Bimla Prasad Das - Know Nrsimhadeva, and No Nrsimha Myths

Nrsimhadeva holds a super-status as the protector of sankirtana movement.
Nrsimhadeva not just protects the devotee from harm or his devotional service(Bhakti Vighna Vinasaka) but also the devotional philosophy(siddhanta).
When Hiranyakasipu challenged Prahlad, “Is your God in this pillar?” YES, and Nrsimha came out of the pillar to prove Prahlad’s siddhanta right and ripped apart Hiranyakasipu.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu paid visits to so many shrines of Lord Nrsimha when toured South India.. However, Lord Nrsimha is not our main ista-deva
We pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva to give us the strength to face any assault on the message of our acaryas, the Gaudiya Vaisnava siddhanta.
In Mahaprabhu’s lila, Lord Nrsimhadeva made many appearances.
When Bhaktivinoda Thakura established Nrsimhadeva at Mayapur Yogapitha, it’s not to protect anybody. Just as there are no Nrsimha deities established as ‘protector of Braja’ in Vrndavana. Rather Siva is the protector of the dhama.
Ugra Nrsimha is a form which is specific to Prahlad and therefore we do not see even Laxmi, the consort with the Lord. The furious form has been taken for Prahlad and can only be served by Prahlad.
Ugra Nrsimha is not “cool”. When God gets angry, the oceans boil and the earth trembles. If Ugra Nrsimha is to appear here we’d possibly die out of shock and fear. Everybody will run like ants. Can you ‘love’ Him? You’ll only shake with folded hands. “O my Lord, forgive me, bless me”. The demigods shiver and dare not come near Him. His roar (battle cry)…. The demigods are thinking that the universe is coming to an end.
Even Nrsimha in His ugra form has third eye marked by a cakra-like symbol.
Why did Nrsmhadeva pry out the heart of Hiranyakasipu? Because his heart was dirty! Similarly thr sadhakas should pray to Lord Nrsimha in great aspiration, that may Lord Nrsimha clean their heart of all impurities so that
we may offer a pure heart to him, to Krsna.
Does Nrsimhadeva has the face of a lion in Vaikuntha? The answer is no. He has the mood of Nrsimha, but in all Vaikuntha planets, Visnu has a four-armed form.
The statues which you have received is not Visnu Murti. Visnu Murti is never to be found in fighting spirit with anyone. When the Lord incarnates within this material world, He does not come in Visnu Murti. Lord Nrsimhadeva, although Visnu Himself, fighting with the demon Hiranyakasipu, although He is Krsna, He is different from Visnu Murti. - (SPL to Krsna dasa, 15th January, 1969) Also refer to Bhagvatam 8.23.10