Benefit of Observing Narasimha Chaturdasi

Srila Gurudev, while narrating the previous birth of Prahlad Maharaj, emphasizes the benefits of observing Narasimha Caturdasi. In his previous life, Prahlad Maharaj was the son of a Brahmin named Vasu Ghosh and was known as Vasudeva. Despite being attracted to a prostitute, Vasudeva unknowingly observed fasting on the holy appearance day of Narasimha Deva. Gurudev explains how this act of fasting, even performed unknowingly, led to Vasudeva becoming a great devotee of the Supreme Lord in his next life as Prahlad Maharaj.

Harikatha on Sri Narasimha Chaturdasi

By narrating the life story of Prahlad Maharaj, Srila Gurudev emphasized the teachings from his life with strong words. He highlighted that the root cause of our attachment to temporary material objects is the forgetfulness of our real identity. Srila Gurudev explained that if we continue to perform devotional activities while remaining attached to temporary worldly objects, we cannot progress in our devotion. Association of bona-fide sādhus is the only remedy to get rid ourselves of these false attachments. They will help us realize our true identity, and guide us toward our real duties. Later, Srila Gurudev sang the glories of Lord Narasimha Deva, narrating His appearance and His divine pastimes of killing Hiranyakasipu.

Glories of Narasimha Deva at Narasimha Palli (Hindi)

Srila Gurudev narrates the glories of Narasimha Deva at Narasimha Palli Dhama on the third day of Sri Navadvip Dhama Parikrama. He narrates the Lord’s pastime of killing Hiranyakasipu and showering affection on Prahlad.

Śrī Nṛsiṁha-avatāra

Various transcendental topics like the pastime of appearance of Śrī Nṛsiṁha Deva, the extraordinary life and teachings of Lord’s exalted devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja, how he dealt with difficulties on his spiritual path, how he finally achieved the grace of the Lord and how Lord Himself appeared in a unique form for His dearest devotee are elaborately presented here.

Jay Dau Jay Dau

In one harikatha on the advent of Lord Baladeva, Srila Gurudev emphasized the importance of performing the ‘Jaya Dau Jaya Dau’ kirtan. He instructed that his Gurudev, HDG Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaja used to pray for the grace of Guru, Vaiṣṇavas, and Bhagavan through this kirtan, and that we should do it without fail on every special tithi. By doing so, Guru, Vaiṣṇavas, and Bhagvan will be pleased.

Bhakti Vinod Thakur’s Poem on Narasimha Deva

These prayers, written by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in ‘Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga'.He prays at the lotus feet of Lord Nrsimha Deva to remove all enemies like lust, duplicity, desire for fame, and sheer cunningness from the heart. He also prays to all merciful Sri Nrsimha Deva for the purification of the heart and for the benediction of worshipping Sri Radha and Krsna in Navadvipa, perfectly safe and free from all difficulties. These prayers assure all sincere devotees that the worship of Lord Narasimha Deva is purely in the line of aspiring love and devotion to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.

Śrī Daśāvatāra-stotram

The Daśāvatāra-stotra and Gīta-govinda, both written by Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī, are still sung daily before Lord Jagannātha Deva for His pleasure. The Daśāvatāra deities are worshipped daily in the Jagannātha Temple at Śrī Puruṣottama-dhāma and in many other temples across India. In the Vaiṣṇava lineages of Assam, harināma-saṅkīrtana is performed by singing about the appearance and pastimes of the ten avatāras. Out of the countless manifestations of the Supreme Lord, the Daśāvatāra occupy a special position.

Sri Narasimha Kirtan

In this kirtan Srila Gurudev teaches us how to pray to Sri Narasimha Deva sincerely from the core of our heart and invoke His mercy and blessings to remove all ulterior desires and to attain pure devotion unto Him. Srila Gurudev advises that it is very necessary for neophyte devotees to invoke the blessings of Sri Narasimha Deva to remove all hindrances to bhakti and to make steady progress in bhajan. This audio is sung by Srila Gurudev on Sri Narasimha Deva's appearance day and gives jai to Sri Narasimha Deva, Guru, Vaishnavas, Sri Nityananda and Sri Gaura Hari.