Lord Nrsimhadeva – Appearance Day

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.34
Where: Ukraine, May 16, 2011
Essence: “For the devotees, Krsna is the most lovable object but for the demoniac, He is death personified”

Journey to a Lost City

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Where: Moscow, Russia, 1989
Essence: “Whatever the Lord touches with His transcendental hands becomes transcendental. The water of the kunda known as Rakta kunda was red because Lord Nrsimhadeva washed His hands there after killing the demon Hiranyakasipu.”

A Love Story

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.29
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 8, 2009
Essence: “A pure devotee can sacrifice even his very life for the Lord’s service, if necessary. And the Lord, in reciprocation, manifests as an incarnation to save even one pure devotee like Prahlada Maharaja. This is the remarkable nature of love in Krsna consciousness.”

Terrifying yet auspicious

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.9.2
Where: Ukraine Festival, September 19, 2008
Essence: “I offer my obeisances unto Lord Nrsimhadeva- the fierce and powerful Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Visnu. His flaming mouth faces in all directions. He is terrifying yet He is auspicious, for He is the death of death.”

Spoils of war

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.34
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 21, 2008
Essence: “Hiranyakasipu was a great demon who had conquered the three worlds and sat proudly on his throne in the heavenly planets. Lord Nrsimhadeva, by the forceful display of His power, defeated him and took pleasure in sitting on that very same throne.”

The beautiful Hiranyakasipu

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.3.1
Where: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, May 18, 2008
Essence: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur once said: “In Satya-yuga, Hiranyakasipu, more than Prahlada, by the adoption of the method of negative propaganda, proclaimed greatly the glory of Lord Nrsimhadeva.”

Rascals

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.1
Where: Karuna Bhavan, Scotland, U.K, May 8, 2008
Essence: “In the previous ages, it was very easy to distinguish between devotees and demons. The Lord would kill these demons with His gadha and sudarsana cakra. But in this age of Kali these demons live within our hearts, and the Lord destroys them by employing the most powerful weapon in the form of the chanting of His holy names.”

The blessed Hiranyakasipu said

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.8.5
Where: London, U.K, May 7, 2008
Essence: “O most impudent, most unintelligent disruptor of the family, O lowest of mankind, you have violated my power to rule you, and therefore you are an obstinate fool. Today I shall send you to the place of Yamarāja.”

Lord Nrsimhadeva’s insurance policy

Speaker: His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam – 7.10.25-29
Where: Alachua, USA, April 18, 2008
Essence: “The coverage of an insurance policy is in proportion to the premium we pay. Similarly, the protection of Lord Nrsimhadeva is in proportion to our level of surrender.”