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chapter 9 of Sri Narasimha , "The glories of Bidal Narasimha and Bidar Narasimha

chapter 9 of Sri Narasimha , "The glories of Bidal Narasimha and Bidar Narasimha
Glories of Bidala Narasimha
The sacred mountain, Gandhamadan Mountain, was brought with herbs for Laxmana to Sri Lanka by Hanuman, during the battle with Ravana, from the Himalayas. Laxmana was unconscious from the one arrow shot by Meghanatha (one of the sons of Ravana, he is also known as Indrajit as he defeated Indra in battle). Later this sacred Mountain was then placed there in Orissa, 300 km from Jagannatha Puri. It appears to be Hanuman that did so. (No one else seems likely to have brought it there .) Sages used to perform austerities there. In Tretayuga, it appears many sages were scattered all over India in the large forest areas whereas, in Satya yuga, sages were performing Astanga yoga in the Himalayas.
Thus Gandhamadan Mountain being placed among the rsis would make sense, so they could make use of the rare herbs from that mountain, as being the order of Lord Ramacandra Himself. This is not anything we can know for sure, though it surely makes sense. One sage Udanga had a daughter named Malati. She was raped by Ravana. (Ravana had a history of raping women. The reason he did not attempt to rape Sita Devi (or Maya Sita, as the real Sita was never touched by him) was that he was cursed by rsis. Likely Udanga Rsi cursed Ravana also, but by the time Ravana kidnapped Sita, he had been cursed that if he even attempted to rape another woman he would die. And this poor girl was also seduced by Ganesh's Mouse carrier, Indura. A demonic person was born MusikaDaitya, and when he was born he ate his own mother. He started to perform austerities and please Lord Siva and got the benediction that only Lord Narasimha could kill him. The Devas got very afraid of the great powers of Musika Daitya.
So, Lord Ramachandra, Himself assumed the form of Bidala Narasimha or Marjara Kesari. 'Bidala' and 'marjara' means cat, and Kesari means lion. So this form of Lord Narasimha is half cat and half lion. In the 1000 names of Lord Narasimha, Srila Vyasadeva has also stated that Lord Narasimhadeva's forms and manifestations are unlimited. (He even appears sometimes in many different colors.) Bidala Narasimha started to chase the Musika Daitya, who then took shelter of the Gandhamadana mountain, being allowed by the Mountain personified to slip into its cracks. So Bidala Narasimha or Majara Kesari is sitting there, waiting for this demon in the form of a huge Mouse, Mausika Daitya, to appear from this mountain. Much later, a tribal person Yamuna and Hari Khondh discovered this self-manifested Deity, and Bidala Narasimha spoke to them: “I am pleased with you. I am Narayan in my cat-lion form, waiting to kill the demon Mushika. Take me from the ground here and have a temple built to protect me.” A temple was built there so we can also honor Bidala Narasimha. He is daily offered wild oranges. May Bidala Narasimha protect ISKCON and the devotees and protect us from deviating from Srila Prabhupada's instructions, so we can all attain pure love for Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Sri Sri Radha Madhava. Those who have full faith in Bidal Narasimha will never take birth again in this material world.
The temple is known as Nrusinghanath Temple – Bargarh district in Orissa
The glories of Bidar Narasimha: Bidar Narasimha is in Karnataka: Lord Narasimha slew a demon named Jharasura. While breathing his last, Jharasura requested Lord Narasimha to reside in the cave in which he was living and to grant boons to devotees. Granting his last wish, Narasimha came to live in the cave and hence the name.. Narasimha Jhira Water Cave
there are 2 Narasimha Upanisads all based on the Narasimha Maha Mantra as mentioned in chapter 3 :
ugram viram maha-vishnum
jvalantam sarvato mukham
nrisimham bhishanam bhadram
mrityur mrityum namamy aham
TRANSLATION
'May my head be protected by the moon-colored one, who is the greatest among humans. My obeisances unto the ferocious and powerful, the great Visnu, the fiery one, whose faces are on all sides, the fearful one, Nrsimha, who causes the death of even death personified, (or who can overcome death).
This Mantra Raja stotram explains this mantra also:
Mantra raja pada stotram
श्री मन्त्रराज पद स्तोत्रम्॥ Śrī Mantrarāja Pada Stotram ||
Śrī Mantrarāja Pada Stotram is one of the powerful mantras. It cures serious diseases and ailments. It also gives knowledge, wealth and all types of auspiciousness. It is said that this hymn should be recited, first with mantra rāja mantra which is given below (commencing with om ugraṁ vīraṁ mahāviṣṇuṁ). There are highlighted words in each of the first ten verses. If we place these words one after another, we will get mantra rāja mantra. There are eleven verses in this hymn and one verse for phalaśruti.
It is said that this hymn should be repeated three times a day morning noon and evening for best results. It is important that this hymn should be chanted at the time of sunset. (Lord Narasimhadeva appeared at Dusk)
ॐ उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम्।
नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम्॥
om ugraṁ vīraṁ mahāviṣṇuṁ jvalantaṁ sarvatomukham |
nṛsiṁhaṁ bhīṣaṇaṁ bhadraṁ mṛtyumṛtyuṁ namāmyaham ||
श्री ईश्वर उवाच Śrī Īśvara Uvāca
वृत्तोत्फुल्लविशालाक्षं विपक्षक्षयदीक्षितम्।
निनादत्रस्तविश्वाण्डं विष्णुं उग्रं नमाम्यहम्॥ १
vṛttotphullaviśālākṣaṁ vipakṣakṣayadīkṣitam |
ninādatrastaviśvāṇḍaṁ viṣṇuṁ ugraṁ namāmyaham || 1
सर्वैरवध्यतां प्राप्तं सबलौघं दितेः सुतम्।
नखाग्रैः शकलीचक्रे यस्तं वीरं नमाम्यहम्॥२
sarvairavadhyatāṁ prāptaṁ sabalaughaṁ diteḥ sutam |
nakhāgraiḥ śakalīcakre yastaṁ vīraṁ namāmyaham ||2
पदावष्टब्धपातालं मूर्धाविष्टत्रिविष्टपम्।
भुजप्रविष्टाष्टदिशं महाविष्णुम् नमाम्यहम्॥ ३
padāvaṣṭabdhapātālaṁ mūrdhāviṣṭatriviṣṭapam |
bhujapraviṣṭāṣṭadiśaṁ mahāviṣṇum namāmyaham || 3
ज्योतींष्यर्केन्दु नक्षत्र ज्वलनादीन्यनुक्रमात्।
ज्वलन्ति तेजसा यस्य तं ज्वलन्तं नमाम्यहम्॥ ४
jyotīṁṣyarkendu nakṣatra jvalanādīnyanukramāt |
jvalanti tejasā yasya taṁ jvalantaṁ namāmyaham || 4
सर्वेन्द्रयैरपि विना सर्वं सर्वत्र सर्वदा॥
यो जानाति नमाम्याद्यं तमहं सर्वतोमुखम्॥ ५
sarvendrayairapi vinā sarvaṁ sarvatra sarvadā ||
yo jānāti namāmyādyaṁ tamahaṁ sarvatomukham || 5
नरवत् सिंहवच्चैव यस्य रूपं महात्मनः।
महासटं महादंष्ट्रं तं नृसिंहं नमाम्यहम्॥ ६
naravat siṁhavaccaiva yasya rūpaṁ mahātmanaḥ |
mahāsaṭaṁ mahādaṁṣṭraṁ taṁ nṛsiṁhaṁ namāmyaham || 6
यन्नामस्मरणाद् भीताः भुतवेतालराक्षसाः।
रोगाद्याक्ष्च प्रणश्यन्ति भीषणं तं नमाम्यहम्॥ ७
yannāmasmaraṇād bhītāḥ bhutavetālarākṣasāḥ |
rogādyākṣca praṇaśyanti bhīṣaṇaṁ taṁ namāmyaham || 7
सर्वोऽपि यं समाश्रित्य सकलं भद्रमश्नुते।
श्रिया च भद्रया जुष्टो यस्तं भद्रं नमाम्यहम्॥ ८
sarvo'pi yaṁ samāśritya sakalaṁ bhadramaśnute |
śriyā ca bhadrayā juṣṭo yastaṁ bhadraṁ namāmyaham || 8
साक्षात् स्वकाले सम्प्राप्तं मृत्युं शत्रुगणान्वितम्।
भक्तानां नाशयेद् यस्तु मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम्॥ ९
sākṣāt svakāle samprāptaṁ mṛtyuṁ śatrugaṇānvitam |
bhaktānāṁ nāśayed yastu mṛtyumṛtyuṁ namāmyaham || 9
नमस्कारात्मकं यस्मै विधायाऽऽत्मनिवेदनम्।
त्यक्तदुःखोऽकिलान् कामान् अश्नन्तं तं नमाम्यहम्। १०
namaskārātmakaṁ yasmai vidhāyā''tmanivedanam |
tyaktaduḥkho'kilān kāmān aśnantaṁ taṁ namāmyaham | 10
दासभूताः स्वतः सर्वे ह्यात्मानः परमात्मनः।
अतोऽहमपि ते दासः इति मत्वा नमाम्यहम्॥ ११
dāsabhūtāḥ svataḥ sarve hyātmānaḥ paramātmanaḥ |
ato'hamapi te dāsaḥ iti matvā namāmyaham || 11
फलश्रुतिः॥ Phalaśrutiḥ ||
श्ङ्करेणादरात् प्रोक्तं पदानां तत्त्वनिर्णयम्।
त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेत् तस्य श्रीर्विद्याऽयुश्च वर्धेते॥
śṅkareṇādarāt proktaṁ padānāṁ tattvanirṇayam |
trisandhyaṁ yaḥ paṭhet tasya śrīrvidyā'yuśca vardhete ||
Meaning:
Śrī Īśvara Said:
I offer my salutation to the ferocious Lord, who has big round eyes; who has vowed to destroy the enemies and by His fierce roars shaking the entire world.
I offer my salutations to the valorous Lord with sharp nails, tore into pieces Hiraṇyakaśipu, son of Kaśyapa and Diti, who could not be killed by anyone.
I offer my salutations to Lord Viṣṇu, whose feet touch the earth, whose head touches the heaven, and whose hands spread in all directions.
I offer my salutations to the Lord, whose luster illumines the sun, the moon, the stars, and fire.
I offer my salutations to the Lord, who knows everything, all the time, and at all places, without the help of the senses, to such primal person who has faces in all directions.
I offer my salutations to Lord Nṛsiṁha, who is half-man and half-lion with mane and canine teeth.
I offer my salutations to the Lord whose mere name frightens demons. Dreadful diseases get cured by chanting His name.
I offer my salutations to the Lord, who is the storehouse of good things, and worshipping Him, everyone gets all auspicious things in life.
I offer my salutations to the Lord He who is the Lord of death, who destroys death and destroys enemies of His devotees at the right time.
I offer my salutations to the Lord and surrender unto Him. He will protect everyone from all kinds of miseries. He fulfills all kinds of prayers.
I offer my salutations and surrender unto Him. I offer my prostrations to Him, the Supreme Being to attain His Grace.
Benefits Of Reciting This Stotram.
Whosoever reads this Śrī Mantrarāja Pada Stotram with faith, thrice a day will surely get prosperity, knowledge, and long life.
May your attention be on Lord Narasimha:
Thus ends chapter 9 of Sri Narasimha , "The glories of Bidal Narasimha and Bidar Narasimha "No photo description available.

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