Narasimha Stotram (Selected Verses)
About this stotra
Narasimha Stotram (नृसिंहस्तोत्रम्) - a hymn to Lord Narasimha, the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu who emerged to protect his devotee Prahlada. This powerful stotram invokes the Lord's fierce protection and removes fear from the hearts of devotees.
|| नृसिंहस्तोत्रम् ||
हिरण्यकशिपुं दैत्यं प्रह्लादस्य प्रियंकरम् । नृसिंहरूपी भगवान् हत्वा सुस्थापितः प्रभुः ॥१॥
hiraṇyakaśipuṃ daityaṃ prahlādasya priyaṃkaram | nṛsiṃharūpī bhagavān hatvā susthāpitaḥ prabhuḥ ||1||
The lord, assuming the form of Narasimha, killed the demon Hiranyakashipu, the enemy of Prahlada, and established himself as the ever-present protector.
उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम् । नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्योर्मृत्युं नमाम्यहम् ॥२॥
ugraṃ vīraṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ jvalantaṃ sarvatomukham | nṛsiṃhaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ bhadraṃ mṛtyormṛtyuṃ namāmyaham ||2||
I bow to Narasimha - the fierce, the heroic, the great Vishnu, blazing with splendor, facing all directions, the terrifying yet auspicious one, the death of death itself.
नृसिंहं नमस्कृत्य नरं वा नरकेसरिम् । जयेत्कर्ममयान् बन्धान् मोक्षमार्गं स गच्छति ॥३॥
nṛsiṃhaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ vā narakesarim | jayetkarmamayān bandhān mokṣamārgaṃ sa gacchati ||3||
Having bowed to Narasimha, the man-lion, one conquers the bonds of karma and attains the path of liberation.
॥ इति नृसिंहस्तोत्रस्य चयनितश्लोकाः ॥