717 - Sri Nrisimha Pranama: Prayer For Protection

Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 6:33 p.m.

namas te narasim\u0301h\u0101ya\nprahl\u0101d\u0101hl\u0101da-d\u0101yine\nhiran\u0323yaka\u015bipor vaks\u0323ah\u0323-\n\u015bil\u0101-t\u0323a\u0144ka-nakh\u0101laye\n\n\xa0\n\n(2)\n\nito nr\u0323sim\u0301hah\u0323 parato nr\u0323sim\u0301ho\nyato yato y\u0101mi tato nr\u0323sim\u0301hah\u0323\nbahir nr\u0323sim\u0301ho hr\u0323daye nr\u0323sim\u0301ho\nnr\u0323sim\u0301ham \u0101dim\u0301 \u015baran\u0323am\u0301 prapadye\n\n\xa0\n\n(3)\n\ntava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-\u015br\u0323\u0144gam\u0301\n\ndalita-hiran\u0323yaka\u015bipu-tanu-bhr\u0323\u0144gam\n\nke\u015bava dhr\u0323ta-narahari-r\u016bpa jaya jagad\u012b\u015ba hare\n\n\n1) 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.\n 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.