Guest guest Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Kad Rudra ji, There are several misconceptions regarding a lot of religious things. I have even met people who suggest that reading Mahabharata at home could lead to differences between brothers! There is one thing about Vishnu's names - even when chanted wrongly, they give results. There is the story of a guy who chanted "Mara Prabhu" (Wood God) instead of "Amara Prabhu" (Eternal God). Vishnu was still pleased because, in Naimisaranyam, He lives as a forest. Narasimha too, I have heard so many things - but, end of the day, based on personal experience, I have found nobody else to be as helpful. Not Srinivasa, not Rama, not Krishna. I usually just request people to pray to God, and never mention any mantras by name. However, Kavita ji was talking of something critical happening to her son. The Narasimha Mantra I mentioned talks also about Narasimha being the death of death. This is the principal reason why I suggested this specific mantra. Incidentally, I learnt this Mantra all by myself. I recite it for around two hours every day - while driving my bike to office and back home. Countless times, I have escaped accidents in the nick of time, and though the chant begins with "Ugram" (Anger), I have also controlled my anger with this mantra. I think that, beyond initiation by a Guru, etc, which is actually the right way, it is important that we have full faith. I learnt this Mantra by myself, but my faith in this mantra is immense, and maybe this is what is protecting me! Swami Desika, one of the seers whom I worship, says that it is only other animals that fear the lion. The cubs of the lion don't fear it, and, on the contrary, depend upon it for protection. Narasimha too is defined as having one eye like Surya, which looked with fury upon Hiranyakashipu, while the other eye, which gazed tenderly upon Prahalada, was pleasant like Chandra. Also, I belong to the Ahobilam Mutt. In Ahobilam, a Nava Narasimha Kshetra, the nine forms of Narasimha are propitated to get rid of afflictions due to the Nava Grahas. The Nava Grahas themselves are supposed to have worshipped Narasimha to rid themselves of their afflictions! End of the day, faith in the mantra is perhaps greater than the mantra itself! ===== Balaji Narasimhan * http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/balaji.htm Author, Sherlock Holmes: Solutions from the Sussex Downs Editor, The Partial Art of Detection ===== Check out the new Front Page. www. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Wonderful posting, Mr. Balaji! Yes, as soon as you gave Kavitha Ji that mantra, I realised you did so because he is Mrutyumrutyum (the Death of death), since that problem was in no way related to Mars. I especially emphatize with the part where you mentioned that only other animals are afraid of the lion, and not its cubs. That is exactly my feeling too. Evil needs to fear Narasimha Murthy, not us, his children. I too, recite this mantram, as part of the Mantra Raja Pada Stotram. And I too, worship this holy Protector with joy - his anger is towards my enemies (my many internal enemies like kaama krodha etc.) and his immense strength protects me from evil. Like you, I feel a sense of peace after this, knowing that Good always triumphs over evil. I am secure in the feeling that He is taking care of all his cubs. -Sreelatha , Balaji Narasimhan <sherlockbalaji> wrote: > Kad Rudra ji, > > There are several misconceptions regarding a lot of religious > things. I have even met people who suggest that reading > Mahabharata at home could lead to differences between brothers! > > There is one thing about Vishnu's names - even when chanted > wrongly, they give results. There is the story of a guy who > chanted "Mara Prabhu" (Wood God) instead of "Amara Prabhu" > (Eternal God). Vishnu was still pleased because, in > Naimisaranyam, He lives as a forest. > > Narasimha too, I have heard so many things - but, end of the > day, based on personal experience, I have found nobody else to > be as helpful. Not Srinivasa, not Rama, not Krishna. > > I usually just request people to pray to God, and never mention > any mantras by name. However, Kavita ji was talking of something > critical happening to her son. The Narasimha Mantra I mentioned > talks also about Narasimha being the death of death. This is the > principal reason why I suggested this specific mantra. > > Incidentally, I learnt this Mantra all by myself. I recite it > for around two hours every day - while driving my bike to office > and back home. Countless times, I have escaped accidents in the > nick of time, and though the chant begins with "Ugram" (Anger), > I have also controlled my anger with this mantra. > > I think that, beyond initiation by a Guru, etc, which is > actually the right way, it is important that we have full faith. > I learnt this Mantra by myself, but my faith in this mantra is > immense, and maybe this is what is protecting me! > > Swami Desika, one of the seers whom I worship, says that it is > only other animals that fear the lion. The cubs of the lion > don't fear it, and, on the contrary, depend upon it for > protection. Narasimha too is defined as having one eye like > Surya, which looked with fury upon Hiranyakashipu, while the > other eye, which gazed tenderly upon Prahalada, was pleasant > like Chandra. > > Also, I belong to the Ahobilam Mutt. In Ahobilam, a Nava > Narasimha Kshetra, the nine forms of Narasimha are propitated to > get rid of afflictions due to the Nava Grahas. The Nava Grahas > themselves are supposed to have worshipped Narasimha to rid > themselves of their afflictions! > > End of the day, faith in the mantra is perhaps greater than the > mantra itself! > > > ===== > Balaji Narasimhan * http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/balaji.htm > Author, Sherlock Holmes: Solutions from the Sussex Downs > Editor, The Partial Art of Detection > ===== > > > > > > Check out the new Front Page. > www. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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