About this stotra
Narasimha is a fierce avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, one who incarnates in the form of part lion and part man to destroy evil and end religious persecution and calamity on Earth, thereby restoring Dharma. This stotra is composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.
Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalambam lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
श्रीमत्पयोनिधिनिकेतन चक्रपाणे
भोगीन्द्रभोगमणिरञ्जितपुण्यमूर्ते ।
योगीश शाश्वत शरण्य भवाब्धिपोत
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१॥
śrīmatpayonidhiniketana cakrapāṇe
bhogīndrabhogamaṇirañjitapuṇyamūrte .
yogīśa śāśvata śaraṇya bhavābdhipota
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..1..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) who resides on the ocean of milk, which is filled with Sri (beauty and auspiciousness), holding a chakra (discus) on his hand, ...
with his divine face shining with the divine light emanating from the gems on the hoods of serpent Adi Sesha,
who is the lord of yoga, and eternal, and giver of refuge to the devotees like a boat over the ocean of samsara (worldly existence),
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- श्रीमत् (śrīmat)
- auspicious
- पयोनिधिनिकेतन (payonidhiniketana)
- residing in the ocean of milk (payonidhi:ocean of milk | niketana:residing)
- चक्रपाणे (cakrapāṇe)
- O holder of discus (cakra:discus | pāṇe:holder)
- भोगीन्द्रभोगमणिरञ्जितपुण्यमूर्ते (bhogīndrabhogamaṇirañjitapuṇyamūrte)
- whose form is adorned by serpent gems (bhogīndra:serpent king | bhoga:hood | maṇi:gem | rañjita:adorned | puṇya:auspicious | mūrte:form)
- योगीश (yogīśa)
- lord of yoga (yoga:yoga | īśa:lord)
- शाश्वत (śāśvata)
- eternal
- शरण्य (śaraṇya)
- giver of refuge
- भवाब्धिपोत (bhavābdhipota)
- boat over ocean of existence (bhava:existence | abdhi:ocean | pota:boat)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with your hand (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
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Verse 2
ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रमरुदर्ककिरीटकोटि_
सङ्घट्टिताङ्घ्रिकमलामलकान्तिकान्त ।
लक्ष्मीलसत्कुचसरोरुहराजहंस
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२॥
brahmendrarudramarudarkakirīṭakoṭi_
saṅghaṭṭitāṅghrikamalāmalakāntikānta .
lakṣmīlasatkucasaroruharājahaṃsa
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..2..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) millions of diadems (i.e. decorated heads) of Brahma, Rudra, Maruts (wind-gods) and Arka (Sun-god) ...
assembles at whose stainless, pure feet, desiring to obtain its splendour,
who is a royal swan floating on the lake within the heart of devi Lakshmi, ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रमरुदर्ककिरीटकोटि (brahmendrarudramarudarkakirīṭakoṭi)
- millions of diadems of Brahma, Indra, Rudra, Maruts, and Arka (brahma:Brahma | indra:Indra | rudra:Rudra | marut:Maruts | arka:Sun-god | kirīṭa:diadem | koṭi:millions)
- सङ्घट्टिताङ्घ्रिकमलामलकान्तिकान्त (saṅghaṭṭitāṅghrikamalāmalakāntikānta)
- assembled at whose pure feet (saṅghaṭṭita:assembled | aṅghri:feet | kamala:lotus | amala:pure | kānti:splendour | kānta:desiring)
- लक्ष्मीलसत्कुचसरोरुहराजहंस (lakṣmīlasatkucasaroruharājahaṃsa)
- royal swan in Lakshmi's heart (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | lasat:shining | kuca:bosom | saroruha:lotus | rāja:royal | haṃsa:swan)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with your hands (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
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Verse 3
संसारघोरगहने चरतो मुरारे
मारोग्रभीकरमृगप्रवरार्दितस्य ।
आर्तस्य मत्सरनिदाघनिपीडितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥३॥
saṃsāraghoragahane carato murāre
mārograbhīkaramṛgapravarārditasya .
ārtasya matsaranidāghanipīḍitasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..3..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) in this dense forest of samsara (worldly existence), i wander, O murari (the enemy of demon Mura),
many formidable and ferocious animals (in this forest of samsara), torments me with various desires and rouses deep fear in me,
I am deeply afflicted and hurt in this selfishness and heat (of the samsara),
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसारघोरगहने (saṃsāraghoragahane)
- in the dense forest of samsara (saṃsāra:worldly existence | ghora:dense | gahane:in the forest)
- चरतो (carato)
- wandering
- मुरारे (murāre)
- O Murari
- मारोग्रभीकरमृगप्रवरार्दितस्य (mārograbhīkaramṛgapravarārditasya)
- tormented by formidable animals (māra:desires | ugra:formidable | bhīkāra:ferocious | mṛga:animals | pravara:excellent | ārdita:tormented)
- आर्तस्य (ārtasya)
- afflicted
- मत्सरनिदाघनिपीडितस्य (matsaranidāghanipīḍitasya)
- hurt by selfishness and heat (matsara:selfishness | nidāgha:heat | nipīḍita:hurt)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- O Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- refuge by holding hands (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
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Verse 4
संसारकूपमतिघोरमगाधमूलं
सम्प्राप्य दुःखशतसर्पसमाकुलस्य ।
दीनस्य देव कृपणापदमागतस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥४॥
saṃsārakūpamatighoramagādhamūlaṃ
samprāpya duḥkhaśatasarpasamākulasya .
dīnasya deva kṛpaṇāpadamāgatasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..4..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) in this well of samsara (worldly existence), which is exceedingly terrible; to its unfathomable depth ....
I have reached; where it is filled with hundreds of snakes of sorrows,
to this miserable soul, O deva, who is wretched and afflicted with various calamities, ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसारकूपम् (saṃsārakūpam)
- well of samsara (saṃsāra:samsara | kūpam:well)
- अतिघोरम् (atighoram)
- exceedingly terrible (ati:exceedingly | ghoram:terrible)
- अगाधमूलम् (agādhamūlam)
- unfathomable depth (agādha:unfathomable | mūlam:depth)
- सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya)
- having reached
- दुःखशतसर्पसमाकुलस्य (duḥkhaśatasarpasamākulasya)
- filled with hundreds of snakes of sorrows (duḥkha:sorrows | śata:hundreds | sarpa:snakes | samākulasya:filled with)
- दीनस्य (dīnasya)
- of the miserable
- देव (deva)
- O deva
- कृपणापदमागतस्य (kṛpaṇāpadamāgatasya)
- afflicted with various calamities (kṛpaṇa:wretched | āpada:calamities | māgatasya:afflicted with)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- O Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- refuge by holding hands (kara:hands | avalambam:refuge by holding)
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Verse 5
संसारसागरविशालकरालकाल_
नक्रग्रहग्रसननिग्रहविग्रहस्य ।
व्यग्रस्य रागरसनोर्मिनिपीडितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥५॥
saṃsārasāgaraviśālakarālakāla_
nakragrahagrasananigrahavigrahasya .
vyagrasya rāgarasanorminipīḍitasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..5..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) in this huge ocean of samsara (worldly existence), where kala (time) cleaves asunder everything ...
like a crocodile; my life is restrained and being eaten away like rahu restrains and devours the planet (i.e. moon), ...
and my senses being engrossed in the waves of the rasa (juice) of raga (passion) is squeezing away my life, ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसारसागरविशालकरालकाल (saṃsārasāgaraviśālakarālakāla)
- huge ocean of samsara (saṃsāra:worldly existence | sāgara:ocean | viśāla:huge | karāla:terrifying | kāla:time)
- नक्रग्रहग्रसननिग्रहविग्रहस्य (nakragrahagrasananigrahavigrahasya)
- crocodile-like devouring restraint (nakra:crocodile | graha:planet | grasana:devouring | nigraha:restraint | vigraha:form)
- व्यग्रस्य (vyagrasya)
- of the agitated
- रागरसनोर्मिनिपीडितस्य (rāgarasanorminipīḍitasya)
- squeezed by passion's waves (rāga:passion | rasana:juice | ūrmi:waves | nipīḍita:squeezed)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with your hand (kara:hand | avalamba:support)
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Verse 6
संसारवृक्षमघबीजमनन्तकर्म_
शाखाशतं करणपत्रमनङ्गपुष्पम् ।
आरुह्य दुःखफलितं पततो दयालो
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥६॥
saṃsāravṛkṣamaghabījamanantakarma_
śākhāśataṃ karaṇapatramanaṅgapuṣpam .
āruhya duḥkhaphalitaṃ patato dayālo
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..6..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) in this tree of samsara (worldly existence) - evil is whose seed, endless activities ...
are whose hundreds of branches, sense organ is whose leaf, Ananga (Kamadeva) is whose flower;
I have mounted that tree (of samsara) and having reaped its fruits of sorrows, is now falling down; O compassionate one, ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसारवृक्षम् (saṃsāravṛkṣam)
- tree of samsara (saṃsāra:samsara | vṛkṣam:tree)
- अघबीजम् (aghabījam)
- evil seed (agha:evil | bījam:seed)
- अनन्तकर्म (anantakarma)
- endless activities (ananta:endless | karma:activities)
- शाखाशतम् (śākhāśatam)
- hundreds of branches (śākhā:branches | śatam:hundreds)
- करणपत्रम् (karaṇapatram)
- sense organ leaf (karaṇa:sense organ | patram:leaf)
- अनङ्गपुष्पम् (anaṅgapuṣpam)
- Ananga flower (anaṅga:Ananga (Kamadeva) | puṣpam:flower)
- आरुह्य (āruhya)
- having mounted
- दुःखफलितम् (duḥkhaphalitam)
- fruits of sorrows (duḥkha:sorrows | phalitam:fruits)
- पततः (patataḥ)
- falling down
- दयाल (dayāla)
- compassionate one
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with hands (kara:hands | avalambam:support)
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Verse 7
संसारसर्पघनवक्त्रभयोग्रतीव्र_
दंष्ट्राकरालविषदग्धविनष्टमूर्तेः ।
नागारिवाहन सुधाब्धिनिवास शौरे
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥७॥
saṃsārasarpaghanavaktrabhayogratīvra_
daṃṣṭrākarālaviṣadagdhavinaṣṭamūrteḥ .
nāgārivāhana sudhābdhinivāsa śaure
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..7..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) this all-destroying serpent of samsara (worldly existence) with its dreadful face ...
and sharp fangs, has burnt and destroyed me with its terrible poison,
O the one riding the enemy of serpents (garuda) (who can kill the serpents of samsara), O the one who dwell in the ocean of nectar (which can heal out burnt beings), O Shauri (Vishnu), ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसारसर्पघनवक्त्रभयोग्रतीव्र (saṃsārasarpaghanavaktrabhayogratīvra)
- terrible serpent of samsara (saṃsāra:worldly existence | sarpa:serpent | ghana:dense | vaktra:face | bhaya:fear | ugra:terrible | tīvra:intense)
- दंष्ट्राकरालविषदग्धविनष्टमूर्तेः (daṃṣṭrākarālaviṣadagdhavinaṣṭamūrteḥ)
- destroyed by poison fangs (daṃṣṭrā:fangs | karāla:terrible | viṣa:poison | dagdha:burnt | vinaṣṭa:destroyed | mūrti:form)
- नागारिवाहन (nāgārivāhana)
- rider of Garuda (nāga:serpent | ari:enemy | vāhana:vehicle)
- सुधाब्धिनिवास (sudhābdhinivāsa)
- dweller in ocean of nectar (sudhā:nectar | abdhī:ocean | nivāsa:dweller)
- शौरे (śaure)
- O Shauri (Vishnu)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with hands (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
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Verse 8
संसारदावदहनातुरभीकरोरु_
ज्वालावलीभिरतिदग्धतनूरुहस्य ।
त्वत्पादपद्मसरसीशरणागतस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥८॥
saṃsāradāvadahanāturabhīkaroru_
jvālāvalībhiratidagdhatanūruhasya .
tvatpādapadmasarasīśaraṇāgatasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..8..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) the burning heat of this samsara (worldly existence) which creates fear in us and makes us suffer, ...
it's blazing flame is burning every part of my body,
your lotus feet is a (cooling) lake giving refuge (to the burnt souls),
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसार (saṃsāra)
- worldly existence
- दाव (dāva)
- forest fire
- दहन (dahana)
- burning
- आतुर (ātura)
- afflicted
- भीकर (bhīkara)
- fearful
- उरु (uru)
- great
- ज्वाला (jvālā)
- flame
- वलि (valī)
- series
- अति (ati)
- excessively
- दग्ध (dagdha)
- burnt
- तनू (tanū)
- body
- रुह (ruha)
- growing
- स्य (sya)
- of
- त्वत् (tvat)
- your
- पाद (pāda)
- feet
- पद्म (padma)
- lotus
- सरसी (sarasī)
- lake
- शरण (śaraṇa)
- refuge
- आगत (āgata)
- come
- स्य (sya)
- of
- लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)
- Lakshmi
- नृसिंह (nṛsiṃha)
- Narasimha
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- कर (kara)
- hand
- आवलम्बम् (āvalambam)
- support
॥ ९ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 9
संसारजालपतितस्य जगन्निवास
सर्वेन्द्रियार्तवडिशार्थझषोपमस्य ।
प्रोत्खण्डितप्रचुरतालुकमस्तकस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥९॥
saṃsārajālapatitasya jagannivāsa
sarvendriyārtavaḍiśārthajhaṣopamasya .
protkhaṇḍitapracuratālukamastakasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..9..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) (like the one who) living in this world has fallen in the samsara jala (net of worldly attachment), ...
and whose all indriyas (sense organs) have become afflicted like a hooked fish, ...
(the fish) whose palate and head has been profusely torn (by the many fish hooks on the sense organs) (Such is my condition, so), ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसारजालपतितस्य (saṃsārajālapatitasya)
- fallen in the net of samsara (saṃsāra:worldly existence | jāla:net | patitasya:fallen)
- जगन्निवास (jagannivāsa)
- O abode of the world (jagat:world | nivāsa:abode)
- सर्वेन्द्रियार्तवडिशार्थझषोपमस्य (sarvendriyārtavaḍiśārthajhaṣopamasya)
- like a fish caught by senses (sarva:all | indriya:senses | ārta:afflicted | vaḍiśa:hook | artha:for the sake of | jhaṣa:fish | upama:like)
- प्रोत्खण्डितप्रचुरतालुकमस्तकस्य (protkhaṇḍitapracuratālukamastakasya)
- whose palate and head torn (protkhaṇḍita:torn | pracura:profuse | tāluka:palate | mastaka:head)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- O Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with your hand (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
॥ १० ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 10
संसारभीकरकरीन्द्रकराभिघात_
निष्पिष्टमर्मवपुषः सकलार्तिनाश ।
प्राणप्रयाणभवभीतिसमाकुलस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१०॥
saṃsārabhīkarakarīndrakarābhighāta_
niṣpiṣṭamarmavapuṣaḥ sakalārtināśa .
prāṇaprayāṇabhavabhītisamākulasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..10..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) this samsara (worldly existence), like a huge dreadful elephant, has struck me with its trunk, ...
and (with its feet) has crushed my vitals; O Lord, you who are the most beautiful and destroyer of all pains, ...
to me who is filled with the fear of death in this world, ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- संसार (saṃsāra)
- worldly existence
- भीकर (bhīkara)
- dreadful
- करीन्द्र (karīndra)
- elephant
- कर (kara)
- trunk
- अभिघात (abhighāta)
- strike
- निष्पिष्ट (niṣpiṣṭa)
- crushed
- मर्म (marma)
- vitals
- वपुषः (vapuṣaḥ)
- of the body
- सकल (sakala)
- all
- अर्ति (arti)
- pains
- नाश (nāśa)
- destroyer
- प्राणप्रयाण (prāṇaprayāṇa)
- journey of life (prāṇa:life | prayāṇa:journey)
- भव (bhava)
- worldly existence
- भीति (bhīti)
- fear
- समाकुल (samākula)
- filled with
- लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)
- Lakshmi
- नृसिंह (nṛsiṃha)
- Narasimha
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with hands (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
॥ ११ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 11
अन्धस्य मे हृतविवेकमहाधनस्य
चोरैः प्रभो बलिभिरिन्द्रियनामधेयैः ।
मोहान्धकूपकुहरे विनिपातितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥११॥
andhasya me hṛtavivekamahādhanasya
coraiḥ prabho balibhirindriyanāmadheyaiḥ .
mohāndhakūpakuhare vinipātitasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..11..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) my blindness due to seizing away my viveka (power of discrimination between good and bad), the great wealth, ...
by theft, O Lord, by the indriyas (sense organs) which prompted for constant oblations, ...
has made my life fall inside the dark well of delusion, ...
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
Word by word
- अन्धस्य (andhasya)
- of the blind
- मे (me)
- my
- हृतविवेकमहाधनस्य (hṛtavivekamahādhanasya)
- of the one whose great wealth of discrimination is stolen (hṛta:stolen | viveka:discrimination | mahā:great | dhanasya:of the wealth)
- चोरैः (coraiḥ)
- by thieves
- प्रभो (prabho)
- O Lord
- बलिभिः (balibhiḥ)
- by the powerful
- इन्द्रियनामधेयैः (indriyanāmadheyaiḥ)
- named as sense organs (indriya:sense organs | nāmadheyaiḥ:named as)
- मोहान्धकूपकुहरे (mohāndhakūpakuhare)
- in the dark well of delusion (moha:delusion | andha:dark | kūpa:well | kuhare:in the cavity)
- विनिपातितस्य (vinipātitasya)
- of the one fallen
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह (lakṣmīnṛsiṃha)
- O Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha)
- मम (mama)
- my
- देहि (dehi)
- give
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- support with your hand (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
॥ १२ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 12
लक्ष्मीपते कमलनाभ सुरेश विष्णो
वैकुण्ठ कृष्ण मधुसूदन पुष्कराक्ष ।
ब्रह्मण्य केशव जनार्दन वासुदेव
देवेश देहि कृपणस्य करावलम्बम् ॥१२॥
lakṣmīpate kamalanābha sureśa viṣṇo
vaikuṇṭha kṛṣṇa madhusūdana puṣkarākṣa .
brahmaṇya keśava janārdana vāsudeva
deveśa dehi kṛpaṇasya karāvalambam ..12..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) O Lakshmipati (consort of devi Lakshmi), O Kamalanabha (with lotus on the navel), O Suresha (lord of the Suras), O Vishnu, ...
O Vaikuntha, O Krishna, O Madhusudana, O Pushkaraksha (lotus-eyed), ...
O Brahmanya, O Keshava, O Janardhana, O Vasudeva, ...
O Devesha (lord of devas); please give refuge to this pitiable one by holding with your divine hands.
Word by word
- लक्ष्मीपते (lakṣmīpate)
- O consort of Lakshmi (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | pate:consort of)
- कमलनाभ (kamalanābha)
- with lotus on navel (kamala:lotus | nābha:navel)
- सुरेश (sureśa)
- lord of the Suras (sura:Suras | īśa:lord)
- विष्णो (viṣṇo)
- O Vishnu
- वैकुण्ठ (vaikuṇṭha)
- O Vaikuntha
- कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)
- O Krishna
- मधुसूदन (madhusūdana)
- slayer of Madhu (madhu:Madhu | sūdana:slayer)
- पुष्कराक्ष (puṣkarākṣa)
- lotus-eyed (puṣkara:lotus | akṣa:eye)
- ब्रह्मण्य (brahmaṇya)
- O Brahmanya
- केशव (keśava)
- O Keshava
- जनार्दन (janārdana)
- O Janardhana
- वासुदेव (vāsudeva)
- O Vasudeva
- देवेश (deveśa)
- lord of devas (deva:devas | īśa:lord)
- देहि (dehi)
- please give
- कृपणस्य (kṛpaṇasya)
- of the pitiable one
- करावलम्बम् (karāvalambam)
- refuge by holding hands (kara:hand | avalambam:support)
॥ १३ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 13
यन्माययोर्जितवपुःप्रचुरप्रवाह_
मग्नार्थमत्र निवहोरुकरावलम्बम् ।
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन
स्तोत्रं कृतं सुखकरं भुवि शङ्करेण ॥१३॥
yanmāyayorjitavapuḥpracurapravāha_
magnārthamatra nivahorukarāvalambam .
lakṣmīnṛsiṃhacaraṇābjamadhuvratena
stotraṃ kṛtaṃ sukhakaraṃ bhuvi śaṅkareṇa ..13..
(Salutations to Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) (by) which power of maya (originating from the divine source) is strenghtened the beautiful form (of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha) with flow of abundant divinity, ...
(from the same divine source) for the sake of rescuing the ones immersed in delusion has been extended the all-encompassing hand of refuge (of Lakshmi Narasimha),
by being engrossed in the nectar of the lotus-feet of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha, ...
This stotra has been composed by Shankara (i.e. Sri Adi Shankaracharya), which gives great joy in this world (upon deeply meditating on it).
Word by word
- यत् (yat)
- which
- मायया (māyayā)
- by maya
- उर्जितवपुः (urjitavapuḥ)
- strengthened form (urjita:strengthened | vapuḥ:form)
- प्रचुरप्रवाह (pracurapravāha)
- abundant flow (pracura:abundant | pravāha:flow)
- मग्नार्थम् (magnārtham)
- immersed ones (magna:immersed | artham:ones)
- अत्र (atra)
- here
- निवह (nivaha)
- group
- उरुकरावलम्बम् (urukarāvalambam)
- all-encompassing hand of refuge (uru:all-encompassing | kara:hand | avalambam:refuge)
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन (lakṣmīnṛsiṃhacaraṇābjamadhuvratena)
- by being engrossed in the nectar of the lotus-feet of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha (lakṣmī:Lakshmi | nṛsiṃha:Narasimha | caraṇa:feet | abja:lotus | madhu:nectar | vratena:by being engrossed)
- स्तोत्रम् (stotram)
- hymn
- कृतम् (kṛtam)
- composed
- सुखकरम् (sukhakaram)
- gives great joy (sukha:joy | karam:gives)
- भुवि (bhuvi)
- in the world
- शङ्करेण (śaṅkareṇa)
- by Shankara
ॐ
