Today (8 May- 2009), is the appearance day of , Bhagavan Sri Narasimha !!!

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Pranams to Bhagavan Sri Krishna and His Bhakthas,

 

Today is the appearance day of Bhagavan Sri Narasimha .

 

Story of Bhagavan SriNarasimha

 

Hiranyakashipu (the brother of Hiranyaksha who was killed by Bhagavan

Maha-Vishnu’s Varaha Avtar) wanted to take revenge on the Devatas and in

particular on Maha- Vishnu. He wanted to become the master of all the three

worlds - Heaven, Earth & Pathala. He went to Mount Mandarachala and began

penance of Lord Brahma, which continued for years. Due to the intensity of

Penance, Lord Brahma appeared before Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyakashipu asked for

immortality as boon. Brahma, however, declined, saying " All living beings must

face death Hiranyakashipu. You can, however, choose your death wish. "

 

Hiranyakashipu then asked for three conditions, as his death wish, " 'O Brahma,

let not death come to me either by man or beast, nor devil, nor god shall cause

my death by day or by night with steel or stone or wood, indoors or outdoors, or

earth or in sky. Grant me undisputed lordship over the world " . Brahma agreed and

Hiranyakashipu got his death wishes granted. Thus he became practically

immortal.

 

After securing such a boon Hiranyakashipu conquered the worlds and became a

tyrant. He banned all poojas on Vishnu and declared himself as the Supreme God.

The Devatas approached Sri Vishnu for help. Bhagavan Vishnu asked them to be

patient and said, " Hiranyakashipu' s son Prahladaa is a devotee of me. When

Hiranyakashipu seeks to kill my devotee I will slay him. " Hiranyakashipu's wife

Kayadhu gave birth to Prahladaa in the Ashrama of Narada who told Prahladaa

about the glory of Bhagavan Maha-Vishnu . Prahlada grew up and became an ardent

devotee of Vishnu. Hiranyakashipu, however, wanted his son to be the king of the

Asuras, strong and ruthless . Realising that Prahlada always prayed to Bhagavan

Vishnu, Hiranyakashipu took his son to Shanku and Amarka, the sons of

Shukracharya, for schooling. All their efforts to inflence Prahlada failed.

 

Hiranyakashipu ordered his military to kill Prahlada if he refused to accept the

supremacy of his father. They tried to kill Prahlada by throwing down a

mountain, drowning, poisoning, burning etc. and failed in all attempts since

Bhagavan Vishnu saved him from all the attempts. The king got angry on hearing

the reports about Prahlada.

 

One day the king challenged his son in the open court:

 

" Prahlada! Is my enemy, whom you worship, present anywhere here? " .

 

Prahlada replied, " Bhagavan Maha-Vishnu is omnipresent. There's not a single

place where he's not found. "

 

Hiranyakashipu's fury was at its climax. He got an iron pillar heated and asked

Prahlada, " Can you embrace this pillar if your Vishnu is in it also? "

 

Prahlada did not hesitate even for a moment but rushed towards the pillar and

embraced it. The heated iron did not burn him. The king got up from his throne

in fury and hit the pillar with his mace.

 

And to his surprise! The pillar cracked with a thundering sound and Maha-Vishnu

appeared there in the fierce form of Narasimha.

Upper half of His body was of a lion and the lower half of a man. He had matted

hair on his head, large moustaches on the face and terrible teeth in the mouth.

His paws had terrible nails on them.

 

Hiranyakashipu remembered his first death wish, " To be killed by some one who is

neither human nor beast. " It was also the twilight hour, neither day nor night,

the second death wish.

 

The demon king hit Narasimha with his mace but Narasimha brushed it aside

swiftly. It was twilight and Narasimha caught hold of the demon Hiranyakashipu .

He sat on the threshold of the court room, placed the body of the demon on his

thighs, and pierced his nails into the body of the demon and broke open his

stomach. The demon was killed on the spot in a moment. The place was neither

inside nor outside. This was Hiranyakashipu’s third death wish.

 

Bhagavan Narasimha was furious and roared frightening the entire universe

including even Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva . However, he was pasified when His

Bhaktha Prahlada touched His feet and Goddess Maha- Lakshmi also tried to cool

him. Bhagavan Narasimudeva then made Prahlada the Emperor and blessed him with

supreme Boons.

 

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya !!!!

 

SriKrishnaDasa Rajeev