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that was beautiful, he snatched day of waning moon of A:swi:yuja association with evil people will
the umbrella of Varuna, extorted month. After returning the stolen intensify the evil in us. The five

the ear rings of venerable Adithi, goods to their owners, Krishna headed Mura stands for all kinds
forcibly brought 16000 beautiful assumed the responsibility of the of immoral company we can get
girls into his kingdom. With his 16000 girls on their request. The into! Becoming arrogant due to the
matchless strength, he designed end of asura led to celebrations. resources and contacts we have,

impregnable fortress around his We celebrate to this day! we become greedy and snatch
capital ‘Pra:gjyothisha pura’. Let us celebrate by chanting a other’s treasures. Violating basic
Naraka tortured the sages who verse from Bhagavatham in which rules of social life, we aggrandize
did not accept his supremacy. Bhu:devi praises Lord Krishna! all that we think we want. Such

asuras take birth in our minds.
namaha pankaja na:bha:ya
Lord Krishna decided to put an end Forgetting our true nature, we
namaha pankaja ma:line:
to Naraka’s cruel rule. Naraka namaha pankaja ne:thra:ya come to believe that such A:suric
being Bhu:devi’s son, Krishna namasthe: pankaja:nghraye: way of life is natural to us.
namo: bhagavathe: thubhyam
could not end Naraka’s life without
va:sude:va:ya vishnave:
taking consent from his mother, purusha:ya:dibi:ja:ya Even as we are little conscious of
Bhu:de:vi. Krishna appraised pu:rnabo:dha:ya the: namaha our pitiable state, let us pray to
Satyabha:ma, His wife (who was Lord to come along with His divine
- Bhagavatham, Canto 10,
an incarnation of Bhu:devi), about Consort, snap out our attachment
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the evil doings of Naraka and with the evil, break the walls of
readily obtained consent from Her our pride and destroy the a:suric
“My obeisance to You, O Lord,
to end his life. tendencies in us. Let us pray to
whose navel is like that of a lotus
Mother Lakshmi to lead us the Lord.
flower, who is decorated with
Along with Satyabha:ma, Krishna
garlands of lotus flowers, whose
marched to Naraka’s capital and This Di:pa:vali, let the words
eyes are lotus like, and whose
blew His conch Pa:nchajanya. and activities of our a:cha:rya
feet are as tender as lotuses.
He showered torrents of arrows be the sounds and lights of the
Obeisance to You, the Supreme
from His Sa:rnga bow and put crackers we enjoy with. May their
Lord Va:sudeva, Vishnu, the
an end to the innumerable enemy blessings dispel the darkness of
primeval person, the original
forces. After killing the seemingly our ignorance and fill us with light
seed. Obeisance unto You, O! All
undefeatable asura with great of wisdom!
knowing one!”
ease, Lord destroyed the fortress
of Naraka. After a long fight, Happy, safe and low decibel
Naraka was born to Bhu:devi and
with Satyabha:ma’s consent, Di:pa:vali!
Varaha swamy. Yet he turned into
Lord severed Naraka’s head with
an asura. The fortune of taking
Sudarsana Chakra.
birth in a good family gets nullified
if we take to wicked path. Our
Thus, was Naraka killed on 14th

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