Nrsimha Caturdasi: Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva Monday April 30th

April 29, 2007

Prayer to Lord Nrsimha

(from Sri Dasavatara-stotra, p. 97)

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-srngam

dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhrngam

keshava dhrta-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

" O Keshava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the

form of

half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush

a wasp

between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasp

like demon

Hiranyakashipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on

Your

beautiful lotus hands. "

" The fourth incarnation is Nåsiàhadeva. Nåsiàhadeva appeared to save

Prahläda Mahäräja, who was five-years-old boy and he was being

tortured by his atheistic father. So He appeared from the pillar of

the palace as a half-man, half-lion. Because this Hiraëyakaçipu took

benediction from Brahmä that he'll not be killed by any man or any

animal. So the Lord appeared neither man nor animal. This is the

difference between the Lord's intelligence and our intelligence. We

are thinking that we can cheat the Lord by our intelligence, but the

Lord is more intelligent than us. This Hiraëyakaçipu wanted to cheat

Brahmä by indirect definition. First of all he wanted to become

immortal. Brahmä said, " That is not possible because even I am not

immortal. Nobody in this material world is immortal. That is not

possible. " So Hiraëyakaçipu, the demon... The demons are very

intelligent. He thought that " Round about way I shall become

immortal. " He prayed to Brahmä that " Please give me the benediction

that I shall not be killed by any man or any animal. " Brahmä said,

" Yes, that is all right. " " I shall not be killed in the sky, on the

water or on land. " Brahmä said, " Oh yes. " " I shall not be killed by

any man-made weapons. " " That's all right. " In this way he utilized his

intelligence in so many ways just to come to the conclusion of being

immortal. But the Lord is so cunning that He kept intact all the

benediction given by Brahmä, still he was killed. He said that " I'll

not be killed either during daytime or night. " Brahmä said " Yes. " So

he was killed just in the evening, just in the junction of day and

night. You cannot say it is day or night. He took the benediction that

" I shall not be killed in the sky, on the water, on the land. " So he

was killed on His lap. He took the benediction that " I shall not be

killed by any man-made or any God-made weapons. " That was given, " All

right. " So he was killed by the nails. In this way, all the

benedictions were kept intact, still he was killed. Similarly, we may

make plan, we may make very advancement in scientific knowledge, but

the killing process of nature will be there. Nobody can escape. By our

intelligence we cannot escape. The four principles of material

existence means birth, death, old age and disease. We can manufacture

many medicines, many weapons, many means, many methods, but you cannot

escape these four principles of material existence, however great you

may be. That was proved by Hiraëyakaçipu. Hiraëyakaçipu was one of the

stalwart materialistic and he wanted to live forever, enjoy, but he

also could not live. Everything was finished " (A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupada. 18th February 1970. Class on Sri Varaha-dwadasi

purporting the Dasavatar-stotra - Ten main incarnations of the Lor.

Los Angeles.)

April 30, 2007

Jai Sri Vishnu. On this special day of Sri Nrsimha Jayanti, may the devotees of the Lord be granted with His Choicest Blessing. As we remember The Supreme today, let us remember the reason for His Appearance today. The Lord never allows any of His Devotees to suffer. Even if the abuser is the Father of His Devotee--The Lord does not spare anyone. The Lord does not condone any abuse against His Devotees-----Ahimsa is never the practise of The Lord when it comes to the protection of His Devotees. As long as one behaves like a Beast/Rakshas and harasses His Devotees---the end result is the same---destruction/annihilation. In the Srimad Bhagwad Gita, The Blessed Lord did not tell Arjuna to forgive and forget what was done against him, his brothers and his wife--instead He was angry when Arjuna decided that he will practise Ahimsa---not be violent/forgive those that

committed sins against them. The Lord insulted Arjuna for being so "unmanly" and urged Arjuna to destroy all those that committed sins against them. Whether it is husband/father/mother/brother/grandfather/son/cousin even Guru--as long and one chooses to live/be evil and commit sins/harass the devotees of The Lord--one is sure to end up one way--like Hiryankashyapu/Ravanas/Kamsas etc.......... Jai Sri Nrsimha Bhagwaan Jai Sri Vishnu Jai Sriman Narayanaya. His eternal servant, Nandarani TAD VISNOH PARAMAM PADAM (Rg Veda 1.22.20)

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