{"id":85546,"date":"2025-05-11T10:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T08:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2025-05-11T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T08:27:59","slug":"lord-ramacandras-nrisimha-panchamrita-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=85546","title":{"rendered":"Lord Ramacandra&#8217;s Nrisimha-Panchamrita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/pf5Iy97.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(These prayers are from the 47th chapter of the Harivamsa Purana which narrates the story of Lord Ramacandra&#8217;s visit to the holy place of Ahobalam to see the Deity of Nrisimha, where Lord Nrisimha appeared and saved His devotee Prahlada.)<\/p>\n<p>ahobalam narasimham gatva ramah pratapavan<\/p>\n<p>namaskutya sri nrisimham astaushit kamala patim<\/p>\n<p>The glorious Rama once visited Ahobala where He saw the Deity of Lord Nrisimha. He<br \/>\noffered His obeisances to Lord Kamalapati (husband of the Goddess of Fortune) and<br \/>\nprayed as follows.<\/p>\n<p>1. Govinda keshava janardana vasudeva<\/p>\n<p>vishvesha-vishva madhusudana vishvarupa<\/p>\n<p>shri padmanabha purushottama pushkaraksha<\/p>\n<p>narayanachyuta nrisimho namo namaste<\/p>\n<p>O Govinda, Keshava, Janardana, Vasudeva, Vishvesha (the controller of the universe),<br \/>\nVishva, Madhusudana, Vishvarupa, Sri Padmanabha, Purushottama, Pushkaraksha,<br \/>\nNarayana, Achyuta. O Lord Narasimha I offer my respectful obeisances unto You again<br \/>\nand again. <\/p>\n<p>2. Devah samastah khalu gopi mukhyaha<\/p>\n<p>gandharva vidyadhara kinnarash cha<\/p>\n<p>yat pada-mulam satatam namanti<\/p>\n<p>tam narasimham sharanam gato shmi<\/p>\n<p>I have taken shelter of Lord Nrisimha unto whose lotus feet demigods, prominent<br \/>\nyogis, gandharvas, vidyadharas and kinnaras are constantly offering their<br \/>\nobeisances. <\/p>\n<p>3. Vedan samastan khalu shastragarbhan<\/p>\n<p>vidyam balam kirtimatim cha lakshmim<\/p>\n<p>yasya prasadat purusha labhante<\/p>\n<p>tam narasimham sharanam gato shmi<\/p>\n<p>I have taken shelter of Lord Nrisimha by whose mercy people receive all the Vedas,<br \/>\nthe essence of all scriptures, knowledge, strength, reputation and wealth. <\/p>\n<p>4. Brahma shivas tvam purushottamash cha<\/p>\n<p>narayano ?\u20ac?shau marutam patish cha<\/p>\n<p>chandrarka vayvagni marud-ganash cha<\/p>\n<p>tvam eva tam tvam shatatam nato?\u20ac?shmi<\/p>\n<p>You are Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva and the best person Lord Narayana. You are the<br \/>\nmaster of the Marutas and You are the sun, the moon, air and the fire as well as the<br \/>\nMarut-ganas. I offer my obeisances unto You. <\/p>\n<p>5. Snapne?\u20ac?pi nitya jagatam ashesam<\/p>\n<p>srashta cha hanta vibhura prabheyaha<\/p>\n<p>trata tvam eka strividho vibinnaha<\/p>\n<p>tam tvam nrisimham satatam nato?\u20ac?smi<\/p>\n<p>I offer my obeisances unto Lord Nrisimha who is the creator, the maintainer and the<br \/>\ndestroyer of the entire universe. Although You perform all of these three acts<br \/>\nsimultaneously, You are completely beyond these activities. You are the<br \/>\nall-pervading, unlimited supreme spirit. <\/p>\n<p>Iti stutva raghushreshthaha<\/p>\n<p>pujayamasa tam harim<\/p>\n<p>pushpa vrishtih papatashu<\/p>\n<p>tasya devasya murdhani<\/p>\n<p>Praying this way, the best of the Raghus, Lord Ramacandra worshipped Lord Hari. At<br \/>\nthat time the demigods showered a rain of flowers on the head of Lord Nrisimhadeva.<\/p>\n<p>Raghavena kutam stotram<\/p>\n<p>panchamrita manuktamam<\/p>\n<p>pathanti ye dvijavaraha<\/p>\n<p>tesham svargastu shashvataha<\/p>\n<p>This is the best of prayers, called pancamrita or five nectars compiled by Lord Rama<br \/>\nHimself. One who reads this will be liberated eternally. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zFg6xl6.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\" \/><strong>By Harivamsa Purana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> These prayers are from the 47th chapter of the Harivamsa Purana which narrates the story of Lord Ramacandra&#8217;s visit to the holy place of Ahobalam to see the Deity of Nrisimha, where Lord Nrisimha appeared and saved His devotee Prahlada.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94825,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85546\/revisions\/94825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}