For all classes of seekers, the chanting of Hare Krishna is the universally proven path to perfect liberation and fearlessness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.11 Prabhupāda Teaching Nṛsiṁha Prayers — August 1, 1970, Los Angeles 700801SB-LOS ANGELES [28:47 Minutes] SB-02.01.11_700801SB-LOS ANGELES [Govindam record plays] [break] [long pause] Prabhupāda: [indistinct] Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama... And where is the center [indistinct] Devotee: I am just from New York. Prabhupāda: Oh? Where is that slip yesterday you gave me? That mantra, nṛsiṁha-mantra?
There was one extra mantra. You have got, everyone, slip? This. Namas te, narasiṁhāya, prahlāda, hlāda-dāyine, hiraṇyakaśipor, vakṣaḥ, śilā-ṭaṅka, nakhālaye. namas te narasiṁhāya prahlādāhlāda-dāyine hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥśilā-ṭaṅka-nakhālaye ito nṛsiṁhaḥ parato nṛsiṁho yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiṁhaḥ bahir nṛsiṁho hṛdaye nṛsiṁho nṛsiṁham ādiṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye [devotees sing with Prabhupāda] tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛṅgaṁ dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgam keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare jaya jagadīśa hare, jaya jagadīśa hare The meaning of this mantra, that "I offer my humble obeisances to Lord Nṛsiṁha, who is the source of bliss to Prahlāda, but," hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ, "but his father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, on his chest the nails of His finger is just like chisel cutting the stone." The same Personality of Godhead is prahlāda āhlāda-dāyine. Āhlāda means pleasure. For Prahlāda...
Prakṛṣṭa-rūpeṇāhlāda, prahlāda. A devotee is, being always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, naturally he is in blissfulness. Still more, when he meets or associates with his Lord, still more blissfulness. That is the position of the theist devotee.
Whereas the atheist nondevotee, he's always feeling like a strike of the chisel, like..., what do you call? Stone cutting chisel. Nakha. Nakhālaye.
Simply by the nails of His finger. All right. Where is that book? Now this Bhāgavatam. Yes.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. śrī-śuka uvāca varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ [SB 2.1.1] śrotavyādīni rājendra nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām [SB 2.1.2] nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ divā cārthehayā rājan kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā [SB 2.1.3] dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ paśyann api na paśyati [SB 2.1.4] tasmād bhārata sarvātmā bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca smartavyaś cecchatābhayam [SB 2.1.5] etāvān sāṅkhya-yogābhyāṁ sva-dharma-pariniṣṭhayā janma-lābhaḥ paraḥ puṁsām ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ [SB 2.1.6] prāyeṇa munayo rājan nivṛttā vidhi-ṣedhataḥ nairguṇya-sthā ramante sma guṇānukathane hareḥ [SB 2.1.7] idaṁ bhāgavataṁ nāma purāṇaṁ brahma-sammitam adhītavān dvāparādau pitur dvaipāyanād aham [SB 2.1.8] pariniṣṭhito 'pi nairguṇya uttama-śloka-līlayā gṛhīta-cetā rājarṣe ākhyānaṁ yad adhītavān [SB 2.1.9] tad ahaṁ te 'bhidhāsyāmi mahā-pauruṣiko bhavān yasya śraddadhatām āśu syān mukunde matiḥ satī [SB 2.1.10] Prabhupāda: Then here text number 11. etan nirvidyamānānām icchatām akuto-bhayam yogināṁ nṛpa nirṇītaṁ harer nāmānukīrtanam [SB 2.1.11] Prabhupāda: Again. Again. [12:54] Etan nirvidyamānānām. There are three classes of men. One class of men, karmīs, they are trying to enjoy the material resources. Icchatām, always desire: "I want this, I want this, I want this." And another class, they are con..., or rather, what is called?
Frustrated. After trying utmost, "I want this, I want this, I want this," when at the end do not get anything, he is frustrated. That is called nirvidyā. "I don't want." Or actually one is satiated or disgusted: "No more material world.