Lord Narasimha the Yuga avatar for Satya yuga

[Paramananda das]

 

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Sru Guru and Gauranga

 When I was reading the 6 Sandarbhas of Srila Jiva Goswami and Laghubhagavatamrta of Srila Rupa Goswami what to speak of Srila PRabhupadas books I always looked for the evidence that Lord Narasimha was the Yuga Avatar for Satya Yuga.Then I found it in Narasimha Purana:

In the Nrsimha-Purana, it is stated:

satye daitya-kuladhi-nasa-samayesimhordhva-martyakrtis tretayam das-kandharam paribhavan rameti namakrtihgopalan paripalayan vraja-pure bharam haran dvapare gaurangah priya-kirtanah kali-yuge chaitanya-nama prabhuh

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead who in the Satya-Yuga appeared as a half-man, half-lion to cure a terrible disease that had ravaged the daityas, and who in the Treta-Yuga appeared as Rama [Lord Ramachandra], the person who defeated the ten-headed Demon Ravana, and who in the Dvapara-Yuga removed the earth's burden, and protected the Gopa [cowherd men] people of Vraja-pura, will appear again in the Kali-Yuga. His form will be golden, He will delight in chanting the Lord's holy names, and His name will be Chaitanya."

So many statements are there about the Avatar for Satya Yuga was white well in this Satya Yuga is was Lord Narasimha:

There are four yugas, or millennia--Satya, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali--and in each millennium the Supreme Lord incarnates, and each incarnation has a different color according to the yuga. In the Satya-yuga the color of the principal incarnation is white. In the Treta-yuga the color is red, in the Dvapara-yuga the color is blackish (Krsna), and in the Kali-yuga the color of the principal incarnation is yellow (Caitanya Mahaprabhu). This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.8.13) by the astrologer Gargamuni, who calculated Krsna's horoscope in the house of Nanda Maharaja." 
Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 8

 

According to all the Sri Vaisnavas Lord Narasimha is the main Yuga avatar for most Satya Yugas this is written opinion also of all acaryas in their line.

 

We in Srimad Bhagavatam : 

SB 11.5.21: In Satya-yuga the Lord is white and four-armed, has matted locks and wears a garment of tree bark. He carries a black deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer beads and the rod and waterpot of a brahmacārī.

SB 11.5.22: People in Satya-yuga are peaceful, nonenvious, friendly to every creature and steady in all situations. They worship the Supreme Personality by austere meditation and by internal and external sense control.

SB 11.5.23: In Satya-yuga the Lord is glorified by the names Haḿsa, Suparṇa, Vaikuṇṭha, Dharma, Yogeśvara, Amala, Īśvara, Puruṣa, Avyakta and Paramātmā.

It does not bewilder me , I know Lord Narasimha is the Yuga avatar for Satya yuga and He did not appear in Indra loka but at Ahovalam ,this is confirmed by all Puranas and Acaryas in the Sri Sampradaya .Srila Prabhupada himself refered to Sri Ramanujacarya as the on matters regarding Lord Narasimha and Ahovalam .Sri Ramanijacarya was worshipping Lord Narasimha in Ahovalam ,this worship was given to him directly by Lord Narasimha Himself , though now the worship of Lord Narasimha at Ahovalam really need improvement. Mangala Giri also this worship of Lord Narasimha was given to Sri Ramanujacarya, and Simhacalam , when Sri Ramanujacarya came to Simhacalam  around 900 some  years ago .The Sthala Purana of Simhacalam explains that a very learned vaisnava with lots of love for Lord Narasimha was in charge of the worship and Lord Narasimha told him personally let Sri Ramanujacarya do the worship , and this devotee got really angry with Lord Narasimha , so Lord Narasimha blessed him saying your prayers to me are very much appreciated by me and enjoyed by brahmanas all over South India from your hesitation to obey me from now on the lower casts will appreciate it more (which is a blessings as everyone needs to understand Narasimhadevas glories) .I have had no time to find out who this  vaisnavas was or what his prayers to Lord Narasimha devawhere .All I know is Sri Ramanujacarya took over the worship and if you go to Srimhacalam (near Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh ) you will see the temple is run by wonderful Sri Vaisnavas.I know one Brahmin there and he always gives me sandalwood that has been been offered to Lord Varaha Narasimha ,he even offered to stay in his house but I felt unqualified at the time to stay in the house of a vaisnava  of whose ly that has served Lord Varaha Narasimha since many generations.

Anyhow the point is in my mind Lord Narasimha is the Yuga avatar for Satya Yuga and the vers starting with  : satye daitya-kuladhi-nasa-samayesimhordhva-martyakrtis confirms it .

According to Narasimha Tarpani Upanisad transaltiones of the Sri Sampradaya they also state in many Kali yugas the Narasimha mantra :

Sri Nrisimha Maha-mantra

ugram viram maha-vishnum
jvalantam sarvato mukham
nrisimham bhishanam bhadram
mrityur mrityum namamy aham

Translation

"I bow down to Lord Narasimha who is ferocious and heroic like Lord Vishnu.
He is burning from every side. He is terrific, auspicious and
the death of death personified."

and the Sri Vaisnavas state in most Kali Yugas the Hare Krsna Mahamantra is the mantra given , but most of them do not know about Lord Caitanya so much  really hope my Narasimha book can be published in Telugu and the Language of Karnataka and in Tamil because it will help the people there understand Lord Narasimha and Lord Caitanya.Very few Sri Vaisnavas chant Hare Krsna as the Mantra given for Kali yuga by Lord Caitanya .But many of them chants daily japa of Om Namo Narayana or the Narasimha Maha mantra.

Anyhow Kali Santarana Upanisad is very clear . It is good to see there now is many more ISKCOn temples in South India lot of preaching needs to be done there people are pious, even almost  daily I distribute Prabhupadas  books to people from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and Tamil Nadu here in Washington DC (they are part of the people passing through , on occasion you see even someone in Sri Vaisnava dress) Just few days back was the 1000 years celebration of Sri Ramanujacaryas appearance ,he actually went to Navadvipa once and had darshan of Lord Caitanya it has been explained by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura .His vision was the 4 sampradayas will all one day chant Hare Krsna and universal brotherhood can be created,how great was our Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura ,we call him ours as he is the grandfather Guru of Srila Prabhupada

your servant

Paramananda das

one devote asked me if Lord Hamsa the Swan incarnation of Krsna is not the Yuga Avatar for Satya Yuga but though His complexion is white He appeared to Lord Brahma in Brahma Loka ,it is not mentioned He also appeared on Earth that I know of..It is not credible to speculate in this way I told him ,but we have Narasimha Puranas statement that Lord Narasimha is the Yuga avatar for Satya yuga to me that is all ,other may or may not accept