Re: Lord Nrsimhadeva - destroyer of material desires

Dear Bhakta Igor,

Thank you for the wonderful post. Yes, I also feel that praying for Lord Narasimhadeva�s mercy is very essential in successfully getting rid of our demonlike material desires. Here is another beautiful prayer by Shri Prahlada Maharaja. Actually he didn�t want any benediction from the Lord but when the Lord insisted here is what Prahlada said:

Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.7

yadi dasyasi me kaman
varams tvam varadarsabha
kamanam hrdy asamroham
bhavatas tu vrne varam

�O my Lord, best of the givers of benediction, if You at all want to bestow a desirable benediction upon me, then I pray from Your Lordship that within the core of my heart there be no material desires.�

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

   Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us how to pray for benedictions from the Lord. He said:

                   na dhanam na janam na sundarim
                     kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
                      mama janmani janmanisvare
                   bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

    "O my Lord, I do not want from You any amount of wealth, nor many followers, nor a beautiful wife, for these are all materialistic desires. But if I have to ask You for any benediction, I pray that in whatever forms of life I may take my birth, under any circumstances, I will not be bereft of Your transcendental devotional service." Devotees are always on the positive platform, in contrast to the Mayavadis, who want to make everything impersonal or void. One cannot remain void (sunyavadi); rather, one must possess something. Therefore, the devotee, on the positive side, wants to possess something, and this possession is very nicely described by Prahlada Maharaja, who says, "If I must take some benediction from You, I pray that within the core of my heart there may be no material desires." The desire to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not at all material.


Thank you!

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna!

Your servant: Sarvabhauma das

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