Narsimha Chaturdashi Special

1. Narsimha Chaturdashi Special

2. nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimatebhaktivedanta- svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesha-sunyavadi- pascatya-desa-tarine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, who is very dear to Lord
Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master,
servant of Sarasvatī Gosvāmī. You are kindly preaching the
message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western
countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
Srila Prabhupada Pranama

3. Sri NRSIMHA Prayers Ugram Viram Maha Vishnum
Jvalantam Sarvato Mukham
Nirisimham Bhishanam Bhadram
Mrutyur Mrutyum Namamy Aham
उग्रं वीरं महाववष्णं
ज्वलन्तं सववतोमणखम्।
नृवसंहं भीषणं भद्र
मृत्यणमृत्यणं नमाम्यहम्
॥
I bow down to Lord Narasimha who is
highly ferocious and brave and the
emanation of Lord Maha Vishnu.He is
full of effulgence, terrific and
auspicious and the death of death.

4. Hare Krsna Maha Mantra
Hare Krsna
Hare Krsna
Krsna Krsna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare

5. From: Srīmad-Bhagavatam
7th Canto Chapters 3&4

6. The following is a
narration by Narada
Muni to Maharaja
Yuddhistra
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7

7. Once upon a time…..
There was a great demon by
the name of….
Hiraṇyakaśipu
He wanted to become powerful and
occupy the post of Lord Brahma, the
Creator

8. In the valley of Mandara Hill,
Hiraṇyakaśipu began
performing his austerities by
standing with his toes on the
ground, keeping his arms
upward and looking toward
the sky. This position was
extremely difficult, but he
accepted it as a means to
attain perfection.

9. Due to this, FIRE came out of
his head and spread
everywhere and all the
planets became extremely
HOT.
The universe trembled and all
the living entities were
disturbed.
All the demigods complained
to Lord Brahma.

10. Lord Brahma went to where
Hiranyakashipu was, but first
he could not see him.
Hiranyakashipu was covered
by an anthill, grass, and
bamboo sticks.
The ants had devoured his
skin, fat, flesh and blood.

12. Lord Brahma
blessed
Hiranyakashipu
with water from
his kamandalu
and he became
strong again.

13. Hiranyakashipu
paid his respects
to Lord Brahma
and praised him.
He then asked
for these
benedictions…
.

15. Hiranyakashipu started
conquering the entire universe
He by force occupied the palace
of Indra, which was made of
emeralds, crystals, rubies, silk and
pearls
He tortured the demigods very
badly and made them worship him
He was always drunk and thus his
eyes were always rolling

16. Everyone was extremely distressed and
fearful, and they surrendered to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead - Lord
Vishnu

17. ŚB 7.4.24
teṣām āvirabhūd vāṇī
arūpā megha-niḥsvanā
sannādayantī kakubhaḥ
sādhūnām abhayaṅkarī
Then there appeared before them a transcendental sound vibration,
emanating from a personality not visible to material eyes. The voice was as
grave as the sound of a cloud, and it was very encouraging, driving away all
fear.

18. The voice of the Lord vibrated as follows:
O best of learned persons, do not fear! I wish all
good fortune to you. Become My devotees by
hearing and chanting about Me and offering Me
prayers, for these are certainly meant to award
benedictions to all living entities. I know all
about the activities of Hiranyakasipu and shall
surely stop them very soon. Please wait patiently
until that time.
When Hiranyakasipu teases the great devotee
Prahlada, his own son, who is peaceful and
sober and who has no enemy, I shall kill
Hiranyakasipu immediately, despite the
benedictions of Brahmā.
SB 7.4.25-26, 28

19. ŚB 7.4.30
Hiraṇyakaśipu had four
wonderful, well-qualified
sons, of whom the one
named Prahlāda was the
best. Indeed, Prahlāda was
a reservoir of all
transcendental qualities
because he was an
unalloyed devotee of the
Personality of Godhead.

21. Mahārāja Y
udhiṣṭhira further
asked Narada Muni: How was it
possible for a father to be so
violent toward an exalted son
who was obedient, well-behaved
and respectful to his father? O
brāhmaṇa, O master
, I have
never heard of such a
contradiction as an affectionate
father’s punishing his noble son
with the intention of killing him.
Kindly dissipate our doubts in
this regard.
ŚB 7.4.46

22. Sukracarya’s two sons,
Sanda and Amarka, lived
near Hiranyakashipu ’s
palace.
Hiranyakashipu sent
Prahlada to their school along
with other sons of demons.

23. Once, the King of the
demons, Hiranyakashipu,
took his son Prahlada on
his lap and very lovingly
inquired:
My dear son, please let me
know what you think is the
best of all the subjects you
have studied from your
teachers.

24. Prahlada Maharaja told his father:
The world is full of suffering, and all of us should
take shelter of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead,
Lord Krsna.
Hiranyakashipu instructed Sanda and
Amarka to carefully protect Prahlada.
When Sanda and Amarka tried to correct
Prahlada, he told them something very
IMPORTANT...

25. SB 7.5.12
sa yadānuvrataḥ puṁsāṁ
paśu-buddhir vibhidyate
anya eṣa tathānyo ’ham
iti bheda-gatāsatī
When the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is pleased with the living entity
because of his devotional service, one
becomes a paṇḍita and does not make
distinctions between enemies, friends
and himself. Intelligently, he then thinks,
“Every one of us is an eternal
servant of God, and therefore
we are not different from one
another.”

26. Sanda and Amarka, the teachers
of Prahlada Maharaja,
chastised and threatened their
disciple in various ways and
began teaching him.
After some time, they thought
that Prahlada Maharaja was
sufficiently educated.

27. Then, one day, after Prahlada’s mother had personally washed
the boy and dressed him nicely with sufficient ornaments, they
presented him before his father.
SB 7.5.20
When Hiranyakashipu saw
that his child had fallen at
his feet and was offering
obeisances,
affectionate
as an
father he
immediately began
showering blessings upon
the child and embraced him
with both arms. A father
naturally feels happy to
embrace his son, and
Hiranyakashipu became very
happy in this way.

28. Hiranyakashipu seated
Prahlada Maharaja on his lap and
lovingly asked his son,
Prahlada responded...
“
My dear Prahlada, my dear son,
you have heard many things from
your teachers. Now please
repeat to me whatever you think
is the best of that knowledge.”

29. SB 7.5.23
śrī-prahrāda uvāca
śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ
smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam
arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ
sakhyam ātma-nivedanam
The 9
Processes of
Devotional
Service
Kirtanam (chanting)
Visnoh Smaranam (remembering)
Pada-sevanam
(serving the Lotus feet)
Arcanam (offering worship)
Vandanam (offering prayers)
Dasyam (becoming the servant)
Sakhyam
(becoming the best friend)
Atma-nivedanam
(surrendering everything)
Sravanam (Hearing)

30. After Prahlada Maharaja
had spoken in this way and
become silent, Hiranyakashipu
blinded by anger, threw him
off his lap and onto the
ground.
He said to his servants:
“Odemons, take this boy away from
me! He deserves to be killed. Kill him
as soon as possible!”

31. Struck tender parts of
Prahlada Maharaja’s body
with their tridents
Throwing him
beneath the feet of
big elephants
Thrown among huge,
fearful snakes
Hurled him
from the top of
a hill

32. They also:
- Gave him poison
- Starved him
- Exposed him to
severe cold winds,
fire and water
- Threw heavy
stones to crush
him

33. The weapons of the
demons had no
tangible effects upon
Prahlada Maharaja
because he was a
strong devotee and
fully engaged in
meditating upon and
serving the Supreme
Personality of
Godhead.

34. Hiranyakasipu
was very surprised that Prahlada
was fearless and could not be killed
at all….
What he does next??

35. Hiraṇyakaśipu & the demons
tried different ways to kill
Prahlāda but failed…
Why?

36. Sanda & Amarka saw that
Hiraṇyakaśipu was sad and told
him:
“O lord, we know that when you
simply move your eyebrows, all
the commanders of the various
planets are most afraid. Without
the help of any assistant, you
have conquered all the three
worlds. Do not worry about
Prahlāda, he is nothing but a
child!

37. After hearing these instructions of
Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, Hiraṇyakaśipu
agreed and requested them to
instruct Prahlāda about royal duties
Prahlāda returned to the Gurukula
with them

38. When the teachers went home, the
students of the same age as
Prahlāda Mahārāja would call him
to play.
Prahlāda would speak to them, and
the boys surrounded Prahlāda
Mahārāja, giving up their
playthings, and sat down to hear
him.

39. Prahlāda Mahārāja said:
One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the
human form of body from the very beginning of life
— in other words, from the tender age of childhood
— to practice the activities of devotional service

40. Money is so dear
that one
conceives of
money as being
sweeter than
honey.

41. O my friends,
sons of demons!
In this material
world, people
think,
“This is mine,
and that is for
others.”
But...

42. SB 7.6.1
śrī-prahrāda uvāca
kaumāra ācaret prājño
dharmān bhāgavatān iha
durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma
tad apy adhruvam arthadam
Which means:
We should use the human form of body
from childhood — to serve Krishna,
because even a little bit of sincere
devotional service can give one complete
perfection.

43. Prahlāda Mahārāja continued:
I received this knowledge from
the great saint Nārada Muni, who
is always engaged in devotional
service.

44. ŚB 7.6.29-30
The sons of the demons replied:
Dear Prahlāda, neither you nor
we know any teacher or spiritual
master other than Ṣaṇḍa and
Amarka.
Dear friend, most gentle one,
would you kindly explain how it
was possible for you to hear
Nārada?

45. How did Prahlāda learn about Lord Krishna
from Narada Muni?

46. SB 7.6.29-30
The sons of the demons replied:
Dear Prahlada, neither you nor
we know any teacher or
spiritual master other than
Sanda and Amarka .
Dear friend, most
gentle one, would
you kindly explain
how it was possible
for you to
hear Narada?

47. SB 7.7.1
Prahlada Maharaja said:
When my father,
Hiranyakashipu, went to
Mandaracala Mountain to
perform severe austerities,
in his absence, the
devatas, headed by King
Indra, made a severe
attempt to subdue all the
demons in warfare.

48. When the great
leaders of the demons,
who were being killed one
after another, saw the
devatas,
they ran away
to protect their lives,
not caring for their
homes, wives,
children, animals and
household
paraphernalia.

49. The victorious
devatas plundered
the palace of my
father,
Hiranyakashipu,
and destroyed
everything within
it. Then Indra,
King of heaven,
arrested my
mother,the Queen.

50. As she was being led away, crying
in fear, the great sage Narada,
appeared and saw her in that
condition.
Narada Muni said:
O Indra, King of the
demigods, this woman is
certainly sinless. You should
not drag her off in this
merciless way. You must
immediately release her.

51. King Indra said:
In the womb of this
woman, the wife of the
demon Hiranyakashipu,
is the seed of that
great demon. Let her
remain in our custody
until her child is
delivered, and then we
shall release her.
Narada Muni replied:
The child within this
woman’s womb is
faultless and sinless.
Indeed, he is a great
devotee, a powerful
servant of the
Supreme Lord.
Therefore you will not
be able to kill him.

52. King Indra, being respectful to Narada’s words, immediately
released my mother. Because of my being a devotee of the
Lord, all the devatas circumambulated her. Then they
returned to their celestial kingdom.
The great saint Narada Muni
brought my mother to his asrama
and assured her of all protection,
saying,
“My dear child, please remain
at my asrama until the
arrival of your husband.”

53. Thus my mother at
Narada Muni’s asrama,
where she rendered
service unto Narada
Muni with great devotion.
Narada Muni delivered
his instructions both to
me, who was within the
womb, and to my mother,
who was engaged in
rendering him service.

54. Because a long time has passed, my
mother has forgotten all those
instructions; but thegreat sage
Narada blessed me, and therefore
I could not forget them.
Prahlada Maharaja continued: My
dear friends, if you can place your
faith in my words, simply by that
faith you can also understand
transcendental knowledge, just like
me, although you are small children.

55. Prahlad further said...

56. SB 7.7.49
sarveṣām api bhūtānāṁ
harir ātmeśvaraḥ priyaḥ
bhūtair mahadbhiḥ sva-kṛtaiḥ
kṛtānāṁ jīva-saṁjñitaḥ
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari,
is the soul and the Supersoul of all living
entities. Every living entity is a
manifestation of His energy in terms of the
living soul and the material body.
Therefore the Lord is the most dear, and He
is the supreme controller.

57. All the sons of the
demons appreciated the
transcendental
instructions of Prahlada
Maharaja and took them
very seriously. They
rejected the instructions
given by their teachers,
Sanda and Amarka.

58. What do you
think will happen
next??
Prahlada Maharaja
was remembering
Krishna and
teaching his
friends to do the
same!

59. SB 7.8.1
Nārada Muni continued: All the
sons of the demons
appreciated the transcendental
instructions of Prahlāda
Mahārāja and took them very
seriously. They rejected the
materialistic instructions given
by their teachers, Ṣaṇḍa and
Amarka.

60. SB 7.8.3-4
When Hiraṇyakaśipu understood
the entire situation, he was
extremely angry and his body
trembled. Thus he finally
decided to kill his son
Prahlāda. Prahlāda was peaceful,
mild and gentle, and he stood
before Hiraṇyakaśipu with folded
hands.
Hiraṇyakaśipu said to Prahlāda: I
will kill you today! Tell me, where
do you get the power to disobey
me?

61. Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear King, the
source of my strength is also the source of
yours. In fact, all of us get our strength from
the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
My dear father, please give up your demoniac
mentality. Do not discriminate in your heart
between enemies and friends

62. Hiraṇyakaśipu replied: How dare
you?
Prahlāda, you have always
described a supreme being other
than me, a supreme being who is
above everything, who is the
controller of everyone, and who
is all-pervading. But where is He?
If He is everywhere, then why is
He not present before me in this
pillar?
Because you are speaking so
much nonsense, I shall now sever
your head from your body. Now
let me see your most
worshipable God come to protect
you!

63. Cursing Prahlada again
and again,
Hiranyakashipu took up
his sword, got up from
his royal throne, and
with great anger
struck his fist against
the column!!

64. From within the pillar came a fearful sound,
which appeared to crack the covering of the
universe.
Hiranyakashipu heard that wonderful, tumultuous
sound, which had never before
been heard. Upon
hearing the sound,
the demons were
afraid...

65. SB 7.8.17
satyaṁ vidhātuṁ nija-bhṛtya-bhāṣitaṁ
vyāptiṁ ca bhūteṣv akhileṣu cātmanaḥ
adṛśyatātyadbhuta-rūpam udvahan
stambhe sabhāyāṁ na mṛgaṁ na mānuṣam
TOPROVE THAT THE STATEMENTOF HIS SERVANT
PRAHLADAMAHARAJA WAS SUBSTANTIAL — INOTHER
WORDS,TOPROVE THATTHE SUPREME LORDIS PRESENT
EVERYWHERE, EVEN WITHINTHE PILLAR OFANASSEMBLY
HALL — THE SUPREME PERSONALITYOF GODHEAD, HARI,
EXHIBITEDA WONDERFULFORMNEVER BEFORE SEEN. THE
FORMW
AS NEITHER THAT OFA MANNOR THAT OFA LION.
THUS THE LORDAPPEARED IN HIS WONDERFULFORMIN THE
ASSEMBLYHALL.

66. Angry eyes like molten gold;
Shining mane;
Deadly teeth;
Razor-sharp tongue;
His jaws parted;
Entire body touched the sky;
Hairs on His body as white as
the rays of the moon;
Arms spread in all directions as
He killed the demons.
The Lord had...

67. Thereafter, the great
demon Hiranyakashipu,
who was extremely angry,
swiftly attacked
Nísimhadeva with his
club and began to beat Him.
Lord Nísimhadeva,
however, captured the
great demon, along with his
club, just as Garuda might
capture a great snake.

68. As a snake captures a mouse or
Garuda captures a very venomous
snake, Lord Nísimhadeva
captured Hiranyakashipu!
Lord Nísimhadeva placed the demon
on His lap, supporting him with His
thighs, and in the doorway of the
assembly hall the Lord very easily
tore the demon to pieces with the
nails of His
hand.

69. The devatas were overjoyed
and prayed to the Lord..

70. One may have wealth, intelligence,
beauty and physical stíength; but
the Loíd is simply pleased by
devotional seívice
Just as I was boín in a demon
family, but able to offeí píayeís to
the Loíd, similaíly anyone can be
puíified simply by offeíing píayeís
to the Loíd and heaíing about Him
O Loíd! Such an incaínation as
Youís is always meant foí the
píotection and impíovement of the
univeíse.
After the Devatas, Prahlada offered
wonderful prayers to Lord Nrsimha:

71. One who always remembers your activities and My
activities also, and who chants the prayers you have
offered, becomes free, in due course of time, from
the reactions of material activities
O merciful Lord! I
simply ask that my
father be excused for
all his sins
My dear Prahlada, O most pure, O great
saintly person, your father has been
purified, along with twenty-one forefathers
in your family. Because you were born in
this family, the entire dynasty has been
purified.