#Narasimha

[kaal-naagin]

I like the fact that how Lord Vishnu is portrayed like this calm CEO who speaks in a soothing tone and has everything planned and handled but some of His Avatars:

1. VARAHA DEVA:Speared Hiranyaksha with His tusks

2. NARASIMHA DEVA: Ripped apart Hiranyakashipu ,drank his blood and garlanded Himself with his intestines

3. PARASHURAMA DEVA: Killed the entire Kshatriya clan 21 times before retirement

4. KRISHNA: Kanha is well... Kanha

In my humble and unqualified opinion , the closest any Avatara of Lord Vishnu to His Bhujangashayana form is Lord Rama. Calm and serene. I can sit at His feet for hours and look at His face.

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[zeherili-ankhein]

BRO WHY IS NARASIMHA SO UNDERRATED LIKE-

ALSO VAMANA

Narasimha is still a little popular ig...

Vamana is fr so underrated like he was such a chad we should start a vamanablr or something lol...

Narasimha is just a sweet meow meow kitty 🗿🗿 🦁🦁

[harekrishna108]

☀ SHRI NARASIMHADEVA ॐ ☀

"The Lord has four arms, and His limbs are very soft. He is decorated with golden earrings. His chest is resplendent like the lotus flower, and His arms are decorated with jewel-studded ornaments."~Sri Narasimha Kavacha

[rrcraft-and-lore]

The demon, Hiranyakashipu, and the Welsh hero, Lleu Llaw Gyffes -- what do they have in common?

Well, something I've talked a lot about before in some other threads that can be boiled down (a touch unfairly and we'll get into that) into the myth/trope of impenetrability or weakness. The idea of a character (usually a hero, sometimes a villain/monster) having "NO" weaknesses (terms and conditions apply - see: they have ONE you just might not know it).

So, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Welsh hero, he cannot be killed during the day or night, nor indoors or outdoors, neither riding nor walking, not clothed and not naked, nor by any weapon lawfully made.

Interestingly enough Hiranyakashipu has a very similar condition - the demon, manages to get a boon from the creator god, Brahma at first he asks for immortality, which he is denied. However, he manages to sort of work his way there with a loophole (only...that loop was certainly holed back at him - as it often is in old epics and tales).

He wished that he could not meet death by any living entities created by god, that he could not fall during true day time or night, nor on the ground or sky, or by animal or man, and he continues to lay his conditions as such can't be killed by a god, or a demon, or a snake from a lower plane of existence.

Only...enter Vishnu, a god who is not Brahma who did not create the demon, or others. To get around this, Vishnu becomes the incarnation and avatar of himself, Narasimha

Not mortal man, or god, or demon, or full animal. But something between them all, he grabs the demon and places him on his lap - thus he is no longer in the sky or ground, and it is done at twilight (not day or night but between - the transition), and he rips him apart with his clawed hands - not a made weapon, but something natural. Both Lleu Llaw Gyffes and the demon Hiranyakashipu had progenitors and thus grandfathers.

Interestingly enough Lleu is the grandson of: Beli Mawr or Beli the Great. Our demon is the descendent of Mahabali or Bali Maharaj - Bali the Great, Bali the King (demon king in this case).

Now, I've talked about the similarities of myths and tropes and beats in epics and tales out of these two (and other cultures) before and it's likely owing to shared P.I.E. (proto indo european) origins backed up by shared genetic ancestry scientists have discovered linking Indians and Celts to the P.I.E group not to mention the etymological similarities. The differences here are one is a hero, and thus his weakness is not exploited in full and he doesn't die. 

Going back though, we have German story of Siegfried the dragonslayer, who bathes in the blood of Fafnir after killing him (due to a broken scale/exposed weakness in the armor - hi smaug), and thus himself gets invulnerable/impenetrable skin (terms and conditions apply) where the leaf of a linden (lime tree) sticks to his back preventing it from being coated in protective dragon's blood. Later his lover is tricked into divulging his weak spot (something similar happens to Lleu only he survives) and in this case Siegfried is killed. 

This is just one of many connections in shared myths around the world/tropes/beats and how other parts play out differently (some cultures also just love taking things to a much darker place - stares). LIGHTEN UP A LITTLE.

Anywhoooo there's a small fun little myth.

[bhagavanbhakthi]

Sri Bhu Varaha - Saviour of Mother Earth

[narasimhabhakti]

[dreamconsumer]

Narasimha, God of Yoga.

[chimera-tail]

bro bro

Hekate and Narasimhi bonding!

Omg yessssss

Like imagine those two having random rituals and scaring the living hell out of people with the weird chanting which turns out to be an incantation to summon sweets XD

They'd be besties in an instant fr fr

[ardra-astrology]

🌹Om Namo Bhagavate Narasimhaya 🌹

Narasimha Maha Mantra

Om hrim ksaumugram viram mahavivnumjvalantam sarvatomukham

Nrsimham bhisanam bhadrammrtyormrtyum namamyaham

Oh Angry and Brave Maha-Visnu, your heat and fire permeate everywhere. O Lord Narasimha, you are everywhere. You are the death of death and I surrender to You.

Om Namo Bhagavate Narasimhaya

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Sharabh x Narasimha rivals-to-lovers when?

Pic credit: @blue-lotus333

Artist: unknown (lmk)

[garethschweitzer]

Narasimha, the man-lion avatar of Vishnu

[kaal-naagin]

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं

विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्ण शुभाङ्गम् ।

लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम्

वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥

Shaanta-Aakaaram Bhujaga-Shayanam Padma-Naabham Sura-Iisham

Vishva-Aadhaaram Gagana-Sadrsham Megha-Varnna Shubha-Anggam|

Lakssmii-Kaantam Kamala-Nayanam Yogibhir-Dhyaana-Gamyam

Vande Vissnnum Bhava-Bhaya-Haram Sarva-Loka-Eka-Naatham ||

Meaning:

1: (Salutations to Sri Vishnu) Who has a Serene Appearance, Who Rests on a Serpent (Adisesha), Who has a Lotus on His Navel and Who is the Lord of the Devas,

2: Who Sustains the Universe, Who is Boundless and Infinite like the Sky, Whose Colour is like the Cloud (Bluish) and Who has a Beautiful and Auspicious Body,

3: Who is the Husband of Devi Lakshmi, Whose Eyes are like Lotus and Who is Attainable to the Yogis by Meditation,

4: Salutations to That Vishnu Who Removes the Fear of Worldly Existence and Who is the Lord of All the Lokas.

(Hare Krishna, I tried something new.Please give your valueable feedback)

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[zeherili-ankhein]

AIYO I HAD A WEIRD IDEA

Like Droupadi prayed to God to save her during dyut sabha na? And technically Krishna like, helped her by making her fabric endless na?

What if instead of that, Narasimha popped out of a random pillar in the hall and started tearing people into pieces 💀

OMG SOMEONE WRITE THIS FIC YOOOO

THAT WOULD BE SO COOL THO

I imagine everything would be like o.O 💀🤡😰🥶☠️😨🪦

Bit I think Narasimha would just lose control and try to kill the Pandavas too yk...

Then Sharabha or someone would have to again come down to calm him 🗿💀🤌 lol

[harekrishna108]

☀ SHRI NARASIMHADEVA ॐ ☀

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