Category:God's Piercing
Theme Analysis
The Supreme Personality of Godhead sometimes performs wonderful, superhuman pastimes that involve piercing the bodies of demons or even the covering of the universe. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains these spectacular events, such as Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva piercing the chest of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu with His transcendental nails, or Lord Varāhadeva piercing the demon Hiraṇyākṣa with His tusk. Similarly, when Lord Vāmanadeva expanded His body, the toes of His lotus feet pierced the universal covering, allowing the purifying waters of the Ganges to enter the material world. These acts of God's piercing are not acts of mundane violence, but displays of His absolute power, absolute goodness, and causeless mercy to protect His devotees and purify the universe.
- Piercing the Universal Covering: By His inconceivable power, Lord Vāmanadeva pierced the outer shell of the universe with His toe, bringing the transcendental waters of the Ganges down to purify the conditioned souls.
- The Annihilation of Hiraṇyakaśipu: To protect His pure devotee Prahlāda and keep the benedictions of Lord Brahmā intact, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva bifurcated the invincible demon Hiraṇyakaśipu by piercing him with His lotus nails.
- The Deliverance of Hiraṇyākṣa: When the demon Hiraṇyākṣa disturbed the cosmic order, the Supreme Lord assumed the form of a gigantic boar (Lord Varāha) and mercifully delivered the demon by piercing him with His tusk.
- The Transcendental Weapons: Whether using arrows, nails, tusks, or even a smile, the piercing weapons of the Supreme Lord are fully spiritual and bestow absolute benefit upon whoever they strike.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Divine Mercy Displayed in God's Piercing Pastimes.
Pages in category "God's Piercing"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, the demon Hiranyaksa was killed by the hand of the Lord. Therefore his version is that after being killed by the hand of God, the demon was pierced by the tusk. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura confirms this version
- After thus rebuking Ravana, Lord Ramacandra fixed an arrow to His bow, aimed at Ravana, and released the arrow, which pierced Ravana's heart like a thunderbolt
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- Brahma said: When the unlimitedly powerful Lord assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift the planet earth, which was drowned in the great ocean of the universe, Garbhodaka, the first demon appeared, and the Lord pierced him with His tusk
- By killing this demon, O Lord, You have taken back all this stolen property from his abdomen by piercing it with Your nails. We therefore wish to offer our respectful obeisances unto You
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- He (Nrsimhadeva) killed him (Hiranyakasipu) on His lap, so that he was killed neither on the land nor on the water nor in the sky. The demon was pierced by Nrsimha's nails, which were beyond the human weapons imaginable by Hiranyakasipu
- He (Nrsimhadeva) killed the king of the demons (Hiranyakasipu), who challenged the Lord with a club in his hand, by placing the demon on His thighs and piercing him with His nails, rolling His eyebrows in anger and showing His fearful teeth and mouth
- His (Lord Rsabhadeva's) gentle smile always made His face beautiful, so much so that He even attracted the hearts of married women. It was as though they had been pierced by arrows of Cupid
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- In the Fifth Canto (of SB) it is stated that the Ganges began when Vamanadeva's left foot pierced the covering of the universe so that the transcendental water of the Causal Ocean leaked through
- In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nrsimha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiranyakasipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane
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- Lord Nrsimhadeva pierced Hiranyakasipu's abdomen with His nails, pulled out the demon's intestines and wore them as a garland, which enhanced His beauty. Thus the Lord became very fearsome, like a lion engaged in fighting an elephant
- Lord Vamana pierced the covering of the universe with the toes of His left foot. A few drops of water from the Causal Ocean leaked through this hole and fell on the head of Lord Siva, where they remained for one thousand millenniums
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- The inhabitants of Nagaloka said: The most sinful Hiranyakasipu took away all the jewels on our hoods and all our beautiful wives. Now, since his chest has been pierced by Your nails, You are the source of all pleasure to our wives
- The water that touched the nails of Your (Lord Vamanadeva's) lotus feet when You pierced through the covering of the universe purifies all living entities in the form of the River Ganges
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- When the Lord appeared to pick up the earth, the demon of the name Hiranyaksa tried to create a disturbance in the methodical functions of the Lord, and therefore he was killed by being pierced by the Lord's tusk
- When the Lord's footstep exceeded the height of all the lokas, including Maharloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka, His nails certainly pierced the covering of the universe