Akhilaandeshwaran Ayyappaa
Manasija Mohanan Ayyappaa
Akhilaandeshwaran Ayyappaa
Bhoodesha Parmesha Sarvesha Jagadishaa (2)
Sakala Charaacharan Ayyappaa
Swami Mahishee Mardanan Ayyappaa
Meaning:
O Most Beloved Divine Lord Ayyappa, Thou art The Lord of The Entire Cosmos. Thou art The Enchanter of minds Who Permeates in all the three worlds and art The Destructor of Mahishi. (It is said that Leelaa who was the daughter of Kavalan – a Maharishi was cursed by her husband and so she was re-born with a buffalo face as the daughter of Karamban. Mahishi wanted to take revenge upon the Devas who killed her brother. Lord Brahma had blessed her that nobody except the Divine Son created out of the Union of Lord Sri Vishnu (Hari) and Lord Shiva (Haran) would be able to kill her. Lord Ayyappa Himself destroyed her and freed her from the curse.) (Lord Ayyappan’s Story – Lord Shiva was overcome with lust for Mohini, in which Form Lord Sri Vishnu had Appeared, at the time of The Churning of The Ocean, in order to distract the asuras and prevent them from drinking the Nectar of Immortality, so that The Devas could divide the Nectar among themselves. Lord Shiva succumbed to the Beauty of Mohini and Lord Ayyappa is believed to have been born out of the Union. Thus HE is called Hari Hara Putra – The Divine Son of Lord Sri Vishnu (Hari) and of Lord Shiva (Hara). Lord Ayyappa is regarded as The Third Son of Lord Shiva, the other two being Lord Sri Ganesha and Lord Muruga or Kartikeya. The abandoned Divine Child was adopted by King Rajashekhara of Panthalarn in Kerala. But when a son was born to the Royal Couple, the Queen tried to kill Lord Ayyappan, by sending him to get the milk of a tigress. Lord Ayyappan saw through the deceit and survived, but has harboured a deep distrust for women ever since then. The Village of Sabarimala is named after Shabari, who did severe penance in order to meet Lord Sri Rama, Who Granted her wish for her devotion and faith during her penance.)