Jaya Narasimha Sri Narasimha

[Prelude obeisances]

oṁ narasiṁhāya namaḥ

oṁ mahāsiṁhāya namaḥ

oṁ divyasiṁhāya namaḥ

oṁ mahābalāya namaḥ

oṁ ugrasiṁhāya namaḥ

oṁ mahadevāya namaḥ

[Refrain]

Repeat the closing names after the leader

raudraḥ sarvādbhutaḥ śrīmān yogānandas trivikramaḥ

hariḥ kolāhalaś cakrī vijayo jaya-vardhanaḥ(2)

pañcānanaḥ para-brahma caghoro ghora-vikramaḥ

jvālān-mukho jvālamālī mahājvālo mahāprabhuḥ(3)

nitilākṣaḥ sahasrākṣo durnirīkṣyaḥ pratāpanaḥ

mahādaṁstrā yudhaḥ-prājñaś canda-kopī sadāśivaḥ(4)

hiraṇyakaśipu-dhvaṁsī daitya-dānava-bhañjanaḥ

guna-bhadro mahābhadro bala-bhadro subhadrakaḥ(5)

karālo vikarālaśca vikartā sarva-kartrkaḥ

śiṁśumāras trilokātmā īśaḥ sarveśvaro vibhuḥ(6)

bhairavādambaro divyaś cācyutaḥ kavi mādhavaḥ

adhokṣajo'kṣaraḥ śarvo vanamālī varapradaḥ(7)

viśvambharo'dbhuto bhavyo visnuśca puruṣottamaḥ

amoghāstro nakhāstraś ca sūryajyotiḥ sureśvaraḥ(8)

sahasrabāhuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarva-siddhi-pradāyakaḥ

vajra-daṁstro vajra-nakho mahānādaḥ paran-tapaḥ(9)

sarva-mantraika-rūpaśca sarva-yantra-vidāraṇaḥ

sarva-tantrātmako'vyaktaḥ suvyakto bhakta vatsalaḥ(10)

vaiśākha-śuklasam-bhūtaḥ śaraṇāgata-vatsalaḥ

udāra-kīrtiḥ puṇyātmā mahātmā canda-vikramaḥ(11)

vedatraya prapūjyaś ca bhagavān parameśvaraḥ

śrīvatsāṅkaḥ śrīnivāso jagad-vyāpī jagan-mayaḥ(12)

jagat-pālo jagannātho mahākāyo dvi-rūpabhṛt

paramātmā parañjyotir nirguṇaś ca nṛkesarī(13)

para-tattvaṁ paran-dhāma sac-cid-ānanda vigrahaḥ

lakṣmī-nṛsiṁhaḥ sarvātmā dhīraḥ prahlāda-pālakaḥ(14)

idaṁ lakṣmī-nṛsiṁhasya nāmāṣṭottaraṁ śatam

tri-sandhyaṁ yaḥ pathed bhaktyā sarvābhīṣṭam avāpnuyāt(15)

Prelude: Oṁ! I invoke the name of the half-man half-lion, the great lion, the divine lion, the greatly powerful, the terrifying lion, the Lord of Lords!

Refrain: Glories to Lord Nṛsiṁha, Lakṣmī Nṛsiṁha, all glories to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. The Lord of Prahlāda, like a honeybee, is always engaged in beholding the lotuslike face of the goddess of fortune.

1) Glories to the half-man half-lion, the great lion, the divine lion, the greatly powerful, the terrifying lion, the lord of lords, who appeared from the pillar with terrifying eyes.

2) Glories to the Lord who is angry, wonderful in every way, beautiful, source of yogic bliss, Vāmana, who takes our troubles away, roaring, who carries the disk, always victorious, and increasing glories.

3) Glories to the five-headed Lord, Supreme Absolute Truth, not horrible, of terrifying activities, effulgent face, with effulgent garland, most effulgent, Supreme Master.

4) Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva possesses all good qualities, is thousand-eyed, difficult to look at, oppresses His enemies with great heat, great teeth, intelligent in battle, angry moon, and is all auspicious.

5) He destroys Hiraṇyakaśipu, destroys masses of demons and giants, wonderful qualities, very auspicious, auspiciously powerful, and extremely auspicious.

6) O one with wide open mouth, who performs wonderful activities, who performs all activities, Matsya, Soul of the three worlds, controller, supreme controller, and the best.

7) He causes terror by roaring in the sky, divine, infallible, intelligent, husband of Lakṣmī, beyond understanding, wears a garland of forest flowers, and bestower of boons.

8) He maintains the universe, wonderful, determines the future, all-pervading, Supreme Enjoyer, never wounded by weapons, with nails for weapons, source of the sun’s rays, and Lord of the demigods.

9) He is the Thousand-Armed One, the All-Knowing One, awards all perfections, lightning-like teeth, lightning-like nails, source of supreme bliss, and the source of all energy.

10) Although One, He appears as the many mantras, He destroys all machines, the essence of all tantras, the unmanifested, the wonderfully manifest, and kind to His devotees.

11) He appeared during the waxing moon of Viśākhā, kind to those surrendered to Him, universally famous, the essence of piety, the great personality, and moonlike performer of great deeds.

12) He is the three Vedas, supreme worshipable, Supreme Personality of Godhead, Supreme Controller, marked with the sign of Lakṣmī, pervades the entire universe, and makes the material world seem real.

13) Protector of the universe, Lord of the universe, moves in the air, has double form, Supersoul, source of Brahma, transcendental qualities, and man-lion.

14) He is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Supreme Abode, the form of truth, eternal knowledge, and bliss, the Man-Lion form together with Lakṣmī-devī, universal soul, sober, and the protector of Prahlāda Mahārāja.

15) Thus concludes the versified prayer of the one-hundred eight names of Śrī Śrī Lakṣmī Nṛsiṁhadeva. The devotee who reads this prayer three times daily will obtain all desirable goals.