Narasimha Avatar: Vishnu's Fierce Half-Man Half-Lion Incarnation To Slay Hiranyakashyapa And Protect Devotee Prahlada |
Nara Simha is the incarnation of Vishnu in a definite form to extend the help to different lokas. The context was Vaikuntha, and the custodians Jaya and Vijaya at the gate stop the entry of learned sages of Sanaka group. The rishis curse the duo to take multiple births in Bhooloka. Vishnu offers the way out by reducing the number of births to three; but during these lives the duo become Vishnudweshis, who loathe Vishnu.
Hiranya was son of sage Kashyapa and lost his brother to Vishnu’s avatar of Varaha. To avenge this death, he........