नरसिंह
Auspicious on: Thursday · Narasimha Jayanti
Fourth avatar. Half-man, half-lion who tore apart Hiranyakashipu to save Prahlada.
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Offer a Narasimha seva →नृसिंह बीज मन्त्र
Form: NarasimhaVishnu as the man-lion - destroyer of Hiranyakashipu, saviour of Prahlada.
ॐ नमो भगवते नरसिंहाय नमस्तेजस्तेजसे आविराविर्भव वज्रनख वज्रदंष्ट्र कर्माशयान् रन्धय रन्धय तमो ग्रस ग्रस ॐ स्वाहा॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaउग्र नृसिंह मन्त्र
Form: NarasimhaFor removal of severe fear, enemies, and black magic. Recited 108 times facing the south.
उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम्। नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम्॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaनृसिंह अनुष्टुप् मन्त्र (बत्तीस अक्षर)
The celebrated 32-syllable Anushtubh mula mantra of Narasimha - among the foremost protection mantras of the Vaishnava tradition, recited for fearlessness and removal of grave danger.
उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम्। नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम्॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaनृसिंह मूल मन्त्र - तापनीयोपनिषत्
The full Narasimha maha-mantra of the Nrisimha-Tapaniya Upanishad, invoking the lightning-clawed Lord to burn away karma and devour darkness.
ॐ नमो भगवते नरसिंहाय नमस्तेजस्तेजसे आविरावीर्भव वज्रनख वज्रदंष्ट्र कर्माशयान् रन्धय रन्धय तमो ग्रस ग्रस ॐ स्वाहा। अभयमभयमात्मनि भूयिष्ठा ॐ क्ष्रौं॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaनृसिंह गायत्री
The Gayatri of Narasimha, meditated upon for courage, protection and the destruction of fear; chanted in sandhya and before Narasimha homa.
ॐ वज्रनखाय विद्महे तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राय धीमहि। तन्नो नारसिंहः प्रचोदयात्॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaमन्त्रराज पद स्तोत्र - मङ्गलाचरण
The opening verse of the Mantraraja Pada Stotram (from the Ahirbudhnya Samhita), each verse of which embeds a word of the great Narasimha mantra. Recited for protection and the dissolving of fear.
व्रजामि ते पादसरोजमत्र हरे न केवलमिदं वचो ममार्थम्। भवत्प्रसादादहमञ्जसैव यास्यामि निःश्रेयसमत्र नित्यम्॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaलक्ष्मीनृसिंह करावलम्ब स्तोत्र - प्रथम श्लोक
The famous opening verse of Adi Shankaracharya's Lakshmi-Narasimha Karavalamba Stotram, a cry for the Lord's sustaining hand amid the ocean of worldly suffering.
श्रीमत्पयोनिधिनिकेतन चक्रपाणे भोगीन्द्रभोगमणिराजितपुण्यमूर्ते। योगीश शाश्वत शरण्य भवाब्धिपोत लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaनृसिंह कवच - प्रह्लादकृत - आरम्भ
The opening of the Prahlada-krta Narasimha Kavacham (from the Brahmanda Purana), the armour-hymn revealed by Prahlada; recited for all-round protection.
नृसिंहकवचं वक्ष्ये प्रह्लादेनोदितं पुरा। सर्वरक्षाकरं पुण्यं सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम्॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaनृसिंह स्तुति - श्रीमद्भागवत
The Bhagavata verse on why the Lord took the unprecedented man-lion form: to make true the boon (that Hiranyakashipu could not be slain by man or beast, inside or outside, by day or night).
सत्यं विधातुं निजभृत्यभाषितं व्याप्तिं च भूतेष्वखिलेषु चात्मनः। अदृश्यतात्यद्भुतरूपमुद्वहन् स्तम्भे सभायां न मृगं न मानुषम्॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaनृसिंह द्वादशनाम स्तुति
A traditional twelve-name litany of Narasimha, enumerating his principal forms; recited as a short nama-stuti for protection.
प्रथमं तु महाज्वालो द्वितीयं उग्रकेसरी। तृतीयं वज्रदंष्ट्रश्च चतुर्थं तु विशारदः॥ पञ्चमं नारसिंहश्च षष्ठं कश्यपमर्दनः। सप्तमं यातुहन्ता च अष्टमं देवकेसरी॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaप्रह्लाद शरणागति - ॐ नमो नारायणाय नृसिंहाय
A constant remembrance-invocation of Narasimha in the spirit of Prahlada's surrender, joining the Narayana mantra to the man-lion form.
ॐ नमो नारायणाय नृसिंहाय नमो नमः॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaनरसिंह नख स्तुतिः
Absolute protection and victory
पान्तु वो नरसिंहस्य नखलाङ्गलकोटयः। यद्दन्तिदशनाविद्धदत्तदन्ताः सदासुराः॥ श्रीलक्ष्मीनरसिंहस्य नखरुक् चन्द्रिकाश्रयाः। तापत्रयं हरन्त्वस्मत् हृदिस्थं सततं मम॥
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Offer a Narasimha sevaAll texts are in the public domain. Recite respectfully; the highest fruit of any mantra is steady, attentive repetition rather than mechanical count.