namas te narasrimaya prahlädähläda-däyine
hiranyakasipor vaksaha silä tanka-nakhälaye (1)

I offer pranäma unto Narasimha Bhagavän, who gives joy to Prahläda Mahäräja and
whose nails are like chisels on the stone-like chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.

väg-isä yasya vadane laksmir yasya ca vaksasi
yasyäste hrdaye samvit tam nrsimham aham bhaje (2)

In His mouth the goddess suddha-Sarasvati is always present, on His chest Laksmi-
devi always sports, and within His heart special affection for His devotees is always
manifest – I worship that Nrsimhadeva.

ito nrsimhah parato nrsimho yato yato yämi tato nrsimhah
bahir nrsimho hrdaye nrsimho ntsimham ädim saranam prapadye (3)

Nrsimhadeva is here and also there. Wherever I go Nrsimhadeva is there. He is in the
heart and is outside as well. I surrender unto Nrsimhadeva, the origin of everything
and the supreme refuge.

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-sringam
dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhringam
kesava! dhrta-narahari-rupa! jaya jagadisa! hare (4)

O Kesava! O You who assume the form of half-man, half-lion! O Jagaisa! O You who
remove Your devotees’ suffering! All glories to You, because with one of the wonderful,
petal-like nails of Your beautiful lotus hands You rip asunder the bumblebee-like
body of Hiranyakasipu. The astonishing thing about this is that ordinarily it is the
bumblebee which rips the petals of the lotus, but here the petal rips apart the
bumblebee.
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