Prahlada : son of the Asura king Hiranyakashipu; while yet a boy he became an ardent devotee of Vishnu. This enraged his father, who tried to get him killed in various ways. Prahlāda, however, escaped unhurt every time. Ultimately Vishnu in his incarnation as Narasingha (q.v.) killed Hiranyakashipu.
... it may be in furious & hungry insistence on a great aspiration. They may be grandiosely mighty like Hiranyakashipu, ostentatiously largehearted like Bali, fiercely self-righteous like the younger Prahlada. But they fall whether great or petty, noble or ignoble & in their fall they are thrust down by Vishnu to Patala, to the worlds of delusion & shadow, or of impenetrable gloom, because they have used ...
... the head, the greatest in quality of each class is a special power of the becoming of the Godhead. I am, says the Godhead, Vishnu among the Adityas, Shiva among the Rudras, Indra among the gods, Prahlada among the Titans, Brihaspati the chief of the high priests of the world, Skanda the war-god, leader of the leaders of battle, Marichi among the Maruts, the lord of ...
... (Complete Wordfmder, Reader's Digest Oxford, 1996). 86. Shanta: a Gujarati lady disciple. 87. Narasimha: the manlion incarnation of Vishnu. Hiranyakashipu, the Asura king, persecuted his son Prahlada who adored Vishnu, his sworn enemy. So Narasihma finally held Hiranyakashipu and with his nails cut open his stomach and pulled out his entrails. 88. Meherwan Sheriar Irani (1894 -1969) was ...
... delivered Draupadi from being dishonoured, and I protected the five Pandavas from the house of lac. I killed Vrkasura and saved Lord Śiva. I delivered my servant Gajendra. I delivered Prahlada, and I protected the cowherd residents of Vraja. In the past I had the nectar churned from the ocean. I then deceived the demons and protected the demigods. I killed Kamsa, who was inimical ...
... Nachiketas, we can explain the psychology of adolescents; if we take the story of Satyakama, we can explain the psychology of innocence and of courage that is dedicated to truthfulness; stories of Prahlada and Dhruva indicate how even in childhood spiritual aspirations can reach the heights of maturity. The story of Buddha along with a number of stories of Bodhisattvas illustrate a number of psychological ...
... conversion from the Asuro-Rakshasic mind to the divine balabhava by the embrace of Kali. The visitation of Kali seems to be intended to save him from his Asura environment now turned hostile to him as to Prahlada. Qy. [Query] Was it in this way that the legends of the Puranas were formed? Jyotirmay Images. 2) Image of the Pashu-raid. A woman more mature of body & face than the other, fleeing with her ...
... manhood most cherished were of an extreme & lofty type. He saw Harischundra give up all that life held precious & dear rather than that his lips should utter a lie or his plighted word be broken. He saw Prahlada buried under mountains, whelmed in the seas, tortured by the poison of a thousand venomous serpents, yet calmly true to his faith. He saw Buddha give up his royal state, wealth, luxury, wife, child ...
... majority of Sadhakas whom Sri Ramakrishna would designate as j ī vako ṭis. But what about those rare great souls, the īś varako ṭ is of Ramakrishnian terminology, who, like Narada, Janaka, Prahlada and others of tradition and Chaitanya, Ramakrishna and others of historical times, are reputed to have ascended to the Nirvikalpa state of Samadhi and then descended' therefrom for the welfare ...
... Yama and came and sat on the latter's doorstep. Page 115 There he lay in wait for three whole nights in the hope of getting a chance to meet Yama. Even as the boys Dhruva and Prahlada had had a vision of God through their simple faith, so did the simple but stout-hearted Nachiketas too reach the abode of Yama and meet him. The minions of Yam a went and told him, "There has been ...
... Yama and came and sat on the latter's doorstep. Page 1 There he lay in wait for three whole nights in the hope of getting a chance to meet Yama. Even as the boys Dhruva and Prahlada had had a vision of God through their simple faith, so did the simple but stout-hearted Nachiketas too reach the abode of Yama and meet him. The minions of Yama went and told him, "There has ...
... ss. Call Him and tell Him that you want to see Him, to know Him. You are children, simple and beautiful within. The Divine will surely answer your heart-felt call. Haven't you heard of Dhruva and Prahlada? Jesus Christ also says that little children come easily to the Lord. Have you heard of him, of Christ?" "Yes. Wasn't he crucified?" "Yes. He suffered pain for the sake of the world." "Did ...
... among the more well-known names of the last one hundred and fifty years, men of light who had striven to throw back the recurring invasions of darkness. The old Fire that burnt in the Rishis and Prahladas of ancient India survives still, and from time to time it blazes forth in the latter-day Mahapurushas who come with a mission and are enabled to fulfill it in defiance of all adverse forces. ...
... siddhis nor the cessation of rebirth; may I assume the sorrow of all creatures who suffer and enter into them so that they may be made free from grief." 16 The Buddhas, the Jivanmuktas, the Prahladas, and the Ramanujas who are eager to share the burden of everyday human care, these are the type that the mass of men need as helpers, guides, friends, consolers, redeemers. The Karmayogin could be ...
... Manikkavasagar, Tukaram, Kabir, Mira, Sankara Deva and Nanak - who were minstrels of God and ambassadors of the Absolute. But although many were these witnesses, these Seers, Rishis, Alvars, Acharyas, Prahladas, although many notes make the marvellous symphony of Indian religious aspiration and realisation, still there is the great bass too, the sruti, the etheric ambience supporting the multitudinous ...
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