Vishnu Puranam

[Guest guest]

Dear members,

I would like to know why the prabhAvam of Lord Narasimha and

hiraNyakasipu vadham are not elaborated in Sri Vishnu Puranam and done so

only in Srimad Bhagawatam. Please correct me if this impression is wrong.

 

Thanks and regards.

adiyEn,

chandrasekaran.

[Guest guest]

>I would like to know why the prabhAvam of Lord Narasimha and

>hiraNyakasipu vadham are not elaborated in Sri Vishnu Puranam and done so

>only in Srimad Bhagawatam. Please correct me if this impression is wrong.

 

The story of Narasimha is indeed elaborated in the VP. You will find it in

the first amsha, adhyaayas 16-20.

 

Ramanujadasa,

Martin Gansten

[Guest guest]

Dear members,

This is with regard to the responses posted by Sri Hari and Sri

Ramanujadasa (Mr. Martin Gansten) about Lord Narasimha's prabhAvam in Sri

Vishnu Puranam.

Actually I am reading a brief translation in tamizh (not verse by

verse) of Sri Vishnu Puranam by one Sri Venkatraman, as my knowledge in

Sanskrit is nil. The publisher is LIFCO. In that the translator says

explicitly that hiraNyan vadham is not elaborated in Sri Vishnu puranam.

Also in one place the translation has it that Sri Prahladha does penance

when hiraNyan puts him in ocean and encloses with strong mountains to

prevent his escape. At the end of the penance the Lord appears and grants a

boon to him as per which hiraNyan's apacharams will be all forgiven and

forgotten by the Lord. After this hiraNyan changes his mind and doesn't

torture Sri Prahladha from then on. After this the translation has it thus "

.... then the time came when the Lord had to kill hiraNyan.". This is the

blunt way in which this event is described in the translation. May be I am

under wrong impression due to this...

 

Thanks and regards,

 

adiyEn,

chandrasekaran.