namas te narasiḿhāya

(1) namas te narasiḿhāya prahlādāhlāda-dāyine hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ- śilā-ṭańka-nakhālaye (2) ito nṛsiḿhaḥ parato nṛsiḿho yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiḿhaḥ bahir nṛsiḿho hṛdaye nṛsiḿho nṛsiḿham ādiḿ śaraṇaḿ prapadye (3) tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛńgaḿ dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛńgam keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare jaya jagadīśa hare jaya jagadīśa hare

(1) namaḥ — obeisances; te — unto You; nara-siḿhāya — unto Lord Narasiḿha; prahlāda — (to) Prahlāda Mahārāja; āhlāda — (of) joy; dāyine — the giver; hiraṇyakaśipoḥ — of Hiraṇyakaśipu; vakṣaḥ — chest; śilā — (on) the stonelike; ṭańka — chisels; nakha-ālaye — whose nails. (2) itaḥ — here; nṛsiḿhaḥ — Lord Nṛsiḿha; parataḥ — there; nṛsiḿhaḥ — Lord Nṛsiḿha; yataḥ yataḥ — wherever; yāmi — I go; tataḥ — there; nṛsiḿhaḥ — Lord Nṛsiḿha; bahiḥ — externally; nṛsiḿhaḥ — Lord Nṛsiḿha; hṛdaye — in the heart; nṛsiḿhaḥ — Lord Nṛsiḿha; nṛsiḿham — to Lord Nṛsiḿha; ādim — the origin; śaraṇam — the supreme refuge; prapadye — I surrender. (3) tava — Your; kara-kamala-vare — upon the beautiful lotus hands; nakham — the nails; adbhuta-śṛńgam — wonderfully sharp tips; dalita — ripped apart; hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu — the body of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu; bhṛńgam — the wasp; keśava — O Lord Keśava, of fine hair!; dhṛta-narahari-rūpa — who have accepted the form of half-man, half-lion (nara-man, hari-lion); jaya jagadīśa — all glories to the Lord of the universe; hare — Lord Hari

(1) I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasimha, who gives joy to Prahlada Maharaja and whose nails are like chisels on the stone like chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.

(2) Lord Nrsimha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nrsimha is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord Nrsimha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.

(3) O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion, l 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 wasp like demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.