ॐ नमो भगवते नरसिंहाय नमस्तेजस्तेजसे आविराविर्भव वज्रनख वज्रदंष्ट्र कर्माशयान् रन्धय रन्धय तमो ग्रस ग्रस ॐ स्वाहा । अभयमभयमात्मनि भूयिष्ठा ॐ क्ष्रौम् ॥ ८ ॥
om namo bhagavate narasimhaya namas tejas-tejase avir-avirbhava vajra-nakha vajra-damstra karmasayan randhaya randhaya tamo grasa grasa om svaha; abhayam abhayam atmani bhuyistha om ksraum.
- om
- O Lord
- namah
- my respectful obeisances
- bhagavate
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- nara-simhaya
- known as Lord Nrsimha
- namah
- obeisances
- tejah-tejase
- the power of all power
- avih-avirbhava
- please be fully manifest
- vajra-nakha
- O You who possess nails like thunderbolts
- vajra-damstra
- O You who possess teeth like thunderbolts
- karma-asayan
- demoniac desires to be happy by material activities
- randhaya randhaya
- kindly vanquish
- tamah
- ignorance in the material world
- grasa
- kindly drive away
- grasa
- kindly drive away
- om
- O my Lord
- svaha
- respectful oblations
- abhayam
- fearlessness
- abhayam
- fearlessness
- atmani
- in my mind
- bhuyisthah
- may You appear
- om
- O Lord
- ksraum
- the bija, or seed, of mantras offering prayers to Lord Nrsimha
I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Nrsimhadeva, the source of all power. O my Lord who possesses nails and teeth just like thunderbolts, kindly vanquish our demonlike desires for fruitive activity in this material world. Please appear in our hearts and drive away our ignorance so that by Your mercy we may become fearless in the struggle for existence in this material world.