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PRAYERS

oà namo bhagavate narasiàhäya namas tejas-tejase ävir-
ävirbhava vajra-nakha vajra-daàñöra karmäçayän randhaya
randhaya tamo grasa grasa oà svähä; abhayam abhayam ätmani
bhüyiñöhä oà kñraum.

“I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Nåsiàhadeva, the
source of all power. O my Lord who possesses nails and teeth just
like thunderbolts, kindly vanquish our demon-like desires for
fruitive activity in this material world. Please appear in our hearts
and drive away our ignorance so that by Your mercy we may
become fearless in the struggle for existence in this material
world.”
Unless one is completely freed of all material desires, which
are caused by the dense darkness of ignorance, one cannot fully
engage in the devotional service of the Lord. Therefore we should
always offer our prayers to Lord Nåsiàhadeva, who killed
Hiraëyakaçipu, the personification of material desire. Hiraëya
means “gold,” and kaçipu means “a soft cushion or bed.”
Materialistic persons always desire to make the body comfortable,
and for this they require huge amounts of gold. Thus
Hiraëyakaçipu was the perfect representative of materialistic life.
He was therefore the cause of great disturbance to the topmost
devotee, Prahläda Mahäräja, until Lord Nåsiàhadeva killed him.
Any devotee aspiring to be free of material desires should offer his
respectful prayers to Nåsiàhadeva as Prahläda Mahäräja did in
this verse. (S.B. 5.18.8. Text and Purport. See also 5.18.10 and 14)

yadi däsyasi me kämän
varäàs tvaà varadarñabha
kämänäà hådy asaàrohaà
bhavatas tu våëe 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.” (S.B.7.10.7 Text)