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kaumaara aacaret praajna: dharmmaan bhaagavataan iha
durllabham maanusham janma tadapi dhruvam arthadam 7.6.1
(prahLaada is in the bondage of 'varuNapaasam'. Teachers were taking a break! His friends came and called him to join them. He addresses them with a smile instead. 'Dear friends we should start practising things that would please the LORD from childhood itself. Obtaining human birth is very hard. But, that is the only one that can lead us to moksham. (It is not the hatred that he fed. It is the love and bhakti that he fed. THAT IS A BHAKTA WHO is GOVINDA BUJA GUPTA - PROTECTED BY GOVINDA))
yathaa hi purushasya iha vishNo: paada upasarppaNam
yat esha: sarvabhootaanaam priya aatma Iswara: suhRut 7.5.2
(The ideal thing for a human being is to take refuge in the feet of the LORD. Because HE is the dearest, soul, controller and friend of everyone.)
sukham aindriyakam daityaa: deha yogena dehinaam
sarvatra labhyate daivaat yathaa du:kham ayatnata: 7.6.3
tata: yateta kusala: kshemaaya bhayam aasrita:
sarIram pourusham yaavat na vipadyeta pushkalam 7.6.5
(Oh! Asura kids, pleasing indriyas will come to you as praarabdham it self. One never struggles to create du:kham, but, it comes anyway. The same state is true for sukham too. So, divert your energy to the LORD. So, a smart one who is afraid of the samsaara, should strive for the soul's welfare before the body starts disintegrating! Now you are kids with lot of energy and so start it now itself. (a good lesson for mothers to train their little ones.) It is the attachment to the samsaara anchoring things that one has to give up. Hold on to aatmabandhus who will walk with you always as they are aatma-bandhus.)
na hi acyutam prINayata: bahvaayaasa: asuraatmajaa:
aatmattvaat sarva bhootaanaam siddhatvaat iha sarvata: 7.6.19
(Oh! Dear friend, asura putras DNO'T BE SCARED! That acyutaa is the soul of all He is there in everything and everywhere. Oh! Pleasing him is very easy and HE is easily availabe for those who pleases him - beyond caste, creed, color, nation, origin.......)
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gurususrooshayaa bhaktyaa sarva labdha arppaNena ca
sangena saadhu bhaktaanaam Iswara aaraadhanena ca 7.6.30
(Serve the GURU sincerely and with devotion, offer everything to them, enjoy the company of saahdus and devotees, worship the lord, )
sraddhayaa tat kathaanaam ca kIrttanai: guNa karmmaNaam
tat padaamburuha dhyaanaat tallinga Ikshaa arhaNaadibhi: 7.6.31
(Listen to the Lord's stories with devotion, sing the golries and leelas of the lord, meditate upon his lotus feet, see his vigraham and worship him,)
hari: sarveshu bhooteshu bhagavaan aasta Iswara:
iti bhootaani manasaa kaamaistai: saadhu maanayet 7.6.32
(Lord Hari dwells in all beings. Have this thought and take care of their needs, respect and serve all,)
evam nirjjita shadvarggai: kriyate bhakti: Isware
vaasudeve bhagavati yayaa samlabhate ratim 7.6.33
(This will remove the kaama, krodha, lobha, moha, mada and maatsarya and generate prema bhakti towards the lord. If only these are followed.......!!)
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prahLaada continues his vacanaamRutam to his friends and they accepted it because of their innocence as well as prahLaada's purity.
na alam dwijatvam Rushitvam vaa asuraatmajaa:
prINanaaya mukundasya na vRUttam na bahujnataa 7.7.51
(Oh! Friends don't get discouraged thinking that you belong to asura family. It is not enough if you have qualitfications such as you are a dwija, or greatness of a deva or Rushi or great descipline and values, or knowledge. These are not enough to attract Hari.)
na daanam na tapo na ijyaa na soucam na vrataani ca
prIyate amalayaa bhaktyaa hari: anyat viDambanam 7.7.52
(charity, tapas, yagas, aacaarams, vrataas etc. also do not please Hari as much as PURE BHAKTI. DOING PURE BHAKTI BEYOND ANY REASON (that is not tainted by desires) is what he looks for. Everything else more like an act.)
tato harou bhagavati bhaktim kuruta daanavaa:
aatmoupamyena sarvatra sarvabhoota aatmani Isware 7.7.53
(So, please do BHAKTI to Hari who is the sarvabhoota aatma, loving all as euqal to him.)
atha daitya sutaa: sarve sRutva tadanuvarNitam
jagRuhu: nirvadyatvaat naiva gurvanusikshitam 7.8.1
(The asura children who heard this learned it very well becasue of the innocence of prahLaada as well as the kids. The have never grasped anything so well from their teachers! But, this furiated the teachers that prahLaada has converted the school to a bhajanamatham!)
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jaya jagadIsa hare kRushNa jaya jagadIsa hare
jaya guru maaruta mandira naatha jaya jagadIsahare
We have gone through enough GURUVAYOORAPPA. WE ARE BROKEN TO THE LIMIT. CAN'T MAKE A NAARAAYANEEYAM LIKE BHATTATIRI. ONLY YOUR KRUPA CAN SAVE US. WE ARE HELPLESS AND BROKEN AND HAVE NOTHING TO PLEASE YOU.
sRuttvaa tadapriyam daitya: dussaham tanayaan ayam
kopaavesa calad gaatra: putram hantum mano dadhe 7.8.3
(The fact the the gurukulam is reverberating with bhagavannaama, the teachers got scared and reported to hiraNyakasipu. HiraNyakasipu was shivering in rage. He could not take it. He decided to kill prahLaada. THE EVILS CAN TRY THEIR BEST. BUT, AATMAARAMAAS ARE PROTECTED BY HIM AND EVEN BRAHMAASTRAM CAN'T TOUCH THEM!)
prasrayaa avanatam daantam baddhaanjalim avasthitam
sarppa: padaahata iva swasan prakRuti daaruNa: 7.8.5
(GREAT SOULS ARE ALWAYS GREAT. prahLaada expressed his respect by doing namaskaaram to his father. (WHAT A GREAT SOUL? Respects one who is torturing!) He stood their with hands folded. (He followed his code of conduct irrespective of the other entity.) He neglected prahLaada's action and breathed heavily like snake that got stepped on. (Who is reacting for what?)
he durvinIta mandaatman kulabhedakaraa adhamaa
stabdham maccaasan uddhootam na eshye twaadya yamakshayam 7.8.6
(Hey disobedient, dumb, lowliest one who would destroy the family, you are disobeying me. First I will send you to yama's place. (He is blind and has lost everything! HE FORGOT THAT NOTHING WILL WORK AGAINST PRAHLAADA!!))
kRuddhasya yasay kampante traya: lokaa: saheswaraa:
tasya me abheetavat mooDha Saasanam kim bala: atygaa: 7.8.7
(Hey fool! The inhabitants of three lokas along with their lords shiver at my anger!!! You are standing infront of me like a fearless person!!??? How dare you cross my orders??? What is the source for your power????)
Bhattatiri says in sreeman naaraayaneeyam -
pitaa sRuNvan baalaprakaram akhilam tvat stutiparam
rushaandha: praaha enam kula hataka kaste balam iti
balam me vaikunTha: tava ca jagataam caapi sa balam
sa eva trailokyam sakalam iti dheera: ayam agadIt 24.9
(hiraNyakasipu turned blind with anger when he found that all the children are singing your glories, Oh! Guruvaayoorappa. (Please Guruvaayoorappa, listen to us too. We are simple and humble devotees of yours, pretty close to your favorite KUCELA.) That bold prahLaada said calmly, "Not only for me father, for you as well as the whole universe, HE IS THE SOURCE OF ENERGY.")
are kwaasou kwaasou sakala jagadaatmaa hari: iti
prabhinte sma stambham calitakara vaaLa: ditisuta:
ata: pascaat vishnO nahi vaditum Isa: asmi sahasaa
kRupaatman viswaatman pavanapura vaasin mRuDaya maam 24.10
(Are! Where is that Vishnu of yours who is the soul of everything and the universe? Raoring like that he shook the swrod in his hand and hit the pillar as prahlaada told him that HE IS EVERYWHERE. 'if he is in this pillar let him save you or I will turn around and kill you!' Oh! GURUVAAYOORAPPA! I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT!! Oh! Guruvaayoorappa, you are full of compassion, you are everything, please give me (us) aanandam. .)
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What won't the compassionate lord do for the sake of his bhakta!
Let us offer ourseves to this ugra (for hairNya but divine for prahLaada) narasimha moorthy.
sa sattvamenam parito vipasyan stambhasya madhyaat anunirjjihaanam
na ayam mRugo naapi naro vicitram aho kim etat nRumRugendra roopam 7.8.19
(hiraNyakasipu heard the thundering sound and looked around to see the source. He saw an awesome form coming out of the pillar! What a strange creation? He is neither an animal nor a man! This looks like a narasimham!)
meemaamsamaanasya samuthita: ugrata: nRusimha roopa: tat alam bhayaanakam
pratapta caamIkara caNDa locanam sphurat saTaa kesara jRumbhita aananam 7.8.20
(While hiraNyakasipu was thinking like that, Sri Narsimha bhagavaan appeared before him. Bhagavaan's form was really terrifying. His eyes are shiny like a molten gold balls. The shiny mane stood up around his face.)
karaaLa damshTram karavaaLa cancala kshuraanta jihvam bhrukuTI mukha ulbaNam
stabha ooRdhwa karNam girikandara adbhuta vyaatta asya naasam hanubheda bhIshaNam 7.8.21
(His canine teeh are scary and are vibrating like a sword. His tongue edge is sharp and shiny like the edge of a knife. His eyebrows are bent and hence scary. His ears stood up. His mouth and nostrills look like wide open caves. His chin spread upto his ears and appeared terrifying.)
divispRuSat kaayam adIRgha pIvara grIva uruvakshasthalam alpa madhyam
candraamsu gaurai: churitam tanooruhai: vishwak bhujaanIkasatam 7.8.22
(He is so tall that he was almost touching the sky. His neck is short and fat. He has broad chest and thin waist. His hair looked like moon rays. His hands stretched in all directions and bore sharp nails as weapons!)
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durAsadam sarva-nijetarAyudha- praveka-vidrAvita-daitya-dAnavam
prAyena meyam harinorumAyinA vadhah smrtonena samudyatena kim7.8.23
'I guess this is what the Lord is trying in order to get me killed, but what's the use of doing so? Who can kill me?' so Hiranyakashipu murmured to himself, and taking up his weapon(mace); Hiranyakashipu (who was a veritable elephant among the daityas) attacked the loudly roaring Lord Nrisimha.
evam bruvams tv abhyapatad gadAyudho nadan nrsimham prati daitya-kunjarah
alaksito 'gnau patitah patangamo yathA nrsimhaujasi so asuras tadA 7.8.24
Just as a small insect falls forcefully into a fire and the insignificant creature becomes invisible, when Hiranyakasipu attacked the Lord, who was full of effulgence, Hiranyakasipu became invisible. This is not at all astonishing, for the demon (who was darkness personified) should have dissapeared into the Lord who is always situated in pure goodness. Formerly, during creation, He entered the dark universe and illuminated it by His spiritual effulgence.
na tad vicitram khalu sattva-dhamani sva-tejasA yo nu purApibat tamah
tato abhipadyAbhyahanan mahAsuro rusA nrsimham gadayoruvegayA 7.8.25
Thereafter, the great demon Hiranyakasipu, who was extremely angry, swiftly attacked Nrsimhadeva with his club and began to beat Him. Lord Nrsimhadeva, however, captured the great demon, along with his club, just as Garuda might capture a great snake.
tam vikramantam sagadam gaddharo mahoragam tArksya-suto yathAgrahit
a tasya hastotkalitas tadâsuro vikridato yadvad ahir garutmatah
7.8.26
When he, the asura, slipped from His hands as He was playing with him just like Garuda does with a snake, thought the godly and the rulers of heaven whose places he had taken, from behind the clouds that to be a bad turn of events, o son of Bharata(Yudhistira)
asAdhv amanyanta hrtaukaso amarA ghana-cchadA bhArata sarva-dhisnya-pAh
tam manyamAno nija-virya-sankitam yad dhasta-mukto nrharim mahAsurah
punas tam Asajjata khadga-carmani pragrhya vegena gata-sramo mrdhe 7.8.27
Thinking that Lord Nrisimha from whom he had just escaped was frightened by his display of prowess, attacked the greatest of the demons, after a pause in the battle taking up his sword and shield, with great force.
tam syena-vegam sata-candra-vartmabhis carantam acchidram upary-adho harih
krtvAtta-hAsam kharam utsvanolbanam nimilitAksam jagrhe mahA-javah
7.8.28
Making a loud, shrill sound of laughter, rendered more terrible by the roar that accompanied it Sri Hari, who is extremely strong and powerful, captured Hiranyakasipu, who was protecting himself with his sword and shield, leaving no gaps open. With the speed of a hawk, Hiranyakasipu moved sometimes in the sky and sometimes on the earth, his eyes closed partly because of fear of Nrsimhadeva's laughter and partly due to HIS dazzling splendour..
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hiraNyakasipu - one who is so greedy and amasses so much wealth that he sleeps in a bead made of gold!!
One can get any number of any boon from anyone. But, crossing the limits will bring the 'dharma samsthaapana avataaram' and nobody can save one at that stage.
vishwak sphurantam grahaNaaturam hari: vyaaLo yathaa aakhum kulisaa akshata twacam
dwaari oorou apaatya dadaara leelayaa nakhai: yathaa ahim garuDo mahaa visham 7.8.29
(hiraNyakasipu who is in the clasp of narasimha is struggling to escape. He was helpless and was looking in all direction for a solution! Narasimha bhagavaan picked him up as if he is a huge snake picking up a mouse! (What an insult to hiraNyakasipu's ego that said '3 worlds shiver in my fear'!) He took him to the doorstep, put him on his lap. hiraNyakasipu's skin is so thick that even Indra could not even scratch it with his vajrayudham! Narasimha poked his sharp nails into his body like a play, the way garuda will pierce into a poisonous snake and tore him apart......
Sri narasimha bhagavaan kI jai!
It was neithe inside nor outside, neither day nor night, he was neither on the ground nor in the sky, the destroyer is neither a man nor an animal, the destroyer is a not a creation of brahmaa, no weapon was used to kill him. So the condition -
na anta: na bahi: divaa naktam anyasmaat api ca aayudhai:
na bhoomou na ambare mRutyu: na narai: na mRugai: api 7.3.36
came absolttely true.
samrambha dushprekshya karaaLa locana: vyaataa aananantam vilihan swajihwayaa
asRuk lavaa akta aruNa kesara aanana: yathaa aantramaalI dwipa hatyayaa hari: 7.8.30
(Because of the fight and anger his eyes were scary and one could not look at his eyes. His mouth was wide open and he was licking the edges with his fierceful tongue. His mane and face were reddened because of the blood drops from hiraNyakasipu. He stood there in splendor garlanding himself with hiraNyakasipu's blood dripping intestine. He was glowing like a lion that killed an elephant.)
(Narasimha killed all the attendants who came to attack him. He shook his mane and that split the clouds - as if he was helping the devas in the sky to watch this terrible beauty! In front of the power of his eyes, all the planets lost their glow. Oceans agitated because of his breathing. His roarin glaugh scared the elephants and they started screaming.)
dyou: tat saTaa utkshipta vimaana sankulaa protsarppa kshmaa ca padaa ati pIDitaa
sailaa: samutpetu: amushya ramhasaa tat tejasaa kham kakubha: na rejire 7.8.33
(What a terrible effect! The force of the air when he shook his mane, gave a jerk to the sky where many devas were sitting in their vimaanaas, shook and it moved from its place. The earth under his feet crumbled. The force pushed the mountains down. Because of the unnatural brightness, sky, direction everything became invisible.)
Narasimha went to the throne and sat there. All the devas where watching. The beautiful terror narasimha made all of them dumbfounded. No one dared to approach this 'paritraaNaaya saadhOOnaam vinaasaaya ca dushkRutaam' karuNaa moortty! All the devas, kinnaras ,gandharvaas etc. praised the LORD staying far away. Even Lakshmi Devi stayed away as she knew that her LORD is craving for HIS BHAKTA PRAHLAADA. Brahma requested him to go and passify the LORD.
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Hope all of you enjoyed the super fight scene described above
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While everyone were shivering with fear, praying to the Lord to cool down, seven year old prahLaada walked to him with love. How can one who sees divinity in everything be scared of the divinity itself?
Prayers to Lord Narasimha to bless us with the pure devotion that will please him.
swapaadamoole patitam tam arbhakam vilokya deva: kRupayaa paripLuta:
uthaapya tat SeershNi adadhaat karaambujam kaala ahi vitrasta dhiyaam kRuta abhayam 7.9.5
(As per the request of Brahma, prahLaada went near Narasimhamoorthy. He fell at his feet. Lord picked up this little boy and teh sight of prahLaada filled the Lord with compassion. He lifted his dear prahLaada and blessed him by keeping his protecting hand on prahLaada's head. This hand of the lord saves one who is scared of the most poisonous snake, time.)
sa tat karasparSa dhuta akhila aaSubha: sapadi abhivykta paraatma darSana: tat paadapadmam hRudi nirvRuta: dadhou hRUshyattanu: kLinna hRut aSru locana: 7.9.6
(All prahLaada saw was the lord. Now the brahma saprSam when the Lord touched his head removed all the traces of bad in him and gave him supreme bliss immediately. Seeing the paramaatma with ordinary eyes! What more does a devotee like prahLaada need? He got charged immediately. Absolute happiness (aanandam) filled his heart. Hair stood up on his body. His heart melted, tears of joys rolled down from his eyes. He filled his heart with the LORD's LOUTS FEET. Why would he ever fear or stay away from this karuNaamoorthy? He started praising the Lord.)
brahmaadaya: suragaNaa: munaya: atha siddhaa:
sattwaikataana mataya: vacasaam pravaahai:
na aaraadhitum puruguNai: adhunaa api pipru:
kim toshTum arhati sa me hari: ugrajaate: 7.9.8
(Great ones like Brahmadi devas, Devaganaas, Munis and Siddhas whose mind is full of saatwikam were praising you with beautiful words. They are not satisfied with their wonderful praising of the Lord (and are not able to please you.). Then I, who is born in this ugra asura jaati, do I desrve this credit of pleasing you? It is your compassion that you bless your devotee and give the credit to him.)
manye dhana abhijana roopa tapa: Sruta oja:
teja: prabhaava bala pourusha buddhi yogaa:
na aaraadhanaaya hi bhavanti parasya pumsa:
bhaktyaa tutosha bhagavaan gajayoothapaaya 7.9.9
(I think that wealth, birth in a great family and strong family support, beauty, tapas, knowledge of saastraas, powerful indriyas, physical splendor, status, strength, smartness, intellegence, yogas etc. are not enough to worship the lord. I think the LORD GETS PLEASED ONLY BY PURE DEVOTION, THE WAY HE WAS PLEASED BY GAJENDRA (When gajendra lost everything and was struggling in the clasp of a crocodile, after years, the supreme reality set in him and he addresses the 'aadimoolam' and Lord Hari was pleased with the offering of a lotus with devotion. So, I guess the LORD BLESSED ME WITH DEVOTION AND THEN GOT PLEASED WITH IT.)
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prahLaada continued his stuti. His prayers are for others who have gathered there. For, HIM THE LORD'S COMPASSION IS EVERYTHING.
vipraat dwishaDguNayutaat aravinda naabha
paadaaravinda vimukhaat swapacam varishTham
manye tat arppita mana: vacana Ihitaartha
praaNam punaati sa kulam na tu bhoorimaana: 7.9.10
(Oh! Bhagavaan, if there is a vipra who has all the above cited 12 virtues and if he is indifferent to the lotus feet of the lord, the values are not going to take him to the lord. On the other hand it will add to their pride and prevent them from self improvement. On the other hand if there is person who is deprived of all the above (from the society's point of view!) but, he has offered his mind, words, actions, wealth and praana to the lord, HE IS THE GREATEST. He sanctifies the whole lineage.)
na eva aatmana: prabhu: ayam nija laabha poorNa:
maanam janaat avidusha: karuNa: vRuNIte
yat yat jana: Bagavate vidadhIta maanam
tat ca aatmane pratimukhasya yathaa mukhaSrI: 7.9.11
(You are dwelling in self and you are complete and enjoy the bliss. You do not need any material offerings from us, who are ignorant! Still you accept the offerings out of compassion. Whatever we offer helps us to reduce the incompleteness in us and takes us closer to the Lord. This is like the make up put of the face appears on the reflection in the mirror too. We are all relfections of the lord and keeping ourselves pure and offering it to the LORD purifies us)
sarve hi amI vidhikaraa: tava sattwadhaamna:
brahmaadaya: vayam iva Isa na ca udwijanta:
kshemaaya bhootaya uta aatma sukhaaya ca asya
vikrIDitam bhagavata: rucira avataarai: 7.9.23
(Oh! Lord, all these Devas including Brhama are your servants. They are full of sattwa guNas unlike we asuras. All your incarnations and leelas are for the welfare and greatness of the universe. For you, it is aatmaanandam. So, please give up your anger and please these Devas who are still scared of your anger.) ( Look at this prahlaada - he is not scared of narasimha. He is not rejoicing though his enemy has been slayed. He is not angry though his father got killed. THAT IS PRAHLAADA'S SAMADRUSHTI. Leaving everything to the lord and being a sthitaprajna.)
tat yacha manyum asurasca hata: twayaa adya
modeta saadhu: api vRuscika sarppa hatyaa
lokaasca nirvRutim itaa: pratiyanti sarve
roopam nRusimha vibhavaaya janaa: smaranti 7.9.14
(So, please give up your anger as you have already accomplished your mission of killing the asura. Saadhus are rejoicing as a bad element like a scorpion or a snake is removed. You have given peace of mind to all the worlds. They are all expecting you to cool down and bless them. Oh! Narasimha, this from (though fro few minutes) is enoguh! It will stay for eternity in the minds of the people and they will head towards greatness.)
