भगवान नृसिंह को दो स्तोत्र

विष्णु के चौथे अवतार की उपासना

 Introduction

I will now translate two hymns dedicated to Nṛsiṁha (or Narasiṁha), the Man-Lion. One of them is a «kavaca» or «Armor Mantra», while the second is a «respectful salutation». Their names are: Śrīnarasiṁhakavacam and Śrīnṛsiṁhapraṇāmaḥ.

In the Vaiṣṇava tradition, Nṛsiṁha is the fourth incarnation of Viṣṇu. His appearance is connected with Hiraṇyakaśipu, a powerful asura or demon who sought to overcome the limits of death, and with his son Prahlāda, a child deeply devoted to Viṣṇu. Hiraṇyakaśipu, the brother of Hiraṇyākṣa, harbored a deep resentment toward Viṣṇu. To obtain extraordinary power, he undertook prolonged austerities until Brahmā appeared before him and offered him a boon. Since he could not receive absolute immortality, Hiraṇyakaśipu asked to be protected from numerous forms of death. He wanted to be unable to die either by day or by night, either inside or outside a house, either on the earth or in the sky, either at the hands of a human being or an animal, and he wanted no weapon to be capable of killing him. After receiving the boon, he conquered the worlds and demanded that everyone acknowledge his authority.

However, his own son Prahlāda became a devotee of Viṣṇu. Although Hiraṇyakaśipu attempted to raise him to be loyal to his father, Prahlāda continued teaching that true security did not come from power, but from devotion to the Lord. Enraged, Hiraṇyakaśipu ordered his son to be killed. Prahlāda was subjected to weapons, dangerous animals, poison, fire, and other dangers, but he remained calm and continued remembering Viṣṇu. Finally, Hiraṇyakaśipu asked Prahlāda where his god was. The child replied that Viṣṇu was present everywhere. The king then pointed to a pillar and asked whether the Lord was there as well. When Hiraṇyakaśipu struck the pillar, Nṛsiṁha emerged from it.

Nṛsiṁha had a human form and the features of a lion. He was neither completely human nor completely animal. He appeared at the threshold, neither inside nor outside; at twilight, neither day nor night. He placed Hiraṇyakaśipu upon his thighs, which were neither earth nor sky, and killed him with his claws, which were not a conventional weapon. After killing Hiraṇyakaśipu, Nṛsiṁha remained filled with fury, and the devas hesitated to approach him. Finally, Prahlāda was brought before the Lord. The child approached without fear, and Nṛsiṁha received him with affection, bringing his fury to an end. Prahlāda did not ask for wealth, power, or revenge. His wish was to remain forever devoted to Viṣṇu, and he also prayed for his father's spiritual liberation.

Now read the Śrīnarasiṁhakavacam and the Śrīnṛsiṁhapraṇāmaḥ, and experience Supreme Delight, dear Self.

Important: Everything that appears in parentheses and in italics within the translation has been added by me to complete the meaning of a particular phrase or sentence. Likewise, everything enclosed between double dashes (--...--) constitutes additional explanatory information that has also been added by me.

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 Śrīnarasiṁhakavacam

नृसिंहकवचं वक्ष्ये प्रह्लादेनोदितं पुरा।
सर्वरक्षाकरं पुण्यं सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम्॥१॥
Nṛsiṁhakavacaṁ vakṣye prahlādenoditaṁ purā|
Sarvarakṣākaraṁ puṇyaṁ sarvopadravanāśanam||1||

I shall recite (vakṣye) the armor Mantra of the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁha-kavacam), which was previously uttered (uditam purā) by Prahlāda (prahlādena), which protects against everything (sarva-rakṣā-karam), which is auspicious/propitious/virtuous (puṇyam), (and) which destroys all misfortunes and calamities (sarva-upadrava-nāśanam)||1||

सर्वसम्पत्करं चैव स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदायकम्।
ध्यात्वा नृसिंहं देवेशं हेमसिंहासनस्थितम्॥२॥
Sarvasampatkaraṁ caiva svargamokṣapradāyakam|
Dhyātvā nṛsiṁhaṁ deveśaṁ hemasiṁhāsanasthitam||2||

Having meditated (dhyātvā) on the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁham), the Lord of the gods (deva-īśam), who remains upon a golden throne (hema-siṁhāsana-sthitam), (the recitation of this armor Mantra) produces all successes and achievements (sarva-sampad-karam), and likewise (ca eva) grants Liberation in Heaven --or «Liberation (and access to) Heaven»-- (svarga-mokṣa-pradāyakam)||2||

विवृतास्यं त्रिनयनं शरदिन्दुसमप्रभम्।
लक्ष्म्यालिङ्गितवामाङ्गं विभूतिभिरुपाश्रितम्॥३॥
Vivṛtāsyaṁ trinayanaṁ śaradindusamaprabham|
Lakṣmyāliṅgitavāmāṅgaṁ vibhūtibhirupāśritam||3||

(One should meditate) on Him who has (His) mouth open (vivṛta-āsyam), who has three eyes (tri-nayanam), who has the same splendor as the autumn moon (śarad-indu-samaprabham), whose left side of His body is embraced by Lakṣmī (lakṣmī-āliṅgita-vāma-aṅgam), (and) in whom opulences and powers take refuge (vibhūtibhiḥ upāśritam)||3||

चतुर्भुजं कोमलाङ्गं स्वर्णकुण्डलशोभितम्।
सरोजशोभितोरस्कं रत्नकेयूरमुद्रितम्॥४॥
Caturbhujaṁ komalāṅgaṁ svarṇakuṇḍalaśobhitam|
Sarojaśobhitoraskaṁ ratnakeyūramudritam||4||

(One should meditate) on Him who has four arms (catur-bhujam), whose body is soft (komala-aṅgam), who is adorned with golden earrings (svarṇa-kuṇḍala-śobhitam), whose chest is adorned with a lotus --or «whose chest is splendid like a lotus»-- (saroja-śobhita-uraskam), (and) who has a gem-studded bracelet sealed onto His arm (ratna-keyūra-mudritam)||4||

तप्तकाञ्चनसङ्काशं पीतनिर्मलवाससम्।
इन्द्रादिसुरमौलिस्थस्फुरन्माणिक्यदीप्तिभिः॥५॥
Taptakāñcanasaṅkāśaṁ pītanirmalavāsasam|
Indrādisuramaulisthasphuranmāṇikyadīptibhiḥ||5||

(One should meditate) on Him whose immaculate attire is yellow (pīta-nirmala-vāsasam) (and) looks like molten gold (tapta-kāñcana-saṅkāśam), with glints of sparkling rubies that are found in the crowns of gods such as Indra, etc. (indra-ādi-sura-mauli-stha-sphurat-māṇikya-dīptibhiḥ)||5||

विराजितपदद्वन्द्वं शङ्खचक्रादिहेतिभिः।
गरुत्मता च विनयात्स्तूयमानं मुदान्वितम्॥६॥
Virājitapadadvandvaṁ śaṅkhacakrādihetibhiḥ|
Garutmatā ca vinayātstūyamānaṁ mudānvitam||6||

(One should meditate) on Him whose two feet are glorious (virājita-pada-dvandvam), who is endowed with weapons such as the conch, the disc, etc. (śaṅkha-cakra-ādi-hetibhiḥ), who is full of Joy (muda-anvitam) and (ca) is being praised (stūyamānam) by Garuḍa (garutmatā) with humility and reverence (vinayāt)||6||

स्वहृत्कमलसंवासं कृत्वा तु कवचं पठेत्।
नृसिंहो मे शिरः पातु लोकरक्षार्थसम्भवः॥७॥
Svahṛtkamalasaṁvāsaṁ kṛtvā tu kavacaṁ paṭhet|
Nṛsiṁho me śiraḥ pātu lokarakṣārthasambhavaḥ||7||

After making a dwelling (for Him) in the lotus of one's own heart (sva-hṛd-kamala-saṁvāsam kṛtvā tu), one should recite (paṭhet) the armor Mantra (kavacam): May the Man-Lion, who has arisen for the purpose of protecting people --or «the worlds»-- protect (nṛsiṁhaḥ... pātu loka-rakṣā-artha-sambhavaḥ) my head (me śiras)!||7||

सर्वगोऽपि स्तम्भवासः भालं मे रक्षतु ध्वनिम्।
नृसिंहो मे दृशौ पातु सोमसूर्याग्निलोचनः॥८॥
Sarvago'pi stambhavāsaḥ bhālaṁ me rakṣatu dhvanim|
Nṛsiṁho me dṛśau pātu somasūryāgnilocanaḥ||8||

Although (api) He is All-Pervading (sarvagaḥ), He dwells in a pillar (stambha-vāsaḥ). May He protect (rakṣatu) my (me) forehead (bhālam) (and my) voice/word (dhvanim)! May the Man-Lion, whose eyes are the moon, the sun and the fire, protect (nṛsiṁhaḥ... pātu soma-sūrya-agni-locanaḥ) my eyes (me dṛśau)!||8||

स्मृतिं मे पातु नृहरिर्मुनिवर्यस्तुतिप्रियः।
नासं मे सिंहनासस्तु मुखं लक्ष्मीमुखप्रियः॥९॥
Smṛtiṁ me pātu nṛharirmunivaryastutipriyaḥ|
Nāsaṁ me siṁhanāsastu mukhaṁ lakṣmīmukhapriyaḥ||9||

May the Man-Lion, who is fond of the praises (offered) by the best among the sages, protect (pātu nṛhariḥ muni-varya-stuti-priyaḥ) my memory (smṛtim me)! May the One who has a lion's nose (protect) (siṁha-nāsaḥ tu) my nose (nāsam me)! May the One who is dear and principal to Lakṣmī (protect) (lakṣmī-mukha-priyaḥ) (my) mouth (mukham)!||9||

सर्वविद्याधिपः पातु नृसिंहो रसनां मम।
वक्त्रं पात्विन्दुवदनः सदा प्रह्लादवन्दितः॥१०॥
Sarvavidyādhipaḥ pātu nṛsiṁho rasanāṁ mama|
Vaktraṁ pātvinduvadanaḥ sadā prahlādavanditaḥ||10||

May the Man-Lion, who is the Lord of all sciences, protect (sarva-vidyā-adhipaḥ pātu nṛsiṁhaḥ) my tongue (rasanām mama)! May the One who has a moon-like face (and) who is always extolled by Prahlāda protect (pātu indu-vadanaḥ sadā prahlāda-vanditaḥ) (my) face (vaktram)!||10||

नृसिंहः पातु मे कण्ठं स्कन्धौ भूभरान्तकृत्।
दिव्यास्त्रशोभितभुजो नृसिंहः पातु मे भुजौ॥११॥
Nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu me kaṇṭhaṁ skandhau bhūbharāntakṛt|
Divyāstraśobhitabhujo nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu me bhujau||11||

May the Man-Lion protect (nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu) my throat (me kaṇṭham)! May the One who puts an end to the burden of the Earth --that is, He kills demons and all kinds of filthy people, who are a burden to the Earth-- (protect) (bhū-bhara-anta-kṛt) (my) shoulders (skandhau)! May the Man-Lion whose arms are embellished by divine weapons protect (divya-astra-śobhita-bhujaḥ nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu) my arms (me bhujau)!||11||

करौ मे देववरदो नृसिंहः पातु सर्वतः।
हृदयं योगिसाध्यश्च निवासं पातु मे हरिः॥१२॥
Karau me devavarado nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu sarvataḥ|
Hṛdayaṁ yogisādhyaśca nivāsaṁ pātu me hariḥ||12||

May the Man-Lion who grants boons to the gods protect (deva-vara-daḥ nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu) my hands (karau me) from all directions (sarvatas)! May the One who is to be attained by the yogī-s protect (yogi-sādhyaḥ... pātu) (my) heart (hṛdayam), and (ca) may Hari --Viṣṇu-- (protect) (hariḥ) my dwelling (nivāsam... me)!||12||

मध्यं पातु हिरण्याक्षवक्षःकुक्षिविदारणः।
नाभिं मे पातु नृहरिः स्वनाभिब्रह्मसंस्तुतः॥१३॥
Madhyaṁ pātu hiraṇyākṣavakṣaḥkukṣividāraṇaḥ|
Nābhiṁ me pātu nṛhariḥ svanābhibrahmasaṁstutaḥ||13||

May the One who has torn asunder the abdomen and chest of Hiraṇyākṣa --the brother of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was killed by Varāha, the third incarnation of Viṣṇu-- protect (pātu hiraṇyākṣa-vakṣas-kukṣi-vidāraṇaḥ) (my) waist (madhyam)! May the Man-Lion, who is praised by Brahmā (who has emerged) from His own navel, protect (pātu nṛhariḥ sva-nābhi-brahma-saṁstutaḥ) my navel (nābhim me)!||13||

ब्रह्माण्डकोटयः कट्यां यस्यासौ पातु मे कटिम्।
गुह्यं मे पातु गुह्यानां मन्त्राणां गुह्यरूपदृक्॥१४॥
Brahmāṇḍakoṭayaḥ kaṭyāṁ yasyāsau pātu me kaṭim|
Guhyaṁ me pātu guhyānāṁ mantrāṇāṁ guhyarūpadṛk||14||

May the One on whose hips (there are) millions of eggs of Brahmā protect (brahma-aṇḍa-koṭayaḥ kaṭyām yasya asau pātu) my hips (me kaṭim)! May the One who perceives the hidden form of mysteries and Mantra-s protect (pātu guhyānām mantrāṇām guhya-rūpa-dṛk) my private parts --that is, my sexual organs-- (guhyam me)!||14||

ऊरु मनोभवः पातु जानुनी नररूपधृक्।
जङ्घे पातु धराभारहर्ता योऽसौ नृकेसरी॥१५॥
Ūru manobhavaḥ pātu jānunī nararūpadhṛk|
Jaṅghe pātu dharābhārahartā yo'sau nṛkesarī||15||

May (He who is the true) God of Love protect (manobhavaḥ pātu) (my) thighs (ūrū)! May the One who has a human form (protect) (nara-rūpa-dhṛk) (my) knees (jānunī)! May the One who destroys the burden of the Earth, the Man-Lion, protect (pātu dharā-bhāra-hartā yaḥ asau nṛ-kesarī) (my) shanks --the portion of the leg between the ankle and the knee-- (jaṅghe)!||15||

सुरराज्यप्रदः पातु पादौ मे नृहरीश्वरः।
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः पातु मे सर्वशस्तनुम्॥१६॥
Surarājyapradaḥ pātu pādau me nṛharīśvaraḥ|
Sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ pātu me sarvaśastanum||16||

May the Lord Man-Lion, who grants dominion over the gods, protect (sura-rājya-pradaḥ pātu... nṛhari-īśvaraḥ) my feet (pādau me)! May the one-thousand-headed Person protect (sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ pātu) my body (me... tanum) completely (sarvaśas)!||16||

महोग्रः पूर्वतः पातु महावीराग्रजोऽग्नितः।
महाविष्णुर्दक्षिणे तु महाज्वालस्तु नैरृतौ॥१७॥
Mahograḥ pūrvataḥ pātu mahāvīrāgrajo'gnitaḥ|
Mahāviṣṇurdakṣiṇe tu mahājvālastu nairṛtau||17||

May the One who is greatly fierce protect (me) (mahā-ugraḥ... pātu) from the east (pūrvatas)! May the One who is the elder brother of the great heroes protect (me) (mahā-vīra-agrajaḥ) from the southeast (agnitas)! May the Great Viṣṇu protect (me) (mahā-viṣṇuḥ) in the south (dakṣiṇe tu)! May the Great Flame protect (me) (mahā-jvālaḥ tu) in the southwest (nairṛtau)!||17||

पश्चिमे पातु सर्वेशो दिशि मे सर्वतोमुखः।
नृसिंहः पातु वायव्यां सौम्यां भीषणविग्रहः॥१८॥
Paścime pātu sarveśo diśi me sarvatomukhaḥ|
Nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu vāyavyāṁ saumyāṁ bhīṣaṇavigrahaḥ||18||

May the Lord of everything, whose faces are everywhere, protect me (pātu sarva-īśaḥ... me sarvatas-mukhaḥ) in the western direction (paścime... diśi)! May the Man-Lion protect (me) (nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu) in the northwest (vāyavyām)! May the One who has a terrifying form protect (me) (bhīṣaṇa-vigrahaḥ) in the north (saumyām)!||18||

ईशान्यां पातु भद्रो मे सर्वमङ्गलदायकः।
संसारभयतः पातु मृत्योर्मृत्युर्नृकेसरी॥१९॥
Īśānyāṁ pātu bhadro me sarvamaṅgaladāyakaḥ|
Saṁsārabhayataḥ pātu mṛtyormṛtyurnṛkesarī||19||

May the Auspicious One who grants all well-being and happiness protect me (pātu bhadraḥ me sarva-maṅgala-dāyakaḥ) in the northeast (īśānyām)! May the Man-Lion, who is Death, protect (me) (pātu... mṛtyuḥ nṛkesarī) from the fear of Saṁsāra (saṁsāra-bhayatas) (and) from death (mṛtyoḥ)!||19||

इदं नृसिंहकवचं प्रह्लादमुखमण्डितम्।
भक्तिमान्यः पठेन्नित्यं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥२०॥
Idaṁ nṛsiṁhakavacaṁ prahlādamukhamaṇḍitam|
Bhaktimānyaḥ paṭhennityaṁ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate||20||

This (idam) Nṛsiṁhakavacam (nṛsiṁha-kavacam) is adorned with the face/mouth of Prahlāda (prahlāda-mukha-maṇḍitam). The devotee (bhaktimān) who (yaḥ) recites (it) (paṭhet) always (nityam) becomes liberated (pramucyate) from all sins (sarva-pāpaiḥ)||20||

पुत्रवान्धनवांल्लोके दीर्घायुरुपजायते।
यं यं कामयते कामं तं तं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्॥२१॥
Putravāndhanavāṁlloke dīrghāyurupajāyate|
Yaṁ yaṁ kāmayate kāmaṁ taṁ taṁ prāpnotyasaṁśayam||21||

Whatever (yam yam) he desires (kāmayate), that very (tam tam) desire (kāmam) he attains (prāpnoti), without doubt (asaṁśayam). He becomes (upajāyate) someone with children (putravān), with wealth (dhanavān) (or even) a long life (dīrgha-āyuḥ) in (this) world (loke)||21||

सर्वत्र जयमाप्नोति सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत्।
भूम्यन्तरीक्षदिव्यानां ग्रहाणां विनिवारणम्॥२२॥
Sarvatra jayamāpnoti sarvatra vijayī bhavet|
Bhūmyantarīkṣadivyānāṁ grahāṇāṁ vinivāraṇam||22||

He obtains (āpnoti) victory (jayam) everywhere (sarvatra), he becomes (bhavet) victorious (vijayī) everywhere (sarvatra), (and he also gets) protection from the influence --lit. the keeping off-- (vinivāraṇam) of earth, atmosphere and sky (bhūmi-antarīkṣa-divyānām) (as well as) of the planets (grahāṇām)||22||

वृश्चिकोरगसम्भूतविषापहरणं परम्।
ब्रह्मराक्षसयक्षाणां दूरोत्सारणकारणम्॥२३॥
Vṛścikoragasambhūtaviṣāpaharaṇaṁ param|
Brahmarākṣasayakṣāṇāṁ dūrotsāraṇakāraṇam||23||

(This is) the supreme (medicine) that extracts the poison coming from snakes and scorpions (vṛścika-uraga-sambhūta-viṣa-apaharaṇam param), (and) it is the cause that keeps away (dūra-utsāraṇa-kāraṇam) brahmarākṣasa-s and yakṣa-s --different types of demons and ghosts-- (brahmarākṣasa-yakṣāṇām)||23||

भूर्जे वा तालपत्रे वा कवचं लिखितं शुभम्।
करमूले धृतं येन सिध्येयुः कर्मसिद्धयः॥२४॥
Bhūrje vā tālapatre vā kavacaṁ likhitaṁ śubham|
Karamūle dhṛtaṁ yena sidhyeyuḥ karmasiddhayaḥ||24||

(If this) auspicious (śubham) armor Mantra (kavacam) is written (likhitam) on birch bark (bhūrje) or (vā... vā) on a palm leaf (tāla-patre), (and then that) is worn (dhṛtam) on the wrist (kara-mūle), (then,) on that account (yena), the accomplishments of acts (karma-siddhayaḥ) succeed (sidhyeyuḥ)||24||

देवासुरमनुष्येषु स्वं स्वमेव जयं लभेत्।
एकसन्ध्यं त्रिसन्ध्यं वा यः पठेन्नियतो नरः॥२५॥
Devāsuramanuṣyeṣu svaṁ svameva jayaṁ labhet|
Ekasandhyaṁ trisandhyaṁ vā yaḥ paṭhenniyato naraḥ||25||

The constant (niyataḥ) person (naraḥ) who (yaḥ) recites (this armor Mantra) (paṭhet) at one of the junction points --that is, at dawn, at noon or at dusk-- (eka-sandhyam) or (vā) at the three junction points --at dawn, at noon and at dusk-- (tri-sandhyam) obtains (labhet) every victory (svam svam eva jayam) with reference to gods, demons and humans (deva-asura-manuṣyeṣu)||25||

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च विन्दति।
द्वात्रिंशतिसहस्राणि पठेच्छुद्धात्मनां नृणाम्॥२६॥
Sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyaṁ bhuktiṁ muktiṁ ca vindati|
Dvātriṁśatisahasrāṇi paṭhecchuddhātmanāṁ nṛṇām||26||

(The one who) recites (paṭhet) thirty-two thousand times (dvātriṁśati-sahasrāṇi) (this armor Mantra) of the pure people (śuddha-ātmanām nṛṇām) obtains (vindati) the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious (sarva-maṅgala-māṅgalyam), worldly enjoyment (bhuktim) and (ca) Liberation (muktim)||26||

कवचस्यास्य मन्त्रस्य मन्त्रसिद्धिः प्रजायते।
अनेन मन्त्रराजेन कृत्वा भस्माभिमन्त्रणम्॥२७॥
Kavacasyāsya mantrasya mantrasiddhiḥ prajāyate|
Anena mantrarājena kṛtvā bhasmābhimantraṇam||27||

(Through the recitation) of this armor Mantra (kavacasya asya mantrasya) perfection with regard to the Mantra-s (mantra-siddhiḥ) is produced (prajāyate). Through this King of Mantra-s (anena mantra-rājena) (the same is obtained as) by making (kṛtvā) a consecration with sacred ash (bhasma-abhimantraṇam)||27||

तिलकं विन्यसेद्यस्तु तस्य ग्रहभयं हरेत्।
त्रिवारं जपमानस्तु दत्तं वार्यभिमन्त्र्य च॥२८॥
Tilakaṁ vinyasedyastu tasya grahabhayaṁ haret|
Trivāraṁ japamānastu dattaṁ vāryabhimantrya ca||28||

For the one who (yaḥ tu tasya) has put on (vinyaset) a tilaka --the famous vaiṣṇava mark on the forehead-- (tilakam), and (ca) mutters (this Śrīnarasiṁhakavacam) (japamānaḥ tu) three times (tri-vāram) after consecrating (abhimantrya) offered water (dattam vāri), (this armor Mantra) removes (haret) the fear of the planets (graha-bhayam)||28||

प्राशयेद्यो नरो मन्त्रं नृसिंहध्यानमाचरेत्।
तस्य रोगाः प्रणश्यन्ति ये च स्युः कुक्षिसम्भवाः॥२९॥
Prāśayedyo naro mantraṁ nṛsiṁhadhyānamācaret|
Tasya rogāḥ praṇaśyanti ye ca syuḥ kukṣisambhavāḥ||29||

For that (tasya) person (naraḥ) who (yaḥ) feeds (prāśayet) the Mantra (through its recitation) (mantra), (and) who performs (ācaret) meditation on the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁha-dhyānam), the diseases (rogāḥ) disappear (praṇaśyanti), and (especially) (ca) those that (ye) are produced in the abdomen (syuḥ kukṣi-sambhavāḥ)||29||

किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन नृसिंहसदृशो भवेत्।
मनसा चिन्तितं यत्तु स तच्चाप्नोत्यसंशयम्॥३०॥
Kimatra bahunoktena nṛsiṁhasadṛśo bhavet|
Manasā cintitaṁ yattu sa taccāpnotyasaṁśayam||30||

What need is there to speak much (kim... bahunā uktena) about this (atra)? He becomes (bhavet) similar to the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁha-sadṛśaḥ). What (yad tu) he has thought (cintitam) with (his) mind (manasā), he (saḥ) obtains (āpnoti) that (tad), without doubt (asaṁśayam)||30||

गर्जन्तं गर्जयन्तं निजभुजपटलं स्फोटयन्तं हठन्तं
रूपयन्तं तापयन्तं दिवि भुवि दितिजं क्षेपयन्तं क्षिपन्तम्।
क्रन्दन्तं रोषयन्तं दिशि दिशि सततं संहरन्तं भरन्तं
वीक्षन्तं घूर्णयन्तं शरनिकरशतैर्दिव्यसिंहं नमामि॥३१॥
Garjantaṁ garjayantaṁ nijabhujapaṭalaṁ sphoṭayantaṁ haṭhantaṁ
rūpayantaṁ tāpayantaṁ divi bhuvi ditijaṁ kṣepayantaṁ kṣipantam|
Krandantaṁ roṣayantaṁ diśi diśi satataṁ saṁharantaṁ bharantaṁ
vīkṣantaṁ ghūrṇayantaṁ śaranikaraśatairdivyasiṁhaṁ namāmi||31||

I bow (namāmi) before the divine Lion (divya-siṁham) who roars (garjantam), who makes roar (garjayantam), before the One who has a multitude of arms of his own (nija-bhuja-paṭalam), before the One who rends suddenly (sphoṭayantam), before the One who oppresses and treats with violence (haṭhantam), before the One who seeks (rūpayantam) (and) causes pain (tāpayantam) to (any) descendant of Diti --to any daitya or demon-- (diti-jam) in Heaven (divi) (and) on Earth (bhuvi), before the One who throws (kṣepayantam) (and) strikes (said daitya-s) (kṣipantam), before the One who roars (krandantam) (and) is angry (roṣayantam), before the One who annihilates (such demons) (saṁharantam) constantly (satatam) in all directions (diśi diśi), before the One who sustains (bharantam), before the One who peruses (vīkṣantam), (and) before the One who shakes (ghūrṇayantam) with hundreds of showers of arrows (śara-nikara-śataiḥ)||31||

॥इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डपुराणे प्रह्लादोक्तं श्रीनरसिंहकवचं सम्पूर्णम्॥
||Iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe prahlādoktaṁ śrīnarasiṁhakavacaṁ sampūrṇam||

||Thus (iti), in the venerable Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (śrī-brahmāṇḍa-purāṇe), the glorious Man-Lion's armor Mantra (śrī-narasiṁha-kavacam) uttered by Prahlāda (prahlāda-uktam) is complete (sampūrṇam)||

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 Śrīnṛsiṁhapraṇāmaḥ

नमस्ते नरसिंहाय प्रह्लादाह्लाददायिने।
हिरण्यकशिपोर्वक्षःशिलाटङ्कनखालये॥१॥
Namaste narasiṁhāya prahlādāhlādadāyine|
Hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣaḥśilāṭaṅkanakhālaye||1||

Salutation to You, Man-Lion (namas te narasiṁhāya), who give Joy to Prahlāda (prahlāda-āhlāda-dāyine), (to You) whose row of nails like chisels (rends) the stone of the chest (vakṣas-śilā-ṭaṅka-nakha-ālaye) of Hiraṇyakaśipu (hiraṇyakaśipoḥ)||1||

इतो नृसिंहः परतो नृसिंहो यतो यतो यामि ततो नृसिंहः।
बहिर्नृसिंहो हृदये नृसिंहो नृसिंहमादिं शरणं प्रपद्ये॥२॥
Ito nṛsiṁhaḥ parato nṛsiṁho yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiṁhaḥ|
Bahirnṛsiṁho hṛdaye nṛsiṁho nṛsiṁhamādiṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye||2||

Here (itas) (is) the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁhaḥ), there (paratas) (is) the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁhaḥ), wherever (yatas yatas) I go (yāmi) there (tatas) (is) the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁhaḥ). Outside (bahis) (is) the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁhaḥ), in the heart (hṛdaye) (is) the Man-Lion (nṛsiṁhaḥ). I take refuge (śaraṇam prapadye) in the Primordial (ādim) Man-Lion (nṛsiṁham)||2||

तव करकमलवरे नखमद्भुतशृङ्गम्।
दलितहिरण्यकशिपुतनुभृङ्गम्।
केशवधृतनरहरिरूप जय जगदीश हरे॥
Tava karakamalavare nakhamadbhutaśṛṅgam|
Dalitahiraṇyakaśiputanubhṛṅgam|
Keśavadhṛtanaraharirūpa jaya jagadīśa hare||

In Your very excellent lotus hand (tava kara-kamala-vare), the nail (nakham), (like a) wonderful horn (adbhuta-śṛṅgam), rends the body of Hiraṇyakaśipu as if it were a bee (dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgam). O Form of the Man-Lion assumed by Keśava --by Viṣṇu-- (keśava-dhṛta-narahari-rūpa), victory (to You) (jaya), O Lord of the universe (jagat-īśa), O Hari (hare)!||

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