Prayers for Relief from Material Existence (a sampling)

April 18, 2001

O my Lord Nrsimhadeva, by engaging in Your transcendental loving service in

the association of devotees who are liberated souls [hamsas], I shall become

completely uncontaminated by the association of the three modes of material

nature and be able to chant the glories of Your Lordship, who are so dear to

me. I shall chant Your glories, following exactly in the footsteps of Lord

Brahmä and his disciplic succession. In this way I shall undoubtedly be able

to cross the ocean of nescience. SB 7.9.18

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Nrsimhadeva, the source of all

power. O my Lord who possesses nails and teeth just like thunderbolts,

kindly vanquish our demonlike desires for fruitive activity in this material

world. Please appear in our hearts and drive away our ignorance so that by

Your mercy we may become fearless in the struggle for existence in this

material world.

SB 5.18.8

O my Lord, as powerful as fire, O omnipotent one, now I offer You all

obeisances, falling on the ground at Your feet. O my Lord, please lead me on

the right path to reach You, and since You know all that I have done in the

past, please free me from the reactions to my past sins so that there will

be no hindrance to my progress. Iso 18

Devahüti said: I am very sick of the disturbance caused by my material

senses, for because of this sense disturbance, my Lord, I have fallen into

the abyss of ignorance.

Your Lordship is my only means of getting out of this darkest region of

ignorance because You are my transcendental eye, which, by Your mercy only,

I have attained after many, many births.

You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin and Supreme Lord of

all living entities. You have arisen to disseminate the rays of the sun in

order to dissipate the darkness of the ignorance of the universe.

Now be pleased, my Lord, to dispel my great delusion. Due to my feeling of

false ego, I have been engaged by Your mäyä and have identified myself with

the body and consequent bodily relations.

Devahüti continued: I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet because You are

the only person of whom to take shelter. You are the ax which can cut the

tree of material existence. I therefore offer my obeisances unto You, who

are the greatest of all transcendentalists, and I inquire from You as to the

relationship between man and woman and between spirit and matter. SB

3.25.7-11

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