Namas te narasimhaya
Prahladahlada - dayine
Hiranyakasipor – vakshahsila
Tanka – nakhalaye
I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasimha who gives joy to Prahlada
Maharaja and whose nails are like
chisels on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.
Ito nrisimhah parato
nrisimho
Yato yato yami tato
nrisimhah
Bahir nrisimho
hridaye nrisimho
Nrisimham adim
saranam prapadye
Lord Nrisimha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nrisimha
is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord
Nrisimha, the origin of all things and supreme refuge.
Tava-kara-kamala-vare-nakham
adbhuta-sringam
Dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhringam
Kesava dhrita-narahari-rupa
jaye jagadise hare
O Kesava! O Lord of the Universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the
form of Half -man, Half- Lion! 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.
