Story of Narasimha - mypandit

 The origins of the Jayanti festival

The most terrifying of all the avatars was Vishnu’s Narasimha Avatar. Vishnu assumed the avatar Narasimha to kill Hiranyaksha’s brother, Hiranyakashipu, who was also the father of Prahlad, after killing Hiranyaksha in the form of Varaha. Lord Vishnu had a great devotee in Prahlad.

Hiranyakashipu was hell-bent on vengeance for his brother’s murder. Brahma was fascinated by his austere penance. Brahma appeared and bestowed a blessing on Hiranyakashipu. Hiranyakshipu asked Brahma for immortality without hesitation. Brahma was put on the spot and said that although he couldn’t grant him immortality, he could certainly tie his death with conditions Narasimha Jayanti.

As a result, Hiranyakashipu asked Brahma to bless him with the following conditions:

• To avoid being killed by any of Brahma’s living creatures.
• To avoid being killed inside or outside any residence.
• To avoid being killed at any time of day or night.
• Not to be killed on the ground or in the air.
• To not be killed by any weapon, living or nonliving creature.
• To bestow upon him the gift of having no opponent.

Brahma then disappeared after bestowing his blessings on him. Hiranyakshipu thought he had triumphed over death.

Prahlad became a traitor by worshipping the enemy of Daitya-Kul, Vishnu, and thus invited his death. Shiva bestowed a blessing on Holika, Hiranyakashipu’s sister, and Prahlad’s aunt. 

Holika was untouched by fire thanks to the boon (Agni). Holika sat on a pyre with little Prahlad on her lap in order to kill him. However, instead of burning Prahlad, the pyre burned Holika alive, leaving Prahlad unharmed by the flames.

Hiranyakashipu’s assassination

Hiranyakashipu was angered by his sister’s murder, and he grew angrier by the day. Hiranyakashipu had reached his limit, and after several failed attempts to kill Prahlad, he asked Prahlad to worship him instead of Vishnu. Prahlad declined, instead of telling his father that he would only worship Vishnu, the supreme being who was far superior to Hiranyakashipu.

NARASIMHA JAYANTI SIGNIFICANCE

Hiranyakashipu became enraged and asked Prahlad if Vishnu was the supreme power and omnipresent, would he be present in the pillar in front of him. Prahlad said that the Lord could be found everywhere, including Hiranyakashipu.

Hiranyakashipu swung his mace at the pillar, smashing it to bits. Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of Narasimha, who was half-lion, half-human. The lord approached Hiranyakashipu, raised him and laid him on his thighs in the courtyard, then tore Hiranyakashipu’s chest apart with his claws. In order to defend Prahlad, the Lord killed Hiranyakashipu at dusk, which was neither day nor night.

As a result, when Hiranyakashipu was killed, the boon was not disregarded, and he was killed by a half-human, half-animal avatar who used his nails as a sword, and he was killed not on the ground or in the sky, but on the Lord’s thigh.

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