seeing through the eyes of scriptures
question about Lord Narasimha and Laxmi and my answer
Hare Krishna,
Please accept my humble obeisances . All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Thank you very much for clarifying my doubt! You have made it clear now for me. However there is another doubt - If you go to places in South India especially Ahobilam you can see erotic images of Nrsimha touching the breast of Chencu Lakshmi carved on the temple walls. There are also others but I lost those images I saved on my computer therefore I do not know. The picture I attached is a deity of the couple. Nrsimha is also touching the breast here. Why is Nrsimha displayed so pervertedly like this?
Your Humble Servant,
Bhakta Ravinjay
ravinjay@pamho.net
ravinjay@gmail.com
www.nrsimhadeva.com
info@nrsimhadeva.com
dear Bhakta Ravinjay
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Your questions are just amazing.What is the meaning of Chencu Laxmi?Who is She, I did a little intenet research and came on this amazing website about Ahovalam http://kshetrapuranas.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/the-nine-shrines-of-... there it is stated about Ahobilam:
The temples at Ahobilam celebrate their Brahmotsavam in the month of Panguni, two weeks after Shivarathri. The Brahmotsavam draws a lot of people to the town and grand festivities are held for the 10 day long festival. The high point is ofcourse the marriage of Shri Lakshmi Narasimha. It is believed that when Vishnu took the Narasimha avatara, Mahalakshmi was born in the Chenchu tribe. These tribes happen to be the local tribes of the region. Narasimha then married Chenchu Lakshmi and lived in the warm hospitality of the Chenchus. So fond of them did he become that when time came for them to go back to Vaikuntha, Narasimha is said to have refused to do so. The Kalyana utsava is therefore the highlight for the tribes of the mountains.
One particular Chenchu tribe, the Padmasalis claim themselves to be the parent clan of Chenchu Lakshmi, and hold themselves responsible for her marriage. Every year one person is chosen by lot to act as the father for Chenchu Lakshmi and give her away in marriage to Malolan. The Nishchayathartham or the engagement is a sight to behold. The utsavars of both the Lord and the Thayar are brought out as the negotiations of marriage are held between the Padmasalis and the lord himself. Such is the love that the tribes have for their Lord. It is believed to be the greatest honor to give away Chenchu Lakshmi in marriage to Sri Malolan.
One day I like to go and find that place, I like to witness this "marriage of Chenchu Laxmi" as reenacted yearly there somewhere close to Ahobilam.How amazing.
Regarding your question " Nrsimha is also touching the breast here. Why is Nrsimha displayed so pervertedly like this?
Do you remember in Srimad Bhagavatam when Pariksit Maharaja asked about the gopis in the Rasa dance?
SB 10.29.12: Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O sage, the gopīs knew Kṛṣṇa only as their lover, not as the Supreme Absolute Truth. So how could these girls, their minds caught up in the waves of the modes of nature, free themselves from material attachment?
SB 10.29.13: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: This point was explained to you previously. Since even Śiśupāla, who hated Kṛṣṇa, achieved perfection, then what to speak of the Lord's dear devotees.
SB 10.29.14: O King, the Supreme Lord is inexhaustible and immeasurable, and He is untouched by the material modes because He is their controller. His personal appearance in this world is meant for bestowing the highest benefit on humanity.
SB 10.29.15: Persons who constantly direct their lust, anger, fear, protective affection, feeling of impersonal oneness or friendship toward Lord Hari are sure to become absorbed in thought of Him.
SB 10.29.16: You should not be so astonished by Kṛṣṇa, the unborn master of all masters of mystic power, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After all, it is the Lord who liberates this world.
from the purport to SB 10.29.15
Śrīla Madhvācārya has quoted the following verses from the Varāha Purāṇa:
patitvena śriyopāsyo
brahmaṇā me piteti ca
pitāmahatayānyeṣāḿ
tridaśānāḿ janārdanaḥ
"The goddess Lakṣmī worships Lord Janārdana as her husband, Lord Brahmā worships Him as his father, and the other demigods worship Him as their grandfather."
If you read the 5 Canto chapter 18.16 to 23 you see how Laxmi has also advised all women in this world to accept Lord Visnu as their husbands (Lord Narasimha as well can be seen in that light).So their is nothing astonishing in Lord Narasimha touching the breast of His wife Chenchu Laxmi, conjugal love exisist in the spiritual world..And Lord Visnu and Krsna are the Supreme enjoyers.How this conjugal love manifest in Vaikunatha I have no idea of ,I have never seen it in sastra.But it is certainly there with Krsna and His queens of Dvaraka,Krsna begot so many children with his 16.108 wifes .Krsna showed the example of an ideal grhastha that only has sex with His wife to beget children, though in His form of Maha Visnu He impregnates material nature simply by His glance these are His Divine lilas.
In Vrindavan Krsna also has conjugal love with Radharani and the sakhis, but it is on a transcendental platform, and hard for us conditioned souls to fathom as we struggle as sadhakas to become free from lust and other material qualities.In CC this is described as iron and gold,lust and spiritual love (see also SB 5.18 .8 to14 Prahladas other prayers in SB ).In Krsna lila the manjaris like Rupa Goswami may witness Radha Krsnas intimate conjugal love, but they derive more transcendental pleasure serving the divine couple than if Krsna would kiss and touch them .These things are on the topmost level of understanding.We are trying to remember constantly how this body is not us and act on the spiritual platform.But know the relationship of Laxmi Narasimha is fully transcendental, and just pay obaisences to even Lord Narasimha touching Laxmis breasts.And remember the prayers of Prahlada in the 5 canto to pray to Lord Narasimha to tear lust and anger etc out of our heart and make us non envious, and so on,and fully manifest in our heart .
I hope you understand all this.I pray Lord Narasimha and Chenchu Laxmidevi may be kind and place Their lotushands on our heads.
Maybe you are familar with the prayer of Sankacarya to Laxmi Narasimha?
Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha karuna-rasa-stotra
This was written by Adi Shankaracharya for the mercy of Sri Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha. It reflects the same devotional mood as his Govindashtakam and Prabhodashudhakara, and does not hold any of his impersonalistic teachings.
1. Shrimat-pavo-nidhi-niketana chakra-pane
bhogindra-bhoga-mani-rajita punya-murte
yogisha shashvata sharanya bhavabdhi-pota
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Lord, Your form is all beautiful because you are the master of the goddess of fortune. You reside in the ocean of milk, and You carry the Sudarshana disc in Your hand. Your all-auspicious form is made even more resplendent by the jewel-like body of Anantadeva, the king of serpents upon whom You rest. You are the eternal deliverer from the ocean of birth and death for all those who seek Your shelter and You are the master of all mystics. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
2. Brahmendra rudra-marud arka-kirita-koti
sanghattitangri-kamalamala-kanti-kanta
lakshmi lasat-kucha saroruha-raja-hamsa
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Lord Brahma, Lord Indra, Lord Shiva, the Maruts and the sun-god all fall down with their tens and millions of helmets at Your lotus feet, which are most dear to the goddess of fortune, Lakshmi, who appears as beautiful as a royal swan enjoying the lotus flower of Your chest. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
3. Samsara-dava dahanakula bhishanoru
jvalavalibhih ati-daghda tanuru-hasya
tvat pada-padmasarasim sharanagatasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
The conditioned soul suffers on the path of repeated birth and death exactly like one caught in a forest fire. Being fearful, his body burnt by the licking flames, he cries most pitiably. Just as one tormented by a forest fire may take shelter in a pond. Your lotus feet are just like a pond giving refuge to the surrendered soul from the forest fire of samsara. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
4. Samsara-jala-patitasya jagan-nivasa
sarvendriyarta-badishagra-jhashopamasya
protkampita-prachurataluka-mastakasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
O abode of the universe, I have fallen into the net of repeated birth and death. Just like an aquatic animal, I eagerly accept the hook baited with the sense objects. And just as the fish is caught trembling, and his head is cut off, so my real consciousness is lost as I am punished by the material nature. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
5. Samsara-kupam ati-ghoram agadha-mulam
samprapya dukha-shata-sarpa-samakulasya
dinasya deva kripaya padam agatasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Having fallen into the horrible and bottomless well of repeated birth and death, I am tormented by the serpent of hundred fold miseries. In this fallen condition, O Lord, by Your mercy I am surrendered to Your lotus feet. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
6. Samsara-bhikara-karindra-karabhighata
nishpidyamana-vapushah sakalarti-nasa
prana-prayana bhava-bhiti-samakulasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
You slay the king of the demons, Hiranyakashipu, whose body is as strong as an elephant by squeezing him with your hands. In this way You destroy all miseries by breaking the fearful cycle of birth and death. You are the ultimate goal of life for those who are disturbed by fear of material existence. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
7. Samsara-sarpa-visha-digdha mahogra-tivra
damstragra-koti-paridashta vinashta-murte
nagari-vahana sudhabdhi-nivasa shaure
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
I have been bitten by the tens of millions of terrible sharp fangs of the snake of material existence. Having been injected with its powerful poison, I have lost my consciousness as the eternal servant of Krishna. The best remedy for snakebite is nectar, therefore O Lord Shauri, You reside in the ocean of nectar and Your carrier is Garuda the great enemy of snakes. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
8. Samsara-vriksha agha-bijam ananta-karma
shakha-yutam karana-patram ananga-pushpam
aruhya dukha-phalinam patitam dayalo
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
The tree of samsara, or material existence, is sprouted from the seed of sinful desire. The unlimited reactions to fruitive activities are its branches, the senses are its leaves and its flowers is Cupid’s attraction of sex desire. O merciful one, I climbed up this tree but I have only obtained the fruit of misery and am now fallen. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
9. Samsara-sagara-vishala-karala-kala
nakra-graha-grasita-nigraha-vigrahasya
vyadhasya raga-nichayormini piditasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
In the broad ocean of material existence I am broken and smashed again and again by the powerful waves of my accumulated attachments. Grasped in the jaws of the fearful crocodile of the external time factor, I am pierced, ripped apart, and swallowed. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
10. Samsara-sagara-nimajjana-muhyamanam
dinam vilokaya vibho karuna-nidhe mam
prahlada-kheda-parihara-kritavatara
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
O all-powerful, ocean of mercy, cast Your glance upon me. I am bewildered, helplessly sinking in the sea of samsara. You descended to remove the distress of your devotee Prahlada Maharaja. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
11. Samsara-ghora-gahane charato murare
marogra vbhikara mriga prachurarditasya
artasya matsara-nidagdha-suduhkhitasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
O Murari, I have fallen into the pit of material existence and I am wandering just like an animal greatly tormented by fear of horrible death that awaits him. Distressed and miserable, I am burnt by envy. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
12. Baddhva gale yama-bhata bahu taryajantaha
karshanti yatra bhava-pasha-shatair yutam mam
ekakinam para-vasha chakitam dayalo
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Binding me with ropes, the servants of Yamaraja drag me to his abode, beating me severely along the path. Bound by material existence in hundreds of ways, I stand alone, helpless and trembling, under the influence of the superior force of daiva maya. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
13. Lakshmi-pate kamala-nabha suresha vishno
yajnesha yajna madhusudana vishvarupa
brahmanya keshava janardana vasudeva
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
You are the Lord of Lakshmi and the master of the demigods. O Vishnu, Your navel is just like a lotus. You are the Lord of sacrifice and the embodiment of sacrificial performance. O Madhusudana, Vishvarupa, You are always favorably disposed to the brahmanas. O Keshava, Janardana, Vasudeva, O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
14. Ekena chakram aparena karena shankham
anyena sindhu-tanayam avalambya tishthan
vametarena varadabhaya-padma-chihnam
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
In one of Your four hands You hold the Sudarshana disc and in another a conch. With another You embrace Lakshmi, who was born from the milk ocean, and with another on the left You bestow fearlessness. The palm of that hand which is raised to give the benediction is marked with the lotus symbol. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
15. Andhasya me hrita-viveka-maha-dhanasya
corair mahabalibhir indriya-namadheyaiha
mohandhakara-kuhare vinipatitasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Although I was very wealthy, I am blind and without discrimination. I have been robbed of my great treasure (Krishna consciousness) by the thieves known as the senses. Despite all my attempts to appease them with different types of offerings, they have thrown me into the pit of illusion and darkness. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
16. Prahlada-narada-parasara-pundarika
vyasadi-bhagavata-pungava-hrin-nivasa
bhaktanurakta-paripalana-parijata
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
You reside in the hearts of the best devotees such as Prahlada Maharaja, Narada Muni, Parashara Muni, Pundarika, Vyasadeva and others. You are very fond of Your devotees and You are their parijata tree of protection. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
17. Lakshmi-nrisimha-charanabja-madhu-vratena
stotram kritam shubha-karam bhuvi shankarena
ye tatpathanti manuja hari-bhakti-yuktaha
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
This prayer, bestowing auspiciousness in this world, has been composed by Shankaracharya, who is a honeybee in the lotus flower of the feet of Sri-Sri Lakshmi-Nrisimha. Those who read this prayer with devotion to Lord Krishna attain the shelter of Sri Sri Lakshmi-Nrisimha’s lotus feet and also attain their eternal spiritual form, which is never annihilated.
Your servant
Payonidhi das
Please accept my humble obeisances . All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Thank you very much for clarifying my doubt! You have made it clear now for me. However there is another doubt - If you go to places in South India especially Ahobilam you can see erotic images of Nrsimha touching the breast of Chencu Lakshmi carved on the temple walls. There are also others but I lost those images I saved on my computer therefore I do not know. The picture I attached is a deity of the couple. Nrsimha is also touching the breast here. Why is Nrsimha displayed so pervertedly like this?
Your Humble Servant,
Bhakta Ravinjay
ravinjay@pamho.net
ravinjay@gmail.com
www.nrsimhadeva.com
info@nrsimhadeva.com
dear Bhakta Ravinjay
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Your questions are just amazing.What is the meaning of Chencu Laxmi?Who is She, I did a little intenet research and came on this amazing website about Ahovalam http://kshetrapuranas.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/the-nine-shrines-of-... there it is stated about Ahobilam:
The temples at Ahobilam celebrate their Brahmotsavam in the month of Panguni, two weeks after Shivarathri. The Brahmotsavam draws a lot of people to the town and grand festivities are held for the 10 day long festival. The high point is ofcourse the marriage of Shri Lakshmi Narasimha. It is believed that when Vishnu took the Narasimha avatara, Mahalakshmi was born in the Chenchu tribe. These tribes happen to be the local tribes of the region. Narasimha then married Chenchu Lakshmi and lived in the warm hospitality of the Chenchus. So fond of them did he become that when time came for them to go back to Vaikuntha, Narasimha is said to have refused to do so. The Kalyana utsava is therefore the highlight for the tribes of the mountains.
One particular Chenchu tribe, the Padmasalis claim themselves to be the parent clan of Chenchu Lakshmi, and hold themselves responsible for her marriage. Every year one person is chosen by lot to act as the father for Chenchu Lakshmi and give her away in marriage to Malolan. The Nishchayathartham or the engagement is a sight to behold. The utsavars of both the Lord and the Thayar are brought out as the negotiations of marriage are held between the Padmasalis and the lord himself. Such is the love that the tribes have for their Lord. It is believed to be the greatest honor to give away Chenchu Lakshmi in marriage to Sri Malolan.
One day I like to go and find that place, I like to witness this "marriage of Chenchu Laxmi" as reenacted yearly there somewhere close to Ahobilam.How amazing.
Regarding your question " Nrsimha is also touching the breast here. Why is Nrsimha displayed so pervertedly like this?
Do you remember in Srimad Bhagavatam when Pariksit Maharaja asked about the gopis in the Rasa dance?
SB 10.29.12: Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja said: O sage, the gopīs knew Kṛṣṇa only as their lover, not as the Supreme Absolute Truth. So how could these girls, their minds caught up in the waves of the modes of nature, free themselves from material attachment?
SB 10.29.13: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: This point was explained to you previously. Since even Śiśupāla, who hated Kṛṣṇa, achieved perfection, then what to speak of the Lord's dear devotees.
SB 10.29.14: O King, the Supreme Lord is inexhaustible and immeasurable, and He is untouched by the material modes because He is their controller. His personal appearance in this world is meant for bestowing the highest benefit on humanity.
SB 10.29.15: Persons who constantly direct their lust, anger, fear, protective affection, feeling of impersonal oneness or friendship toward Lord Hari are sure to become absorbed in thought of Him.
SB 10.29.16: You should not be so astonished by Kṛṣṇa, the unborn master of all masters of mystic power, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After all, it is the Lord who liberates this world.
from the purport to SB 10.29.15
Śrīla Madhvācārya has quoted the following verses from the Varāha Purāṇa:
patitvena śriyopāsyo
brahmaṇā me piteti ca
pitāmahatayānyeṣāḿ
tridaśānāḿ janārdanaḥ
"The goddess Lakṣmī worships Lord Janārdana as her husband, Lord Brahmā worships Him as his father, and the other demigods worship Him as their grandfather."
If you read the 5 Canto chapter 18.16 to 23 you see how Laxmi has also advised all women in this world to accept Lord Visnu as their husbands (Lord Narasimha as well can be seen in that light).So their is nothing astonishing in Lord Narasimha touching the breast of His wife Chenchu Laxmi, conjugal love exisist in the spiritual world..And Lord Visnu and Krsna are the Supreme enjoyers.How this conjugal love manifest in Vaikunatha I have no idea of ,I have never seen it in sastra.But it is certainly there with Krsna and His queens of Dvaraka,Krsna begot so many children with his 16.108 wifes .Krsna showed the example of an ideal grhastha that only has sex with His wife to beget children, though in His form of Maha Visnu He impregnates material nature simply by His glance these are His Divine lilas.
In Vrindavan Krsna also has conjugal love with Radharani and the sakhis, but it is on a transcendental platform, and hard for us conditioned souls to fathom as we struggle as sadhakas to become free from lust and other material qualities.In CC this is described as iron and gold,lust and spiritual love (see also SB 5.18 .8 to14 Prahladas other prayers in SB ).In Krsna lila the manjaris like Rupa Goswami may witness Radha Krsnas intimate conjugal love, but they derive more transcendental pleasure serving the divine couple than if Krsna would kiss and touch them .These things are on the topmost level of understanding.We are trying to remember constantly how this body is not us and act on the spiritual platform.But know the relationship of Laxmi Narasimha is fully transcendental, and just pay obaisences to even Lord Narasimha touching Laxmis breasts.And remember the prayers of Prahlada in the 5 canto to pray to Lord Narasimha to tear lust and anger etc out of our heart and make us non envious, and so on,and fully manifest in our heart .
I hope you understand all this.I pray Lord Narasimha and Chenchu Laxmidevi may be kind and place Their lotushands on our heads.
Maybe you are familar with the prayer of Sankacarya to Laxmi Narasimha?
Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha karuna-rasa-stotra
This was written by Adi Shankaracharya for the mercy of Sri Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha. It reflects the same devotional mood as his Govindashtakam and Prabhodashudhakara, and does not hold any of his impersonalistic teachings.
1. Shrimat-pavo-nidhi-niketana chakra-pane
bhogindra-bhoga-mani-rajita punya-murte
yogisha shashvata sharanya bhavabdhi-pota
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Lord, Your form is all beautiful because you are the master of the goddess of fortune. You reside in the ocean of milk, and You carry the Sudarshana disc in Your hand. Your all-auspicious form is made even more resplendent by the jewel-like body of Anantadeva, the king of serpents upon whom You rest. You are the eternal deliverer from the ocean of birth and death for all those who seek Your shelter and You are the master of all mystics. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
2. Brahmendra rudra-marud arka-kirita-koti
sanghattitangri-kamalamala-kanti-kanta
lakshmi lasat-kucha saroruha-raja-hamsa
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Lord Brahma, Lord Indra, Lord Shiva, the Maruts and the sun-god all fall down with their tens and millions of helmets at Your lotus feet, which are most dear to the goddess of fortune, Lakshmi, who appears as beautiful as a royal swan enjoying the lotus flower of Your chest. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
3. Samsara-dava dahanakula bhishanoru
jvalavalibhih ati-daghda tanuru-hasya
tvat pada-padmasarasim sharanagatasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
The conditioned soul suffers on the path of repeated birth and death exactly like one caught in a forest fire. Being fearful, his body burnt by the licking flames, he cries most pitiably. Just as one tormented by a forest fire may take shelter in a pond. Your lotus feet are just like a pond giving refuge to the surrendered soul from the forest fire of samsara. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
4. Samsara-jala-patitasya jagan-nivasa
sarvendriyarta-badishagra-jhashopamasya
protkampita-prachurataluka-mastakasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
O abode of the universe, I have fallen into the net of repeated birth and death. Just like an aquatic animal, I eagerly accept the hook baited with the sense objects. And just as the fish is caught trembling, and his head is cut off, so my real consciousness is lost as I am punished by the material nature. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
5. Samsara-kupam ati-ghoram agadha-mulam
samprapya dukha-shata-sarpa-samakulasya
dinasya deva kripaya padam agatasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Having fallen into the horrible and bottomless well of repeated birth and death, I am tormented by the serpent of hundred fold miseries. In this fallen condition, O Lord, by Your mercy I am surrendered to Your lotus feet. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
6. Samsara-bhikara-karindra-karabhighata
nishpidyamana-vapushah sakalarti-nasa
prana-prayana bhava-bhiti-samakulasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
You slay the king of the demons, Hiranyakashipu, whose body is as strong as an elephant by squeezing him with your hands. In this way You destroy all miseries by breaking the fearful cycle of birth and death. You are the ultimate goal of life for those who are disturbed by fear of material existence. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
7. Samsara-sarpa-visha-digdha mahogra-tivra
damstragra-koti-paridashta vinashta-murte
nagari-vahana sudhabdhi-nivasa shaure
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
I have been bitten by the tens of millions of terrible sharp fangs of the snake of material existence. Having been injected with its powerful poison, I have lost my consciousness as the eternal servant of Krishna. The best remedy for snakebite is nectar, therefore O Lord Shauri, You reside in the ocean of nectar and Your carrier is Garuda the great enemy of snakes. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
8. Samsara-vriksha agha-bijam ananta-karma
shakha-yutam karana-patram ananga-pushpam
aruhya dukha-phalinam patitam dayalo
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
The tree of samsara, or material existence, is sprouted from the seed of sinful desire. The unlimited reactions to fruitive activities are its branches, the senses are its leaves and its flowers is Cupid’s attraction of sex desire. O merciful one, I climbed up this tree but I have only obtained the fruit of misery and am now fallen. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
9. Samsara-sagara-vishala-karala-kala
nakra-graha-grasita-nigraha-vigrahasya
vyadhasya raga-nichayormini piditasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
In the broad ocean of material existence I am broken and smashed again and again by the powerful waves of my accumulated attachments. Grasped in the jaws of the fearful crocodile of the external time factor, I am pierced, ripped apart, and swallowed. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
10. Samsara-sagara-nimajjana-muhyamanam
dinam vilokaya vibho karuna-nidhe mam
prahlada-kheda-parihara-kritavatara
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
O all-powerful, ocean of mercy, cast Your glance upon me. I am bewildered, helplessly sinking in the sea of samsara. You descended to remove the distress of your devotee Prahlada Maharaja. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
11. Samsara-ghora-gahane charato murare
marogra vbhikara mriga prachurarditasya
artasya matsara-nidagdha-suduhkhitasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
O Murari, I have fallen into the pit of material existence and I am wandering just like an animal greatly tormented by fear of horrible death that awaits him. Distressed and miserable, I am burnt by envy. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
12. Baddhva gale yama-bhata bahu taryajantaha
karshanti yatra bhava-pasha-shatair yutam mam
ekakinam para-vasha chakitam dayalo
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Binding me with ropes, the servants of Yamaraja drag me to his abode, beating me severely along the path. Bound by material existence in hundreds of ways, I stand alone, helpless and trembling, under the influence of the superior force of daiva maya. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
13. Lakshmi-pate kamala-nabha suresha vishno
yajnesha yajna madhusudana vishvarupa
brahmanya keshava janardana vasudeva
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
You are the Lord of Lakshmi and the master of the demigods. O Vishnu, Your navel is just like a lotus. You are the Lord of sacrifice and the embodiment of sacrificial performance. O Madhusudana, Vishvarupa, You are always favorably disposed to the brahmanas. O Keshava, Janardana, Vasudeva, O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
14. Ekena chakram aparena karena shankham
anyena sindhu-tanayam avalambya tishthan
vametarena varadabhaya-padma-chihnam
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
In one of Your four hands You hold the Sudarshana disc and in another a conch. With another You embrace Lakshmi, who was born from the milk ocean, and with another on the left You bestow fearlessness. The palm of that hand which is raised to give the benediction is marked with the lotus symbol. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
15. Andhasya me hrita-viveka-maha-dhanasya
corair mahabalibhir indriya-namadheyaiha
mohandhakara-kuhare vinipatitasya
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
Although I was very wealthy, I am blind and without discrimination. I have been robbed of my great treasure (Krishna consciousness) by the thieves known as the senses. Despite all my attempts to appease them with different types of offerings, they have thrown me into the pit of illusion and darkness. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
16. Prahlada-narada-parasara-pundarika
vyasadi-bhagavata-pungava-hrin-nivasa
bhaktanurakta-paripalana-parijata
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
You reside in the hearts of the best devotees such as Prahlada Maharaja, Narada Muni, Parashara Muni, Pundarika, Vyasadeva and others. You are very fond of Your devotees and You are their parijata tree of protection. O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, please bless me with the touch of Your lotus hands.
17. Lakshmi-nrisimha-charanabja-madhu-vratena
stotram kritam shubha-karam bhuvi shankarena
ye tatpathanti manuja hari-bhakti-yuktaha
lakshmi-nrisimha mama dehi karavalambam
This prayer, bestowing auspiciousness in this world, has been composed by Shankaracharya, who is a honeybee in the lotus flower of the feet of Sri-Sri Lakshmi-Nrisimha. Those who read this prayer with devotion to Lord Krishna attain the shelter of Sri Sri Lakshmi-Nrisimha’s lotus feet and also attain their eternal spiritual form, which is never annihilated.
Your servant
Payonidhi das
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Comment by Paramananda das on October 23, 2009 at 11:56pm
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sneha-bhaktāḥ sadā devāḥ
kāmitsenāpsara-striyaḥ
kāscit kāscin na kāmena
bhaktyā kevalayaiva tu
"The demigods are always affectionately devoted to the Lord, and the young ladies of heaven called Apsarās have lusty feelings toward Him, although some of them have pure devotion for Him untainted by material lust. Only these latter Apsarās are ready for liberation, because without bona fide devotional service one cannot possibly achieve liberation."
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prapitāmaho me bhagavān
iti sarva-janasya tu
guruḥ śrī-brahmaṇo viṣṇuḥ
surāṇāḿ ca guror guruḥ
"Thus people in general should think, 'The Supreme Lord is my great-grandfather.' Lord Viṣṇu is the spiritual master of Brahmā and thus the guru of the guru of the demigods."
gurur brahmāsya jagato
daivaḿ viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ
ity evopāsanaḿ kāryaḿ
nānyathā tu kathañcana
"Brahmā is the spiritual master of this universe, and Viṣṇu is the eternally worshipable Deity. With this understanding, and not otherwise, one should worship the Lord."
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bhaktyā hi nitya-kāmitvaḿ
na tu muktiḿ vinā bhavet
ataḥ kāmitayā vāpi
muktir bhaktimatāḿ harau
"Eternal conjugal attraction to Kṛṣṇa, expressed in pure devotional service, cannot develop in one who is not already liberated. Thus those who are devoted to Lord Hari, even in conjugal attraction, are already liberated .
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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.15
kāmaḿ krodhaḿ bhayaḿ sneham
aikyaḿ sauhṛdam eva ca
nityaḿ harau vidadhato
yānti tan-mayatāḿ hi te
SYNONYMS
kāmam — lust; krodham — anger; bhayam — fear; sneham — loving affection; aikyam — unity; sauhṛdam — friendship; eva ca — also; nityam — always; harau — for Lord Hari; vidadhataḥ — exhibiting; yānti — they achieve; tat-mayatām — absorption in Him; hi — indeed; te — such persons.
TRANSLATION
Persons who constantly direct their lust, anger, fear, protective affection, feeling of impersonal oneness or friendship toward Lord Hari are sure to become absorbed in thought of Him.
PURPORT
Lord Kṛṣṇa is pure spiritual existence, and those who somehow or other become attached to Him, absorbed in thoughts of Him, rise to the spiritual platform. This is the absolute nature of the Lord's personal association.
With this verse Śukadeva Gosvāmī answers King Parīkṣit's question about the gopīs. After all, Śukadeva has begun to narrate Kṛṣṇa's most intimate pastime, the rāsa dance, and Parīkṣit is cooperating to remove the doubts of others who are hearing or who in the future may hear this astonishing story. Śrīla Madhvācārya has quoted a statement from the Skanda Purāṇa that emphatically declares persons like the gopīs to be liberated souls, beyond the pale of material illusion:
bhaktyā hi nitya-kāmitvaḿ
na tu muktiḿ vinā bhavet
ataḥ kāmitayā vāpi
muktir bhaktimatāḿ harau
"Eternal conjugal attraction to Kṛṣṇa, expressed in pure devotional service, cannot develop in one who is not already liberated. Thus those who are devoted to Lord Hari, even in conjugal attraction, are already liberated .
"Śrīla Madhvācārya then quotes from the Padma Purāṇa to clarify the essential point that one cannot be liberated simply by lusting after Lord Kṛṣṇa but rather only by possessing conjugal attraction in pure devotional service:
sneha-bhaktāḥ sadā devāḥ
kāmitsenāpsara-striyaḥ
kāscit kāscin na kāmena
bhaktyā kevalayaiva tu
"The demigods are always affectionately devoted to the Lord, and the young ladies of heaven called Apsarās have lusty feelings toward Him, although some of them have pure devotion for Him untainted by material lust. Only these latter Apsarās are ready for liberation, because without bona fide devotional service one cannot possibly achieve liberation."
Thus devotional service is not yogyam, or appropriate, unless free from material lust. One should not take cheaply the gopīs' achievement of personal association with Lord Kṛṣṇa in a conjugal relationship. To show the gravity of direct relationship with the Lord, Śrīla Madhvācārya has quoted the following verses from the Varāha Purāṇa:
patitvena śriyopāsyo
brahmaṇā me piteti ca
pitāmahatayānyeṣāḿ
tridaśānāḿ janārdanaḥ
"The goddess Lakṣmī worships Lord Janārdana as her husband, Lord Brahmā worships Him as his father, and the other demigods worship Him as their grandfather."
prapitāmaho me bhagavān
iti sarva-janasya tu
guruḥ śrī-brahmaṇo viṣṇuḥ
surāṇāḿ ca guror guruḥ
"Thus people in general should think, 'The Supreme Lord is my great-grandfather.' Lord Viṣṇu is the spiritual master of Brahmā and thus the guru of the guru of the demigods."
gurur brahmāsya jagato
daivaḿ viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ
ity evopāsanaḿ kāryaḿ
nānyathā tu kathañcana
"Brahmā is the spiritual master of this universe, and Viṣṇu is the eternally worshipable Deity. With this understanding, and not otherwise, one should worship the Lord."
The above injunctions apply to sarva-jana, "all people in general." Thus one should follow these injunctions until one achieves the exalted platform of intimate relationship with the Supreme Lord. There is abundant evidence that the gopīs of Vṛndāvana were highly elevated, liberated souls, and thus their pastimes with Kṛṣṇa are pure, spiritual affairs. Keeping this in mind, we can truly understand this chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
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dear Radha Krsna please drown my mind in Your lilas, please uplift my consciousness and allow me to never meditate on perverted material sensegratification, or mistaken Your Divine pastimes as such.Some devotees may find these prayers some where on the internet, I pray they may never misunderstand your lilas as perverted material sensegratification, so I am posting them here ,to hope they will be understood by a few sober souls, always chanting the names of your Lordships.Please make Your lotusfet shine in our heart and uproot all anarthas there, and please make me qualified to one day serve you ,under the guidance of your beloved associates.
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Chanting 64 rounds is not enough qualifikation for understanding these lilas ,but it helps.Those who have not been devotees for 30 -40 years should properly not read these prayers and even then if they do not chant 64 rounds they should not .I do not often read this, but this is Kartika and the pastimes of Radha Krsna.Who is the perverts...it is you and me, not Radha Krsna, very humbling indeed.
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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.15.22
vāpīṣu vidruma-taṭāsv amalāmṛtāpsu
preṣyānvitā nija-vane tulasībhir īśam
abhyarcatī svalakam unnasam īkṣya vaktram
uccheṣitaḿ bhagavatety amatāńga yac-chrīḥ
SYNONYMS
vāpīṣu — in the ponds; vidruma — made of coral; taṭāsu — banks; amala — transparent; amṛta — nectarean; apsu — water; preṣyā-anvitā — surrounded by maidservants; nija-vane — in her own garden; tulasībhiḥ — with tulasī; īśam — the Supreme Lord; abhyarcatī — worship; su-alakam — with her face decorated with tilaka; unnasam — raised nose; īkṣya — by seeing; vaktram — face; uccheṣitam — being kissed; bhagavatā — by the Supreme Lord; iti — thus; amata — thought; ańga — O demigods; yat-śrīḥ — whose beauty.
TRANSLATION
The goddesses of fortune worship the Lord in their own gardens by offering tulasī leaves on the coral-paved banks of transcendental reservoirs of water. While offering worship to the Lord, they can see on the water the reflection of their beautiful faces with raised noses, and it appears that they have become more beautiful because of the Lord's kissing their faces.
PURPORT
Generally, when a woman is kissed by her husband, her face becomes more beautiful. In Vaikuṇṭha also, although the goddess of fortune is naturally as beautiful as can be imagined, she nevertheless awaits the kissing of the Lord to make her face more beautiful. The beautiful face of the goddess of fortune appears in ponds of transcendental crystal water when she worships the Lord with tulasī leaves in her garden.
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SB 3.15.48: Persons who are very expert and most intelligent in understanding things as they are engage in hearing narrations of the auspicious activities and pastimes of the Lord, which are worth chanting and worth hearing. Such persons do not care even for the highest material benediction, namely liberation, to say nothing of other less important benedictions like the material happiness of the heavenly kingdom.
SB 3.15.49: O Lord, we pray that You let us be born in any hellish condition of life, just as long as our hearts and minds are always engaged in the service of Your lotus feet, our words are made beautiful [by speaking of Your activities] just as tulasī leaves are beautified when offered unto Your lotus feet, and as long as our ears are always filled with the chanting of Your transcendental qualities.
SB 3.15.50: O Lord, we therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto Your eternal form as the Personality of Godhead, which You have so kindly manifested before us. Your supreme, eternal form cannot be seen by unfortunate, less intelligent persons, but we are so much satisfied in our mind and vision to see it.
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