Text 7] The Residents of Jambiadvipa Offer Prayers 165

Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, I shall describe to you how Prahlada
Maharaja caused the Lord to assume the form of Nrsimbhadeva.
Prahlada Maharaja, the topmost devotee of the Lord, is a reservoir
of all the good qualities of great personalities. His character and
activities have delivered all the fallen members of his demoniac
family. Lord Nrsirihadeva is very dear to this exalted personality.
Thus Prahlada Maharaja, along with his servants and all the
denizens of Hari-varsa, worships Lord Nrsirnhadeva by chanting
the following mantra.

PURPORT

Jayadeva Gosvami’s ten prayers worshiping the incarnations of Lord
Krsna (Kegava) contain His name in every stanza. For example, kesava
dhrta-nara-hari-riipa jaya jagad-isa hare, kesava dhrta-mina-sarira
Jaya jagad-isa hare, and kesava dhrta-vamana-riipa jaya jagad-isa
hare. The word jagad-isa refers to the proprietor of all the universes. His
original form is the two-handed form of Lord Krsna. standing with a
flute in His hands and engaged in tending the cows. As stated in
Brahma-samhita: .

cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksaurtesu surabhir abhipdlayantam

laksmi-sahasra-Sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tend-
ing the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with spiritual gems and
surrounded by millions of purpose trees. He is always served with great
reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of for-
tune.”” From this verse we learn that Govinda, or Krsna, is the ddi-
purusa (the original person). The Lord has innumerable incarnations,
exactly like the innumerable waves of a flowing river, but the original
form is Krsna, or Kegava.

Sukadeva Gosvami refers to Nrsimhadeva because of Prahlada
Maharaja. Prahlada Maharaja was put into great distress by his powerful
father, the demon Hiranyakasipu. Apparently helpless before him,
Prahlada Maharaja called on the Lord, who immediately assumed the
