣaṇa sub-cluster — pillar-test
- Vyāpaka-Hari-tested-and-proved via-pillar-crack
- Brahmā-shaken-in-satya-loka cosmic-effect