Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Jagadguru offers special puja on Narasimha Jayanti

Sringeri May 14, 2022

On the occasion of Narasimha-Jayanti falling on वैशाख-शुक्ल-चतुर्दशी vaiśākha-śukla-caturdaśī, marking the Avatara of the Lord as Sri Narasimha, in accordance with the hoary tradition of the Peetham, special puja to Lord Lakshmi Narasimha was performed by the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji.

During the course of the Puja which commenced at around noon, Phala-Panchamruta Abhisheka and a special आम्र-स्वरसः āmra-svarasaḥ Abhisheka was offered to Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimha as a part of the षोडशोपचार-पूजा ṣoḍaśopacāra-pūjā accompanied by the sonorous chanting of Vedic Mantras by the Veda-Pandits assembled.

The Puja concluded at around 2 PM with the पारायण pārāyaṇa (recitation) of नृसिंहावतर-अध्याय nṛsiṃhāvatara-adhyāya from the Srimad Bhagavad Purana by the Jagadguru.

 
  • Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names