Guest guest Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Dear All 1. As far as I have heard the legend goes thus: Shodasa Bahu Narasimha Ashtaka was composed by Sri Vijayindra, when a scholar Gangadhar Sharma from Kasi who debated with the saint and lost, wanted to poison sri Vijayindra and had brought with him secretly a terrible poison and had kept it with him. Sri Vijayindra divined this, sought and consumed the same to prove the Lord's power and said to have composed the Narasimha Ashtaka at that very moment. By the Lord's grace and power, the poison was rendered ineffective. The scholar also realised his folly and praised the saint. 2. One version of the stotra has mahavishaharam (in place of mahad jvara) in the phalasruti perhaps indicates the truth of this episode. 3. The entire stotra praises Lord Narasimha and one stanza is a variation of the dhyana sloka of Lord Sudarshananarasimha (Lord Chakrapani-the main presiding deity of the powerful sudarshana mantra at the famous temple at Kumbakonam) 4. This stanza also relates to the Narasimha form on the reverse of the Sudarshana idol. You can see it in many ancient icons in temples thro the rear window. 5. Recently I was down with high fever with no obvious cause and medication had no impact. I dedided to chant this stotra with nyasa etc as taught to me. My fever came down in a day's time with no symptoms. I realised the importance of this composition and am continuing it every evening. 6. Another advantage with this stotra is that it can be chanted in the evening as well. Suresh Suresh at Bangalore ______________________________\ ____ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos./carfinder/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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