Tiruppavai 23

 07-01-26 | Narasimha , Bhaghavata , Gopika , Tiruppavai

Krishna opens his eyes. 

He asks without getting up: “O gopikas!  What can I do for you all?”

 

The gopikas reply:  “O Lord! Our wish is not one that can be disclosed in private. Please come out in grandeur to the designated mantapa, where you can have a Royal audience.” 

 
Andal:  “O’ Krishna!!  Don’t hasten to walk as yet. We would like you to get up and come out of your chamber with grace and majesty.  Let me describe how!  The lion sleeps crouching inside the mountain-cave during the monsoons. When it wakes up,  it opens its blazing eyes, looks all around, shakes its mane, stretches itself leaning front and back, gets up majestically, comes out of the cave with a loud roar…. 

 

“We would blessed to see this graceful gait of yours.  After you are seated on the simhasana, you may kindly look into our aim and purpose of coming here.”

 

To the great joy of all those gopikas, Krishna demonstrates his majestic gait — Are two eyes enough?

Tiruppavai 05

 20-12-25 | Bhagavatha , Gopika , Tiruppavai , Damodara

The Mayavi.

 

Everyone has a doubt. 

Does God talk to us? Does he mingle with us like normal folk? Can he sit amongst us to chat and have a conversation with us? Will he play with us? He answered all this with his avatar as Krishna - pure Joy. He also restores dharma. 

 

Andal calls Krishna as Maayavi. She elaborates the power of his Maya. He jumps out of a pillar as Narasimha, goes to Mahabali as Vamana and transforms into Thrivikrama, and now incarnates as Krishna, living amongst the cowherds.

 

That’s the wonderful power of Maya. He leaves his comfy snake-bed in Ksheerasagara and chooses Mathura as his home. It is here that Krishna does wonders — he played with everyone in the banks of the Yamuna. When the scriptures were searching for the Supreme, he enriched them with complete Brahmanubhava (the experience with the divine).

 

He chose to be with the cowherds and became a leading light of that community. The gopikas were overjoyed and celebrated Krishna for having chosen to be with them all. Above all, he allowed himself to be tied to a grinding mortar by his mother, Yashoda — showing that he can be won over by love. 

 

Now Andal tells the young gopikas about the ways to worship Krishna. She stresses primarily on purity of the mind. She says Krishna is here, as the antaryami. Where you are. A place which is pure and clean is where god resides. We need not go anywhere in search of him. The gopikas do not know how to string a garland. They just collect different flowers from the plants and offer it gently at his feet. 

Andal says one can sing his glories folding their hands (Anjali) and thinking about him in the mind. When the prayer is sincere, all their sins in the past, present and future will be erased without a trace like dust on fire. 

Andal in Vraj 23

 

07-01-25 | Narasimha , Gopika , Tiruppavai , Dashavatara

Andal now requests the Lord to move out of his abode and grace the throne (the lotus of our heart) And how! 

“O Krishna!! Walk towards the throne with the gait of a majestic lion, like it stretches itself after a long slumber, shakes its flowing mane, holds its head high, and with glowing eyes, surveys everything from the hilltop!"

 
“O Lord, we want to see the beauty of your stride as you walk towards the throne. After you’re comfortable seated, we want you to listen to our prayers.”

Ahobila Narasimha

 Have a Blessed Sri Nrsimha Jayanti

Sri Nrsingh Bhagavan

 

Sri Nrusingha Besha / Sri Narasimha

Drawn in Odisha Patachitra style of painting. The utsav murthy in Puri Sri Jagganath temple was taken out in procession in April 2020 during the Corona outbreak. The last time this occurred was in 1905 during the great epidemic (Source: Twitter).

Gopika Geetam - Tiruppavai 23

After Krishna wakes up, Andal asks Him to come out in Royal style.  

She elaborates: 

"A lion is sleeping  inside the mountain-cave during the rainy season with the lioness. After a long sleep it opens its eyes, as though emitting fire. It stretches its limbs and walks back and forth. Then, shakes its head in rapid movements to clear away fragments from its long and bushy mane, emitting a fragrance. It surveys the surroundings and walks out of the cave  with a lithe, graceful gait. With each step, the lion increases the pace.  The simhagathi. Then it gives out a deep roar, announcing its presence."

"O Yadava Simha! You should walk out of Your shrine in such an elegant manner, and sit comfortably on the perfectly suited throne. O Achyuta! Please have a look at us, and gracefully grant what we seek —  the wealth of servitude."

Thelliya Singar : Thiruvallikeni

 

Prahlada beholds the compassionate form of Hari (the Narasimha avatar of Vishnu).

Sri Lakshmi Narasimha

 

Sri Lakshmi Narasimha

 

Prahlada Narasimha

 Narasimha offering protection to devotee Prahlada, the Lord of Asuras. Read Shloka from Srimad Bhagavatham (7:9:52)

Lakshmi Narasimha

 

Sri Nrusingha Besha

 

Grace to Prahlada

 

Prahlada Stuthi

Happy Narasimha Jayanti

Vatsalya Narasimha

 Prahlada Varadha with Conch - (sata Pathatu Bheeshane) - Kamasikashtakam Shloka by Swami Desikan

Sri Hari

 

Krishnanubhava - 23

“O Krishna! O Narayana, seated in the lotus of all our hearts! We would like to see you come out with the majestic gait of a lion.”

 

Bhakti of Prahlada

 

Sri Lakshmi Narayana

 Chaturbhuja Narasimha as Prahlada Varada

Sri Lakshmi Narasimha in Patachitra style