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.

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.

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.

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.