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Prahladha

Nainam chindhanthi sastraniNainam dahathi paavaka

Nachainam klethayandapo

Nasosha yatimaarutha. we can find such a sloka in BhagavathGeeta.Ie-Cant hurt with weapon,cant

burnt,cantdestroy by storm.like that- never for ever.

The Prahlada was attained such a quality through his Bhakti-Devotion.

We can call him as BhakthaPrahlada.He got or attain all his achivements through his devotion

on LordNaaraayana-The supremeGod Mahaavishnu.

Once Hirayakaspu the demon left to deep forest mountain for tapasya to take boon from Lord

Brahma.with his wife.He took deep meditation and tapsya.Indra heard about the penance of

Hiranyakaspu.He affraid and left for make obsticles on Hiranyakaspu.Everybody may heard about Naraadamuni-The Devarshi-An ancieant sage of India.Once he

heard a sad crying of a woman on his way to devaloka- heaven.He saw and wondered lord Indra

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caught a woman.He asked oh! great one what are

you doing? You are the king of gods !and most

reverant one.

Hearing the words from Naaradamuni,Indra

replyed,oh! grat sage Iam ashamed, .but no other

way before me..She is the wife of most brutal

Rakshasa-demon.She is going to give birth forone child that one can destroy the whole

universe.So I like to kill the coming baby.

Then Narada told.Oh! god Indra dont do like

that.Its our moral ethics to protect such a pious

woman dont drag her.please hand over her to me.

Dont bother about the child to be born.I will

mange it. A child always born as innecent,through

samskarana it attains good and bad. Indra free the

woman with Naarada And left the place.

" Janmana jaayate soodra

Karmana jaayate dvijaa "

There is such an anciant saying in India.Ie-By

birth everybody is innecent.Through Smskaaraas-

Education all are attains qualities may it good or bad.

Henceforth in India the Parents and teacher -guru-gives samskaara.Ie that is proper education.

Even as a child of a demon Prhlaada got and attain high moral qualities and become a hero and

after that become the triloka chakravarthi.Ie the supreame ruler of the universe.

Narada took the woman.She is Kaidu the wife of Hiranyakaspu ,the most powerfull demonking

at that time.

Duly she gave birth of a boy .They named him as Prahlada.The most reverant sage Narada gave

proper education to Prahlada.

Oh !dear boy Prahlada,every being should attain the god realisation ie-salvation.That means

one should merge his spirit-to the ultimate.

Prahlaada asked:Oh!mahaa mune how?which is the way for that?what should be my effort?

Oh dear there are differant methords.Mainly-karmayoga,bhaktiyoga,njaanayoga and another

complecated one is rajayoga.In human na-

ture for ordinary people and safe is

Karmayoga.

Njanayoga leads you to the ultimatethrough your knowledge .For that you

should learn from

from teacher- guru,swadyaya-self

effert,and rest from anubhooti-anubhava-

practical expereanse.

The another one methord is bhaktiyoga-

that means total surrender to god the ulti-

mate himself.

Dear boy so please chant Naaraayana

nama.It leads you to lord Naraayanahimself.He is everything .He is the embodi-

ment every creature.Everything is within himself. The present universe the manifestation of lord

Vishnu.He is Brahma-He is Vishnu-He is same Siva.By birth we are Brahma.During worldly living

Namo Narayanaya!

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we are Vishnu.During Samaadhi we are Sivam.That means we are in eternal calmness-swasth saanthi.

In this period Naarada sent back Kaaydu and Prahlaada to Hiranyakaspu the demon king.

The same period Hiranyakaspu came back with the boons from Lord Brahma.

He asked such a boon like Never can death with arms or from human or animal and not in

daytime or night and never for ever from devas-Gods.

In such a goodwill and confidence Hiranya convert himself as triloka chakravarti-

Ruler-Dictator of the three world. He challenged all other kings and gods and try to destroy hisenimies.

He gave an order ie every should chant his name hiranyaaya nama and salute him.No

Naaraayana no Brahma no Siva.

But usual course His son Prahlaada chanting loudly the name Naaraayana only.

hearing this Hiranya ashamed with his son.What a pitty ! my son chanting Naarayana only

not his father Hiranyaa.

He asked his minister through away this wicked one and destroy , who prasing his fathers en-

emy.

With fear the chieftains try to kill prahlaada to through from mountain. But he

miraculously escaped.Then to try him to burned in huge fire.Then to try to drunk poison.And to sent him to a hungry lion.But prahlaada faced every complicated time with chanting

Naaraayana naama.He escaped from all those critical and cruel stages with his deep devotion to

Lord Naarayana.

Then one day Hiranyakaspu broght Prahlaada his own kith in front of all and asked

with brutalvoice Oh!foolish one who is your Naaraayana ?What is he ? Where is he ?

With a passive and calm style Prahlaada told. Oh my beloved father he is everywhere and you

can see him any form.Naaraayana! Naaraayana!Naaraayana! Prahlaada continue

his chanting.

Hearing the reply from his own son and the chanting of Naaraayana name Hirnyakaspu with a

ferosious mood asked again where whereis he in this piller! YES FATHER ! YOU CAN

FIND HIM THAT PILLER ALSO.! What a fool you are! letme see it! Hiranyakaspu told and

Strongly hit to the near piller. then that same movement piller broked with trumblig voice and appered

the lord Naaraayana in Narasimha form.Withbody of a human and with the head of a Lion.Then that

Narasihaform jumbed out from the piller and caught Hiranyakasupu and destroyed him.

That is the story of Narasimha avathaara of lord Vishnu or the story of Bhaktha Pramlaada.

Becuase of the ferosious and the burning formation of Lord Vishnu the whole world anddevas

the Gods are affraid.They asked Oh!Prahlaada do something to calm down the Lord its very ter-

rible and horrible form we cant safeguard ourselves and the world.

Prahlaada withfolded hands praise Lord Mahaavishnu!

Ugram veeram Mahaavishnum Jvalandham sarvathomukham

Narasimham bheeshanam bhadram

Mruthyormruthyum namaamyaham.

(Oh! God mahaavishno! your ferrotious style with burning faces terrible and horrible-

Oh!protector the god of death!we are humbly saluting you .forgive us and cooldown.)

Slowly he become calm and get the form of,with his wife godess Laxmi.

Everybody praise Lord Laxminarasimha with smiling face.

Prahlaada cornated as the Demon king on his fathers throne.He was the first demon king with

valour courage and a best saatvik one.Like says Hindu puraana.

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