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FIRST ANGAM:
At the outset, SrI rAmacandra mUrti, vigneswara, saraswati are saluted.
Next,
guru nAradar, tuLasi dAsar, purandara dAsar, rAma dAsar, pANDurangar, nAma
devar, jn~Ana devar, jaya devar, tukkArAm, nArAyaNa tIrthar and other
daasAs of the Lord are eulogized.
Next vinAyakar arrives. The gatekeeper arrives at the same time singing the
praise of vAsudevan. The dialog between the stage manager and the gatekeeper at SrI vaikuNTham reviews the happenings until then in the life of prahlAdan.
The gist is: prahlAdan bound by poisonous snakes is thrown into the ocean on
command from the angry hiraNya kaSipu, the father of prahlAdan
.
The king of the oceans welcomes prahlAda and takes him to His home. He invites garuDan to chase away the poisonous snakes.
Once garuDan arrives, the poison from the
snakes does not affect prahlAdan.
Now prahlAdan prays to the samudra rAjan
and asks Him to instruct him on the upAyam (means)
for reaching hari.
samudra rAjan asks prahlAdan to eulogize hari.
SECOND ANGAM:
prahlAdan praises the kalyANa guNams of hari.
Sage nAradA arrives now from SrI vaikuNTham.
He describes the vaibhavam of SrIman nArAyaNan at SrI vaikuNTham in a
cUrNikai. Next He describes the dialog (samvAdam)
between lakshmi and hari at SrI vaikuNTham.
In their dialog, hari bound by the love of prahlAdan wishes
to arrive at bhU lokam and lakshmi tries to stop that journey
and hari pacifies Her and starts on His journey to meet His bhaktan.
THIRD ANGAM:
At bhU lokam, prahlAdan sings with sorrow:
"What is the use of
the eyes, which do not have the bhAgyam of seeing hari? What is the use of the hands that do not perform arcanai of hari with flowers? What is the use of the tongue that does not sing about the glories of hari?".
He faints over the non-appearance of hari and
now hari comes before prahlAdan, lifts him up and embraces him
fondly.
prahlAdan experiences the bliss of union with hari and sings:
"E nATi nOmu phalamu?" in bhairavi rAga kriti.
(What penance I must have done to gain
the darSanam of hari?).
FOURTH ANGAM:
hari now looks at prahlAdan and
asks him to seek any boon that he desires and
that HE (hari) would grant them.
prahlAdan responds:
"Oh Lord! When the karpaka tree is in front, what is the need for dried up stalks from the harvested field ? I
t is only fools who will seek such boons.
aDiyEn does not need any boons.
aDiyEn longs only Your pAda sevanam.
aDiyEn wishes to attain tanmayatvam through
dhyAnam about You".
hari is immensely pleased with the
vairAgyam and bhakti of the child
and praises those blessed qualities.
FIFTH ANGAM:
After this dialog, hari returns to SrI vaikuNTham
and
prahlAdan sinks into inconsolable ocean of sorrow
over the loss of hari from his side.
He condemns his durbhAgyam
. hari and lakshmi return now and bless him
. prahlAdan is immersed in Ananda sAgaram and
invites hari with joy to his home.
brahmA,indran, sages, nAradar, samudra rAjan
and others arrive to witness
this joyous scene.
sUryan arises