Introduction to Narasimha book

[Paramananda das]

All glories to the lotusfeet of Srila Prabhupada  my Gurudeva, the vaisnavas , the acaryas and the 6 Goswamis and Lord  Caitanya and all His associates headed by Lord Nityananda Prabhu I have decided to try to write a book about Lord Narasimha as my many siksa Gurus have suggested over the last 15 years. However I have hesitated then written something, started again, written  many chapters, but each time I have not been pleased .These are some of  the reasons: A)If I write a book about Lord Narasimha I may one day find it lined up  with other books of the acaryas as is often done. such and such Swami  and Srila Prabhupadas books and that of Srila Rupa Goswamis, this  happens on some websites and acarya folio etc ,this gives me so much  pain even to think about it make me want to drown myself in Yamuna if  should this happen.And even the vedabase. B) One should not perform devotional service for profit and fame, and  writting a book about Lord Narasimha and taking the profit and use it  even for my family life or devotional service and preaching does not  seem correct to me.My dream is that the temple of Narasimha palli  ,Godruma Dvipa may be made into a larger beautiful temple with many  offerings daily. Also I have a similar desire for the Narasimha temple of Nanada Maharaja in Nanadagrama, Vrindavan.If somehow the profit could be used for this I will be most pleased. C) I feel most unqualified though I know many things about Lord  Narasimha and many places of His pastimes, that can benefit others. I do not feel qualified to properly describe Lord Narasimha,so I pray to  Lord Nitayanda Prabhu whoes expanded form is Ananta Sesa,I pray They may give me intelligence to do so. D) I have seen one devotee that translate vaisnava litterature compete  with other devotees who does the same this is certainly not condoned by  Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.2 envy and profiteering and desiring fame is not pure bhakti E) My previous concern was based on this verse of Manah Siksa of Raghunath das Goswami:
asad-varta-vesya visrja mati-sarvasva-haranih katha mukti-vyaghrya na srnu kila sarvatma-gilanih api tyaktva laksmi-pati-ratim ito vyoma-nayanim vraje radha-krsnau sva-rati-mani-dau tvam bhaja manah O mind, give up friendship with nondevotees, which is nothing but a  prostitute who will steal the treasure of your heart–your desire to  serve Radha-Krsna. Don’t listen to talks of impersonal liberation, which are a tigress who devours everyone. You should even give up attraction  for Lord Narayana, which leads to the world of Vaikuntha. Instead, O  mind, just worship Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in Vraja, for They bestow upon  their worshipers the jewel of pure love for Themselves.
But who is on the platform of Vraja Bhakta and will even renounce  hearing about Lord Narasimha,when Lord Caitanya himself was hearing the  glories of Prahlada Carita (the teachings of Prahlada Maharaja in Srimad Bhagavatam)

gadadhara parena summukha bhagavata suniya prakase prabhu prema-bhava yata prahlada-caritra, ara dhruvera-caritra sata-vrtti kariya sunena sarhita
"Whenever Sri Gadadhara would recite the Prahlada-caritra and  Dhruva-caritra from Bhagavatam, the Lord would manifest various symptoms of love. The Lord would hear the glories of Prahlada and Dhruva  hundreds of times." (Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya.10.13-14)
Sometimes pseudo-devotees of Radha-Krsna denounce the worship of Lord  Narasimha and reject the chanting of Narasimha mantras. Such devotees do not know that if they themselves were to worship Lord Narasimha they  might become free from their cunning and deceitful behavior and advance  in their worship of Radha-Krsna.

At Srivasangan in Mayapura, which is considered non-different from the  mood of Vrndavana, and the place where Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began His Sankirtana movement, there is a Deity of Ugra Narasimha killing  Hiranyakasipu. The Deity is placed just in front of the Panca-tattva  Deities. This is so because one day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to the  house of Srivasa Pandita and manifested His mood as Narasimha. Since  that time devotees have always considered Lord Narasimha to be the  protector of the sankirtana movement. This pastime is mentioned in  Caitanya-bhagavata Madhya-khanda, ch. 2, 253-269
"Walking by the riverbank, He (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) saw a herd of  cows. They were mooing and drinking water. With raised tails some ran in the four directions. Some fought. Some napped. Some drank water. Seeing them, the Lord began to roar. I am He! I am He!" The Lord shouted again and again. In this way He ran to Srivasa's house.
"Srivasa, what are you doing now?", the Lord roared. Within his home,  Srivasa was worshiping Lord Narasimha. Pounding again and again, Sri  Caitanya broke the door open. Whom do you worship? On whom do you  meditate? Look! The person you worship has come!" the Lord roared.
"Srivasa saw a form like blazing fire, Then his meditation broke. He  looked in the four directions. He saw Sri Caitanya sitting in a virasana yoga posture. Sri Caitanya had four arms. He held a conch-shell, cakra, club, and lotus. He roared like a maddened lion. Slapping the palm of  His hand against His left shoulder, He made a great sound. Seeing all  this, Srivasa trembled. Then he became stunned. He did not move.
"The Lord roared, O Srivasa! For so many days you did not know My true  identity? Because of your loud sankirtana I left Vaikuntha and came here with all My associates. Not knowing Me, You left Me and went to  Santipura. I will rescue the devotees. I will kill all the demons. Don't worry. Now recite prayers to Me." Gazing at the Lord, Srivasa wept  tears of love. The fears in his heart died. Now He was confident. His  whole body was filled with joy.
"He offered dandavat obeisances. Then, folding his hands, he recited  prayers. By his nature, Srivasa Pandita was a great devotee of the Lord. He accepted the Lord's order. By the Lord's desire, he recited  prayers."
Also at the Yoga Pitha in Navadvipa Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura installed Laxmi Narasimha to protect the birth place of Lord Caitanya:
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has prayed:
e dusta hrdaye kama adi ripu chaya kutinati pratisthasa sathya sada raya hrdaya-sodhana ara krsnera vasana nrsimha-carane mora ei to' kamana
Within my sinful heart the six enemies headed by lust perpetually  reside, as well as duplicity, the desire for fame, plus sheer cunning.  At the lotus feet of Lord Narasimha, I hope that He will mercifully  purify my heart and give me the desire to serve Lord Krsna.
kandiya nrsimha-pade magibo kakhana nirapade navadvipe jugala-bhajana bhaya bhaya paya yan'ra darsane se hari prasanna hoibo kabe more daya kari
Weeping, I will beg at the lotus-feet of Lord Narasimha for the  benediction of worshipping Radha and Krsna in Navadvipa, perfectly safe  and free from all difficulties. When will this Lord Hari, Whose terrible form strikes fear into fear itself, ever become pleased and show me His mercy?
yadyapi bhisana murti dusta-jiva-prati prahladadi krsna-bhakta-jane bhadra ati kabe va prasanna ho'ye sa krpa-vacane nirbhaya karibe ei mudha akincane
Even though Lord Narasimha is terrifying toward the sinful souls, He  offers great auspiciousness unto the devotees of Lord Krsna headed by  Prahlada Maharaja. When will He be pleased to speak words of compassion  unto me, a worthless fool, and thereby make me fearless?
svacchande baiso he vatsa sri-gauranga-dhame jugala-bhajana hau rati hau name mama bhakta-krpa-bale vighna jabe dura suddha cite bhajo radha-krsna-rasa-pura
He will say, "Dear child! Sit sown freely and live happily here in Sri  Gauranga-dhama. May you nicely worship the Divine Couple, and may you  develop loving attachment for Their Holy Names. By the mercy of My  devotees, all obstacles are cast far away. With a purified heart, just  perform the worship of Radha and Krsna, for such worship overflows with  sweet nectar."
ei boli' kabe mora mastaka-upara sviya sri-carana harse dharibe isvara amani jugala-preme sattvika vikare dharaya lutibo ami sri-nrsimha-dvare
Saying this, will that Lord delightedly place His own divine lotus-feet  upon my head? I will experience sublime love for the Divine Couple  Radha-Krsna and undergo the ecstatic transformations called sattvika.  Falling on the ground, I will roll about at the door of Sri Narasimha's  temple.
(Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, - Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga, 36-40)

SB 5.18.7: Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva  resides in the tract of land known as Hari-varṣa. In the Seventh Canto  ofŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam, I shall describe to you how Prahlāda Mahārāja  caused the Lord to assume the form of Nṛsiḿhadeva. Prahlāda Mahārāja,  the topmost devotee of the Lord, is a reservoir of all the good  qualities of great personalities. His character and activities have  delivered all the fallen members of his demoniac family. Lord  Nṛsiḿhadeva is very dear to this exalted personality. Thus Prahlāda  Mahārāja, along with his servants and all the denizens of Hari-varṣa,  worships Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva by chanting the following mantra.
SB 5.18.8: I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva, the  source of all power. O my Lord who possesses nails and teeth just like  thunderbolts, kindly vanquish our demonlike desires for fruitive  activity in this material world. Please appear in our hearts and drive  away our ignorance so that by Your mercy we may become fearless in the  struggle for existence in this material world.
SB 5.18.9: May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may  all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by  practicingbhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will  think of each other's welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the  service of the supreme transcendence, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and always remain  absorbed in thought of Him.
SB 5.18.10: My dear Lord, we pray that we may never feel attraction for  the prison of family life, consisting of home, wife, children, friends,  bank balance, relatives and so on. If we do have some attachment, let it be for devotees, whose only dear friend is Kṛṣṇa. A person who is  actually self-realized and who has controlled his mind is perfectly  satisfied with the bare necessities of life. He does not try to gratify  his senses. Such a person quickly advances in Kṛṣṇaconsciousness,  whereas others, who are too attached to material things, find  advancement very difficult.
SB 5.18.11: By associating with persons for whom the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mukunda, is the all in all, one can hear of His powerful  activities and soon come to understand them. The activities of Mukunda  are so potent that simply by hearing of them one immediately associates  with the Lord. For a person who constantly and very eagerly hears  narrations of the Lord's powerful activities, the Absolute Truth, the  Personality of Godhead in the form of sound vibrations, enters within  his heart and cleanses it of all contamination. On the other hand,  although bathing in the Ganges diminishes bodily contaminations and  infections, this process and the process of visiting holy places can  cleanse the heart only after a long time. Therefore who is the sane man  who will not associate with devotees to quickly perfect his life?
SB 5.18.12: All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as  religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of  Godhead, Vāsudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional  service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even  if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of  maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own  mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord's  external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?
SB 5.18.13: Just as aquatics always desire to remain in the vast mass of water, all conditioned living entities naturally desire to remain in  the vast existence of the Supreme Lord. Therefore if someone very great  by material calculations fails to take shelter of the Supreme Soul but  instead becomes attached to material household life, his greatness is  like that of a young, low-class couple. One who is too attached to  material life loses all good spiritual qualities.
SB 5.18.14: Therefore, O demons, give up the so-called happiness of  family life and simply take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord  Nṛsiḿhadeva, which are the actual shelter of fearlessness. Entanglement  in family life is the root cause of material attachment, indefatigable  desires, moroseness, anger, despair, fear and the desire for false  prestige, all of which result in the repetition of birth and death.
All glories to Lord Narasimha who has appeared in Kali yuga as  Gaurasimha ,Lord Caitanya to chase away the dog of Kali