Text 6] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 83

TRANSLATION

“All glories to Nrsimhadeva! All glories to Nrsimhadeva, who is the Lord of
Prahlada Maharaja and, like the honeybee, is always engaged in beholding the
lotuslike face of the goddess of fortune.

PURPORT

The goddess of fortune is always embraced by Lord Nrsirnhadeva. This is men-
tioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam in the First and Tenth Cantos by the great commen-
tator Srila Sridhara Svami. The following verse was composed by Sridhara Svamt in
his commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.87.1).

vag-isd yasya vadane
laksmir yasya ca vaksasi
yasyaste hrdaye samvit
tam nrsimham aham bhaje

“Lord Nrsirhhadeva is always assisted by Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, and He
is always embracing to His chest the goddess of fortune. The Lord is always com-
plete in knowledge within Himself. Let us offer obeisances unto Nrsirnhadeva.”

Similarly, in his commentary on the First Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.1),
Sridhara Svami describes Lord Nrsirnhadeva in this way:

prahlada-hrdayahladam
bhaktavidya-vidaranam

sarad-indu-rucim vande
parindra-vadanam harim

“Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Nrsirnhadeva, who is always enlightening
Prahlada Maharaja within his heart and who always kills the nescience that attacks
the devotees. His mercy is distributed like moonshine, and His face is like that of a
lion. Let me offer my obeisances unto Him again and again.”

TEXT 6

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ugro ‘py anugra evayam
sva-bhaktanam nr-kesari

kesariva sva-potanam
anyesam ugra-vikramah
