|Chapter 27: Lord Caitanya and Ramananda Raya| Bhaktivedanta
VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya When Lord Caitanya visited
this temple, He praised the Deity and quoted a verse from
Sridhara Svami's commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.9.1): ugro
'py anugra evayam "Although Lord Nrisimha is very severe to
demons and nondevotees, He is very kind to His submissive
devotees like Prahlada." Lord Nrisimha appeared as a half-man,
half-lion incarnation of Krishna when Prahlada, a boy devotee of
the Lord, was harassed by his demoniac father Hiranyakasipu.
Just as a lion is very ferocious to other animals but very kind
and submissive to his cubs, so Lord Nrisimha appeared ferocious
to Hiranyakasipu and very kind to His devotee Prahlada. After
visiting the temple of Jiyara-nrisimha, the Lord proceeded
further south into India and ultimately reached the bank of the
Godavari. While on the bank of this river, the Lord remembered
the Yamuna River in Vrindavana, and He considered the trees on
the bank to be the forest of Vri