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Dear Agathiyam Netters,

The following was written as a sequelae
to a question arising from a thread in the Sangkanchil
list of Malaysia.
Forwarded for information.

Regards

Jayabarathi

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>At 01:26 PM 1/25/99 +0800, you wrote:
>>
>>On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, jayabarathi wrote:
>>
>>> So Narasimha fulfilled all the criteria.
>>
>>yes, i remember this. has there been any other incarnations of narasimha
>>other than in this case ?
>
> It was Vishnu who took all these incarnations.
> One among them was the NaraSimha. And he takes it only in
> the instance of the destructruction of Hiranya.
> He does not take incarnation as NaraSimha again
> for any other reason.
> But Vishnu presents Himself as NaraSimha and
> it is one of the forms in which He is worshipped. There are
> many NaraSimha worshippers. And there are several forms
> of NaraSimha. After the Hiranya-Vadham(destruction),
> NaraSimha gets ferocious and fearsome. In that form
> He is known as "Ugra NaraSimha". Vishnu's consort Lakshmi,
> then confronts her husband in the Man-lion form and
> pacifies Him. He is united with Lakshmi. In that form,
> He is known as "Lakshmi NaraSimha". Then He sits down
> in meditation after goes into Yoga. In that form, He is
> known as "Yoga NaraSimha".
> All these various NaraSimha forms are worshipped
> for specific reasons by initiates. There are distinctive puja methods
> with their respective Mantras. One of the seats of a Grand Master
> of Vaishnavism(sub-religion which considers Vishnu as the
> One Supreme God) is in Ahobilam in Karnataka State. The
> presiding deity for the seat is Yoga NaraSimha.
> AdhiShankara, the great Advaita philosopher, who
> unified Hinduism, had a Sishya(disciple) who was a NaraSimha
> worshipper. When a pagan cultist wanted to sacrifice Adhi
> Shankara, it was NaraSimha who saved him. The body of the
> pagan was torn in shreds.
> There is also a very interesting episode about this
> disciple. He was doing penance in a forest for twelve years
> to get the full blessings of NaraSimha.
> By and by, a hunter came along and saw him in
> penance. He asked the disciple what he was doing. Disciple
> answered that he was seeking the NaraSimha.
> "Never heard of NaraSimha! I've been born and
> brought up in this forest and yet know not! How does this
> NaraSimha look like?"
> "He has a lion's head and the body of a man."
> "No such thing exists!"
> "No! You are illiterate and dumb. You cannot know
> such things. He does exist."
> "Oh Yeah? If that be so, I'll catch that freaky creature
> and bring it to you."
> "Oh no, you can't. I've done penance for twelve years
> and still have'nt managed to see Him. How can you, an uncouth
> ruffian, see Him?"
> "Sezyu! I'll catch the critter and bring it in three days!"
> With that, the hunter departed and searched. But he could
> not find the Man-lion. Day and night, he was thinking of its
> form. The very thought of catching it grew into an obesession.
> finally, he could neither eat, sleep nor think of anything else
> except the lion.
> The night fell upon the third day. Having failed in
> his quest and worst of all his wager, he took a rope, tied it
> to a tree-branch, made a noose and inserted his head. Just as he was
> going to fall from the branch and hang himself, he looked
> carefully around, trying to see if a last chance avails itself
> of seeing the Man-lion. But seeing nothing, he poised himself
> for his last plunge into oblivion.
> Suddenly, he heard a roar. He looked below...........
> and saw the Man-lion. He climbed down and threw the
> noose that was to have hung him and caught the Man-lion.
> He brought it to the disciple and showed it to him. But the
> disciple could see no form. All he could see was a rope
> going up from the hand of the hunter and an empty loop
> which was suspended in the air.
> Then he heard a growl.
> The disciple knew.
> He cried out in anguish, "My Lord! My Lord!
> Why? I have done penance for twelve years and did long
> years of dedicated worship! You would'nt appear to me.
> But you would appear to a lowly hunter."
> The Lord said,"My son! Your dedication was thin
> and stretched out. It was also distracted and long-drawn out.
> But the hunter wanted to see me with all his mind, heart,
> and soul. He would even lay down his life to see me.
> It was the intensity of his quest inspite of all his innocence
> and illiteracy that enslaved me to him."
>
> Regards
>
> Jayabarathi
>
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