Namaste Narasimhaya (Narasimha Pranama) — Complete Lyrics
नमस्ते नरसिंहाय (नृसिंह प्रणाम)
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
नमस्ते नरसिंहाय प्रह्लादाह्लाददायिने ।
हिरण्यकशिपोर्वक्षःशिलाटङ्कनखालये ॥
namaste narasiṃhāya prahlādāhlādadāyine |
hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣaḥśilāṭaṅkanakhālaye ||
Obeisances unto you, Lord Narasimha, who gives delight to (your devotee) Prahlada, and whose nails were like chisels upon the stone-like chest of the demon Hiranyakashipu.
Verse 2
इतो नृसिंहः परतो नृसिंहो
यतो यतो यामि ततो नृसिंहः ।
बहिर्नृसिंहो हृदये नृसिंहो
नृसिंहमादिं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥
ito nṛsiṃhaḥ parato nṛsiṃho
yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiṃhaḥ |
bahirnṛsiṃho hṛdaye nṛsiṃho
nṛsiṃhamādiṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||
Narasimha is here, Narasimha is there; wherever I go, there is Narasimha. Narasimha is without and Narasimha is within my heart. I take refuge in Narasimha, the primeval Lord.
Verse 3
तव करकमलवरे नखमद्भुतशृङ्गं
दलितहिरण्यकशिपुतनुभृङ्गम् ।
केशव धृतनरहरिरूप
जय जगदीश हरे ॥
tava karakamalavare nakhamadbhutaśṛṅgaṃ
dalitahiraṇyakaśiputanubhṛṅgam |
keśava dhṛtanaraharirūpa
jaya jagadīśa hare ||
In your beautiful lotus hands are nails like wondrous horns, with which you tore apart the body of Hiranyakashipu as a bee splits a flower. O Keshava, who assumed the form of the man-lion (Narahari) — all glories to you, O Lord of the universe, O Hari!
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