Lord Vishnu is the supreme God of protection and sustenance. It is he, who takes upon himself the responsibility of safeguarding the lives of people and ensuring their peaceful existence in the world. For achieving this end, the Lord himself incarnates on earth from time to time, to annihilate evil and to establish dharma, the ultimate righteousness. Narasimha is one such sacred Avatar of the Lord and is regarded as his 4th on earth. Narasimha is a unique form, with a human physique and a lion head. This Avatar was believed to have been taken during the Krita (Satya) Yuga, also known as the Golden Age. As per legends, Narasimha appeared at dusk on the Vaishak Shukla Paksha Chaturdashi day, that is, the 14th day of the bright fortnight, in the month of Vishaka (April–May). This day of his advent is celebrated with fervor as Narasimha Jayanthi. Narasimha, the unique Lord ‘Nara’ is a human being and ‘Simha’ is a lion, and ‘Nara-Simha’ is thus a Man-Lion. Lord Vishnu had to take this unbelievably strange form, for outwitting the mighty demon Hiranyakashipu, who was very well protected by a series of boons, and for slaying him, in order to save the world and the people from his tyranny.
Story of Narasimha Jayanthi
April 17, 2018
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Hinranyakashipu was blessed with a son Prahalada, who turned out to be the most ardent devotee of none other than Lord Vishnu himself. This pious young prince virtually lived and thrived on taking the Lord’s sacred name and singing his glory right in Hiranya’s palace, while the world outside bowed to the Asura’s diktats. Hiranya could not tolerate his own son defying him openly and taking the name of his sworn enemy with great reverence, and tried by all means to make the boy change his mind and fall in line, but nothing helped. Exasperated, he tried even to kill him by various means, but nothing worked against that divinely blessed youngster. Firmly believing that it is none other than his great adversary Vishnu, who was instigating and protecting the young boy, Hiranya asked his son where is his Lord. Prahalada said that he is anywhere and everywhere. With intense rage, Hiranya smashed the pillar in the palace with his mace, to locate and challenge his incredible foe.
The pillar split open and out emerged the phenomenal figure of a man-lion, with eyes emitting fire. This spectacular manifestation simply grabbed the bewildered Hiranyakashipu with his hands, dragged him to the palace entrance, laid him on his lap, tore this body with his sharp nails and killed the ruthless demon, exactly in the evening time. Thus, this remarkable Narasimha put an end to a deadly demon who looked unassailable, without violating any of the amazing boons that he had obtained, and saved his devotee and the entire world, from his unbearable atrocities.
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