#13-Lord Narasimhadev passtimes-Nrsimhadev resolves a father’s dilemma

9th September 2006

My father and mother, living at Bakura district, Catna village, are initiated devotees of the Gaudiya Math. My name is Gauranga. I had joined the ISKCON Sri Mayapur temple six months ago, and after finishing the three months bhakta training course, I was put in the school preaching service.


A few days ago just before Jhulan Purnima (the Lord’s swing festival), my father came to take me back to my house with a request from him aand other family members that I should sit for the higher board examination and get a degree. I also had a slight desire to go and see my mother. 

However on hearing my father’s intention, devotees, concerned devotees made heartfelt requests. One even fell at his feet, begging him not to take me back to the world of maya (illusion). My father, being a Vaishnava (devotee of the Lord) himself, fell in a great dilemma. Finally he took shelter of Lord Nrsimhadev and prayed to Him for guidance. 

That night Lord Nrsimhadev appeared in my father’s dream. The Lord was in a very calm mood. He rubbed the palm of his hand on my father and said, “My dear son, you go. Your son shall remain here at My lotus feet.” Upon seeing the Lord, my father, completely startled, started to pay obeisances. Then Lord Nrsimhadev disappeared. 

My father happily told my incharge that I may remain and continue to serve here. I also called and informed the other family members that I was not ready to appear for any kind of examinations this year.

#12-Lord Narasimhadev passtimes- and the person apssed away chanting seeing Lord Narasimhadev

Yasoda Mata’s 85 year old foster father passed away two months ago.

During his stay in the hospital, Yasoda Mata prepared a tape recorder and played the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra all day long in his ward. Her foster father was actually in semi-coma, but miraculously when he heard the maha-mantra, gradually he awoke and with closed eyes he appeared to be enjoying the music and the sound vibration.

He started to follow the tempo by tapping his hand on the edge of his bed. His finger ring made the sound like “don, don, don” “don don don”…” He looked like he was totally meditating on the Maha mantra. Suddenly he spoke, “Look! There is a huge five-clawed man, and his head looks just like a lion’s. He is coming into my ward. Don’t you see him? He is coming.” The foster father still with eyes closed said. “Oh, yes, I forgot you all cannot see him, but he is really here. I do not know who he is.”

At that moment Yasoda Mata and her daughters looked at each other in great surprise and answered, ” Father, He is Lord Nrsimhadev,” “What dev???” he asked. “I don’t know Him. But He is nodding His head to tell me that He is.”

Yasoda Mata felt great ecstasy in hearing this, for in her house she keeps a model of the Nrsimha Deity from Mayapur and had been offering heartfelt prayers to Him so that her father could leave the body without any attachment and that his soul can become Krishna’s devotee in his next birth.

Continuously her father said, “Look, He is smiling to me and starting to speak again. Oh, He is telling me that I have to learn to chant what you are chanting now. What exactly are you chanting?” He said.

“It is a mantra to call the holy name of Lord,” Yasoda Mata replied.

“I don’t know what mantra, but please teach me,” he said.

“All right father, please repeat after me and listen carefully–Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.” Yasoda Mata taught her foster father word by word patiently. Without taking a long time, he learned and tried to chant, and chanted so nicely.

The next day he passed away with tranquility.

During that weekend we devotees here congregated together to do the kirtan(chanting) for Yasoda Mata’s father at the funeral service. Yasoda Mata prepared the prasadam garland, Ganga water, tulasi and put tilak on her father, which have all been done nicely and properly according to her guru maharaj His Holiness Giridhari Swami’s telephone instruction. 

Her foster father’s face looked so peaceful. His cheeks were a little pink and his body was soft. After some customary ceremonies, the body was sent to the incinerator. A few hours later the people who work in the memorial service came to us and and exclaimed to us in amazement, “We have never seen anyone’s ashes look so white and beautiful like jade as your father’s! What happened to him? What were you chanting for him? Could you write it down for us? We want to learn and we think we can also chant while doing our service here.”

Why the Lord personally appeared before someone who we consider is not a devotee proves the scriptural statement that if one is always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, all their family members will be benefited as well.



From Lin Tulip, Taiwan, 20th March 2006.

#11-Lord Narasimhadev passtimes-Brain leakage cured

On april 22, 2005, Revati Sundari devi dasi, age 8, was climbing on the roof of the bamboo playhouse in the Grhastha park in Sri Mayapur dham. To her great surprise she fell through the roof, landing on her head, and the roof caved in on top of her. She was in shock for an hour, shaking and crying and incoherent. She also had concussion. Gaura Baba, our wonderful homeopathic vaishnava doctor, treated her for concussion and shock and suggested a scan.

After three days, Revati woke up in the night vomiting black blood. We rushed her off to Kolkata. On the way, clear fluid was leaking from her nose, then violent nosebleeds started.

We took her straight to a good pediatrician, who immediately called in the top neurologist in the city. He ordered a CT scan and then, seeing the results, he sent us to a very good neurosurgeon, who has his own private hospital. Revati was admitted straight away.

The symptoms continued through the night, and we found out that the clear fluid from her nose was the brain fluid (CFS)leaking out. The scan clearly showed a fracture in the floor of her brain, from which the brain fluid was escaping. Also her brain was swollen and blood was pooling there, causing pressure. She had extreme pain in her head which was unabated since the accident. The doctors worked on her for a couple of days, giving her medicine intravenously. The whites of her eyes became totally red. She was like a limp rag with little interest in anything.

Finally the doctors said that the next morning, early, they would do a special scan showing all the sections of her brain to determine the exact extent of the injuries and then would probably decide to operate to repair the damage. They would tell us their decision by 9 am.

I phoned Pankajanghri Prabhu, explaining the situation and asking him to please pray to Lord Nrsimhadev. He immediately said he would do a full puja (offering) between 5 and 7 am, complete with abhisekha and everything else. This was the time of the special scan.

The next morning when I met the doctors, they were looking amazed and said that the new scan showed that the injuries were miraculously almost healed. All the symptoms such as pain, violent nosebleeds, brain fluid leakage, vomiting, etc. had abruptly stopped.

When I went in to see Revati, she was sitting up in bed looking bright-eyed and fresh, and her eyes were fully white again. Thank you, Lord Nrsimhadev!

From.... Racitambara dasi

#10-Lord Narasimhadev passtimes-Saved from Acute Cancer

On 18th March, 2009, Sri Maheshbhai Dhokia, a congregation member from London, called me and told me that His wife, Srimati Jayshree Dhokia, is suffering from acute uterine cancer and she is being flown to Frankfurt for the last time.

Maheshbhai asked me if the devotees in Mayapur could do some prayers for his wife. Doctors in London had given up the hope and claimed that she may not last more then 3 months as the cancer had spread to most parts of lower body, that is the Abdominal and pelvic area.

The following morning, I humbly requested HG Pankajanghri Prabhu and explained the whole situation to him. We were both in the pujari room near the Radha Madhava Altar. I was dressing the Mahaprabhu Deity at that time of the year and HG Pankajanghri Prabhu was making his final preparations for all the abhisekha of Lord Nrisimadeva.

HG Pankajanghri prabhu asked “What is the name of the mataji?” I just gave her name, writing on the piece of paper. Now in Germany, just during the same time the operation was going on to save Srimati Jayshree mataji. After she regained her consciousness she told her husband that she dream’t of Lord Nrsimhadeva of Mayapur.

She said that Bhakta Prahlad maharaj was there to tell her the glories of Lord Nrsimhadev. She also told her husband that she completely feels like a new person and something evil has left her body. Now back in London, she was taken back to doctors for a check up. During the PET Scan, the Radiologists were shocked to discover that there was no sign of cancer at all. They called up the hospital in Germany to confirm about the medical details of the patient.

The German surgeons who operated on her could not believe what they were just hearing from the radiologist in London. The German Surgeons were shocked to hear that there was no sign of cancer at all. The German research medical unit is now deeply studying the entire case. Now little do these doctors know, that there is somebody by the name of Lord Nrsimhadeva, Who protects His devotees. While both HG Maheshbhai and his good wife Srimati Jayshree came back to Mayapur to really have a close darshan of Lord Nrsimhadeva and come to their senses and understand as to just what had happened.

Srimati Jayshreeben just cried and cried in front of Lord Nrsimhadeva. HG Jananivas Prabhu summed up the whole transcendental episode. While blessing both the couples, HG Jananivas prabhu said ”Lord Nrisimhadeva performs operations with his transcendendal nails and the devotees just feel blissful.” Jayshreeben now chants 16 good rounds and with this new Krishna Consiousness life. She thanks all the devotees of ISKCON and she feels very proud to join the real spritual family of Srila Prabhupada. She vows to come to Mayapur every year and be near Lord Nrsimhadeva.

She also thanks Both HG Jananivas prabhu and HG Pankajanghri prabhu for having saved her life through powerful prayers to Lord Nrsimhadeva.



ALL GLORIES TO LORD NRSIMHADEVA !!!!!!!!!!!

#9- Lord Narasimhadev Passtimes- Lord shows mercy even to Non devotees

Lord Nrsimhadeva’s mercy

even on non-devotees.

The mercy of Lord Nrisimhadeva at Mayapur is famous and I have an interesting

story in brief. I know a couple Ashok Ghosh and his wife Shila Ghosh from

Kolkata, who married twelve years ago. Four years before when I met them, they

shared their worries with me. Like other childless couples, who undertake

treatments or throw faith in magical amulets, this young couple too were attracted

to artificial means to have a baby. Incidentally, I suggested them to take shelter of

Jagrata Nrsiimhadeve at ISKCON Mayapur. In the year 2006, Nrisimha Caturdasi

day, the couple came too Mayapur and observed the Vrata seriously, approached

the Lord, and paid their sincere offerings to Him with full surrender.

A year later, when I visited Calcutta, incidentally I met the couple and found them

extremely happy. To my amazement, I saw carrying a small baby in the lap. I

enquired who the child was? The couple narrated to me the blessings of Lord

Nrisimhadeva upon them. This is a clear example of the Lord’s mercy upon

anyone who takes shelter of Him. This is an instance, even a non-devotee has

been blessed with His mercy. The Lord can bless anything to anyone if

surrenders to Him and incidentally utters His holy name even once.

The ancients performed putrakameshthi yajna to invoke the divinities and bless

the childless couple to have progeny. In kaliyuga, we short-lived humans forgot

those tedious Vedic yajnas. In this disastrous age, surrendering to the God and

uttering His holy names is the greatest sacrifice one can offer as Lord Caitanya

instructed us through His divine Grace A. C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

As the Vishnupurana says, “Ten years of tapasya in sattya yuga equates to one

year of tapasya in tertayuga, and it equates to one month of tapas in dvapayuga

and it equates to just one day of tapasya in kaliyuga. Anyone who surrenders to

the Lord and utters His holy name even once, the merciful Lord will bless him all

his needs and at the end will offer him a chance to reach the Supreme Destination even the king of heaven Indra is ineligible to obtain.

#8-Lord Narasimha dev passtime-MIRACLE AT MAYAPUR

MIRACLE AT MAYAPUR - by Padmaradhika devi dasi ---(https://www.facebook.com/bhagavatam.katha/) ---
On October 28th, 2006, Chakravarty Raj, the 14 year old son of Radha Kanta Gopal das and Padma Radhika devi dasi was injured when a fire cracker burst in his face. He was immediately rushed to hospital. The doctors said that he suffered from 2nd degree burn injuries on his face and suggested (1) facial dressing immediately, (2) chemical crafting after a fortnight and then (3) plastic surgery after 6 months or 1 year.
Next morning, the parents requested Pankajanghri Prabhu to offer special offerings to Lord Nrsimhadev for the speedy recovery of Chakravarty Raj, which were duly performed.
For the next 2 days, he was just lying in bed without much movement. He could not even open his eyelids. He was then taken to Disha eye hospital at
Barackpur, where they found that the carina (the white portions of the eyes) took the burn injury and the pupils were unharmed. Hence, there would be no problem with his sight and a treatment of 15 days would cure the carina.
On 2nd November morning, Padma Radhika devi dasi approached her Guru Mahraja, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, and told him of what had happened. He gestured that he will pray for him and applied Nrsimha oil on her forehead. The same morning, Chakra was taken to Kolkata for treatment of his facial injuries
After getting an opinion at the Apollo Hospital in the morning, Chakravarty was taken to the Railway Hospital at Howrah. One of the senior Doctors tested him and confirmed that it was a second degree burn and sent him to the dressing room for initial facial dressing. But within 3 minutes one of the staff from the dressing room rushed out yelling and took the parents inside. Upon seeing Chakravarty the parents stood there motionless, struck with wonder and amazement. There was Chakra, standing and smiling, with no trace of any injury or mark on his face!! Nrsimhadev ki jai.
When asked for clarification, the Doctor and others present in that place could not give any valid reason. One of them said, "You can go back in your temple and ask you Lord about it. "yeh tho apke Bhagavan ka chamarkar hai." "This is your Lord's miracle."
All glories to Lord Nrsimhadev and all glories to Sri Sri Radha Madhava.
Padmaradhika devi dasi, Principle of Bhaktivedanta National School, Sri Mayapur.

#7- Bracelets

Pastime seven

During 2004 Kavipriya devi dasi of South Kolkata, a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, made some bracelets for Lord Nrsimhadev. Somehow or other she could not come to Mayapur and offer them to the Lord. In the meantime she started becoming sick in different ways. She went to the doctors and tried various treatments, but there was no cure. Lastly the doctors said that her problem was thyroid. As a result, she would eventually be unable to move.

As she was in great anxiety, thinking what to do, all of a sudden she remembered about Lord Nrsimhadev and the bracelets which she was supposed to offer to Him. Even though she was ill, she made the endeavor to come to Mayapur to give Him the bracelets. After offering them to Lord Nrsimhadev, all the symptoms of illness were totally removed within three days.

All glories to Lord Nrsimhadev!

#6-Lord Narasimhadev and Madhava are non different

Pastime Six

The father of one of the devotees of ISKCON your forum used to argue with him saying, “Why do we have to worship Nrsimhadev, when Radha Madhava are there?” The boy tried to make his father understand that Krishna and Nrsimhadev are non-different, but his father was not very convinced in this regard. During Nrsimha Caturdasi 2003, this boy, along with his father, came to the temple and was watching Lord Nrsimhadev’s Abhisek ceremony. Suddenly the boy’s father saw Madhava’s face in place of Nrsimhadev’s. He turned to Radha Madhava and again he looked back at Nrsimhadev and found Nrsimhadev’s face as Madhava’s still. This contineud for about 20 seconds. In this way he realized that there is no difference between Madhava and Nrsimhadev.

#5-Throw away the Lust

Pastime five

One Russian lady used to make tulasi garlands for Nrsimhadev every day. Being pleased with her, Nrsimhadev’s pujari gave her one of Lord Nrsimhadev’s false finger nails as prasad. She took it and kept it with her. That night she had a dream in wich she saw that Lord Nrsimhadev had come to her and was sitting one her bed. The Lord then put His fingers with His long nails inside her heart and pulled out something black and said “You see this? This is not love, it is lust. And there is still more here. What shall I do with it?” She could not reply, and her dream broke. The next day she went before Lord Nrsimhadev and asked Him to throw it far away.

#4-Lord:The Eye doctor

Pastime four

There was a fight in a village, and in the course of the fight one person was attacked with acid as a result of which his whole face was burnt and terribly disfigured. The sight of one of the eyes was completely lost and the other eye had only about 10% vision. The doctors said that the remaining eye, through which he had 10% vision, would also go blind very soon. They suggested taking the patient to Vellore (South India) for further treatment, to see if they could do something about it. At that time a devotee who was there, suggested that they should pray to Lord Nrsimhadev for the recovery of his eyes. As a result they prayed to Lord Nrsimhadev (at ISKCON Mayapur). The next day, much to the doctor’s surprise, it was found that the patient could see everything very nicely.

#3- Lord Narasimhadev cures

Pastime three

One of our Namahatta devotees, Kalyanit dasi, has two daughters, the elder one is Prathibha and the younger is Anubha. Both of them are married, and they have grown-up children. They both live in the same city, Berhampur. Once the husband of Prathibha fell extremely sick and was in a coma, near to death. Along with the other relatives the younger sister, Anubha, was also in great anxiety about her brother-in-law’s situation. She went to the hospital, and as she was a devotee, she prayed to Lord Nrsimhadev (at ISKCON Mayapur) to help her brother-in-law. She came home and went to bed with a heavy heart. At the end of the night she had a dream in which Lord Nrsimhadev came near to her and told her, “Don’t worry, your brother-in-law is ok.” And then her dream broke. In the morning the news came from the hospital that the patient was doing well, his saline drip and oxygen had both been removed, and he was now able to talk.

#2-By blessings of Lord Narasimhadev they got a Baby Boy

Once, Lord Nrsimhadev’s worship was going on as usual when the pujari noticed that one flower fell from Nrsimhadev’s garland. The pujari asked the visitors if anyone was offering any special prayers to Lord Nrsimhadev. The visitors in front did not say anything, but from the back one lady came forward with tears in her eyes. She said, “My daughter got married about four or five years ago and she has no issue. The people in my son-in-law’s house consider it inauspicious. So I was praying to Nrsimhadev that He might help her in her desperate situation.” Then the pujari said, “Your prayer is granted, the symptom is that this flower fell from Nrsimhadev’s garland. Please take this and keep it nicely. You can wash this flower and give the water to your daughter to drink.” Then the lady left, and later the pujari forgot the incident.

After one year, the same devotee, along with her daughter, son-in-law and a newborn baby came smiling to Nrsimhadev. She reminded the pujari about the prayer she made one year back, as a result of which her daughter gave birth to a very nice baby boy, whom they named Prahlad. And once again they offered a very nice puja (offering) to Lord Nrsimhadev.

#1-Jaladan Pastime

Jaladan Pastime

Lord Nrsimhadev’s pujari had a very startling dream in which the director of the Temple called him and told him to bring some diesel oil, saying, “We are going to sacrifice Lord Nrsimhadev.”You are going to what?!” exclaimed the pujari.” “Yes we are going to sacrifice Lord Nrsimhadev.”

“You can’t do that, this is crazy.”

“Just bring the diesel will you?”

“Ok, I will bring the oil but I don’t want anything to do with this, it doesn’t make any sense.”

After some time the pujari returned to the temple and was totally shocked to see that everything had been completely burned by a great fire and all that remained of the Deity was his feet and ankles. Early next morning he approached the chief pujari and asked if he could explain the meaning of this terrible nightmare. After thinking for awhile, he began to smile and said “Oh yes, you see yesterday was the start of jaladan (the festival of dripping water on salagram for one month), but we forgot to observe it, therefore Lord Nrsimhadev is letting you know that He is burning up and you should immediately begin the jaladan,” which we did!