सोऽहं प्रियस्य सुहृद: परदेवताया लीलाकथास्तव नृसिंह विरिञ्चगीता: । अञ्जस्तितर्म्यनुगृणन्गुणविप्रमुक्तो दुर्गाणि ते पदयुगालयहंससङ्ग: ॥ १८ ॥
so ’ham priyasya suhrdah paradevataya lila-kathas tava nrsimha virinca-gitah anjas titarmy anugrnan guna-vipramukto durgani te pada-yugalaya-hamsa-sangah
- sah
- that
- aham
- I (Prahlada Maharaja)
- priyasya
- of the dearmost
- suhrdah
- well-wisher
- paradevatayah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- lila-kathah
- narrations of the pastimes
- tava
- Your
- nrsimha
- O my Lord Nrsimhadeva
- virinca-gitah
- given by Lord Brahma by the disciplic succession
- anjah
- easily
- titarmi
- I shall cross
- anugrnan
- constantly describing
- guna
- by the modes of material nature
- vipramuktah
- specifically being uncontaminated
- durgani
- all miserable conditions of life
- te
- of You
- pada-yuga-alaya
- fully absorbed in meditation on the lotus feet
- hamsa-sangah
- having the association of the hamsas, or liberated persons (who have no connection with material activities)
O my Lord Nrsimhadeva, by engaging in Your transcendental loving service in the association of devotees who are liberated souls (hamsas), I shall become completely uncontaminated by the association of the three modes of material nature and be able to chant the glories of Your Lordship, who are so dear to me. I shall chant Your glories, following exactly in the footsteps of Lord Brahma and his disciplic succession. In this way I shall undoubtedly be able to cross the ocean of nescience.