Namaste Narasimhaya (Narasimha Pranama) Meaning — Line by Line
नमस्ते नरसिंहाय (नृसिंह प्रणाम)
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namaste narasiṃhāya prahlādāhlādadāyine |
नमस्ते नरसिंहाय प्रह्लादाह्लाददायिने । हिरण्यकशिपोर्वक्षःशिलाटङ्कनखालये ॥
namaste narasiṃhāya prahlādāhlādadāyine | hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣaḥśilāṭaṅkanakhālaye ||
MeaningObeisances 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.
ito nṛsiṃhaḥ parato nṛsiṃho
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 ||
MeaningNarasimha 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.
tava karakamalavare nakhamadbhutaśṛṅgaṃ
तव करकमलवरे नखमद्भुतशृङ्गं दलितहिरण्यकशिपुतनुभृङ्गम् । केशव धृतनरहरिरूप जय जगदीश हरे ॥
tava karakamalavare nakhamadbhutaśṛṅgaṃ dalitahiraṇyakaśiputanubhṛṅgam | keśava dhṛtanaraharirūpa jaya jagadīśa hare ||
MeaningIn 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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Origin & History
Source: Traditional Vaishnava Narasimha Pranama (third verse from Jayadeva's Dashavatara Stotra)
Author: Traditional; third verse by Sri Jayadeva Goswami
Period: Traditional / Puranic; Jayadeva's verse c. 12th century CE
Lord Narasimha is the fourth avatar of Vishnu, who burst forth from a pillar in his fierce half-man, half-lion form to slay the demon-king Hiranyakashipu — who could be killed neither by man nor beast, by day nor night, indoors nor outdoors — and to protect his young devotee Prahlada. These pranama verses, recited throughout the Vaishnava world, offer loving obeisance to the Lord whose claws tore the demon apart, and affirm his protective presence everywhere. The third verse is drawn from Sri Jayadeva's celebrated Dashavatara Stotra.
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