Kirtan Guide

Śrī Nṛsiṁha Praṇām

    • namas te narasiṁhāya
    • prahlādāhlāda-dāyine
    • hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-
    • śilā-ṭaṅka-nakhālaye
    • I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasiṁha, who gives joy to Prahlād Mahārāj and whose nails are like chisels on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.

    • ito nṛsiṁhaḥ parato nṛsiṁho
    • yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiṁhaḥ
    • bahir nṛsiṁho hṛdaye nṛsiṁho
    • nṛsiṁham ādiṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye
    • Lord Nṛsiṁha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nṛsiṁha is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord Nṛsiṁha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.

  • Śrī Daśāvatār-stotram
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    • tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛṅgaṁ
    • dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgam
    • keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare
    • Oh Keśava! Oh Lord of the universe! Oh 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 wasplike demon Hiraṇyakaśipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.