Narasimha Prayers

Song Name: Namaste Narasimhaya

Official Name: Nrsimha Pranama

Author: Vyasadeva

LYRICS

(1)

namas te narasiḿhāya

prahlādāhlāda-dāyine

hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-

śilā-ṭańka-nakhālaye

(2)

ito nṛsiḿhaḥ parato nṛsiḿho

yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiḿhaḥ

bahir nṛsiḿho hṛdaye nṛsiḿho

nṛsiḿham ādiḿ śaraṇaḿ prapadye

(3)

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛńgaḿ

dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛńgam

keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare

TRANSLATION

1) I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasimha, who gives joy to Prahlada Maharaja and whose nails are like chisels on the stone like chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.

2) Lord Nrsimha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nrsimha is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord Nrsimha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.

3) O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lionl All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasp like demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.