Bhakti Begins When you STOP Asking from God - Narasimha Jayanti Special by Swami Mukundanand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs Transcript 1 Hiranya Kashipu got a boon from Brahma, he requested that he should become immortal and Brahma said that is impossible. He said then the next best thing is I should not die in the day or in the night, in the sky or on the land, by a man or a beast, by shastra or by astra, Brahma ji "Tathaastu" (so be it). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=0 2 Empowered with that boon Hiranya Kashipu came back. Prahlad was a little child, Hiranya Kashipu was delighted to meet his child and he asked his guru ShukraCharya's two children Shand and Amark He asked them that my child needs to be trained, go and teach him the knowledge that will benefit him as a demon king. Teach him Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed - all the cunningness and cleverness of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=30 3 Shand and Amark they taught him, they took him away for 15 days and when they thought that he is now a graduate they brought him back. So Hiryan Kashipu with great affection took Praalad in his lap and he said my child what have you learnt ? So Prahlad said I have learnt Shravanam, Keertanam, Vishnu smarnam, Pad sevnam, Archanam, Vandanam, Dasyam, Sakhyam Atma Nivedanam, he said I have learnt navdha bhakti (nine types of devotion). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=75 Hiranya Kashipu heard that my child is praising my enemy Vishnu, he lifted Prahlad and threw him and said to Shand and Amark what is wrong with you, is this what you have taught him ? Prahlad said father it's not their fault, don't blame them, can bhakti develop merely by anybody's teaching like this ? This bakti is the result of the blessings of God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=118 4 So Shand and Amark they made a request to Handik Kashipu, they said give us one more chance, you are such a powerful king, you have nothing to fear Hiranya Kashipu said all right teach him more. They took Prahlad away again. Now whatever they would teach Prahlad would not care, he would just chant the name of God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=155 5 One day these gurus Shand and Amark they had gone away. Now the other demon children in the gurukul they approached Prahlad and they said come will you play with us, Prahlad said I'm not interested in your games, if you want you play the game that I have learnt from my guru, they said who is your guru, they Shand and Amark are not your gurus? No, my guru is Narad so let me tell you what he taught me. He handed them some manjiras and he taught them how to do kirtan. When Shand and Amark came back they found the whole gurukul of demon children doing kirtan. They said that you cannot improve, come on we are going to report you to your father. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=176 6 This time when they came and Shand and Amark said that your child is incorrigible, he will not improve Hiranya Kashipu then delivered the instruction to get him killed. The servants of Hiranya Kashipu tried in various ways, they tried to squash him under the foot of the elephant and they put him in a pit of snakes etc, the Holika, Hiranya Kashipu's sister, she sat with Prahlad in the fire but in no way were they able to kill him, so they brought him back that what kind of a child is he ? we have been unable to kill him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=237 7 Hiranya Kashipu he at that time asked this Narayan whom you worship, where is He ? Prahlad answered “र्वत्र”, father my Narayan is everywhere but Prahlad pointed in four directions, He is inside you as well and He is giving you the power to speak, He is inside me also, He is also in this blade of grass and in this stone pillar. Hiranya Kashipu said God is in a stone pillar ? Why can't I see him, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=288 8 then he boxed the pillar, but God made the stone pillar as his father in this avatar and He gave us all the instructions, look, I am everywhere, I am of course in the temple and you must come to the temple to increase your devotion, but when you go out don't think I'm not outside. The whole world is my temple, that is the message in this teaching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=343 9 So He manifested from there and He put Hiranya Kashipu on His lap and said, look you rascal it is neither day nor night, it is sandhya, I am neither man nor beast, I have the head of a lion and the body of a human, and you are neither on the sky nor the earth, you are in my lap, I am not killing you with any shastra or astra, I'm killing you with my own nails, and he ripped apart Hiranya Kashipu 's body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=376 10 God killed Hiranya Kashipu is not a big deal, He can kill any demon in any leela, the big thing happened afterwards. Narasimha Bhagavan lifted Prahlad, He was dancing in anger until he saw Prahlad and that pacified Him and he came close, Narasimha lifted him up and he said "My child, वत्स, I am extremely pleased with your devotion, ask what you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=413 11 Prahlad responded astonishingly, he said if I start asking you I will become a businessman, Maharaj, how are you saying ask ? Have you detected a flaw in my heart, You are antaryami, Narasimha Bhagawan became quiet, whenever I meet anybody I say ask for a boon and here is this little child who says I'm not a businessman, I'm your servant. So Narasimha Bhagwan was silenced and Prahlad did not stop there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=456 12 Prahlad said something that became historical, he said Maharaj if you do have to give, in that case, I ask you for one boon, it is possible - it is your rule that you have to give and as a servant it is my duty to follow your instructions, if the master is saying ask then the servant has to ask. So Maharaj I ask for this that you make my heart such that in future I never ever ask you for anything - in other words Prahlad is asking that he should never ask for anything ever in future thereby sealing his Nishkam Bhakti, you see बिन मांगे मोती मिले, मांगे मील ना भीख, what will we ask from God ? broken pieces of glass ? and if we don't God will give us the highest thing He will become a servant of the devotee, so the way to get from God is not by asking but by giving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy5BJZ-99Vs&t=502
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