Sri: Lakshmi Narasimha Sahasrana:ma

Verse 1

उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम् । नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम् ॥

ugram vi:ram maha:-vishnum jvalantham sarvato-mukham | nrisimham bhi:shanam bhadhram mrithyu-mrithyum nama:my aham ||

I bow to Narasimha — the fierce, the heroic, the Great Vishnu, blazing on every side, the man-lion, terrifying yet auspicious, the Death of death.

The dhya:na-sloka — the same anushtup that opens the Mantra Ra:ja Pada Stotra is also the opening invocation of the Sahasrana:ma.

Verse 2

ॐ नृसिंहो महासिंहो दिव्यसिंहो महाबलः । उग्रसिंहो महादेवः स्तम्भजश्च महेश्वरः ॥

om nrisimho maha:-simho divya-simho maha:-balah | ugra-simho maha:-dhevah stambha-jas ca mahesvarah ||

Om — Nrisimha, the great lion, the divine lion, of immense strength; the fierce lion, the great deva, the column-born, the supreme lord. (Names 1–8 of the Sahasrana:ma.)

Verse 3

अभीष्टदः फलदः सर्वज्ञः पुरुषोत्तमः । भक्तानां वत्सलः शान्तः शरणागतवत्सलः ॥

abhi:shtadah phaladhah sarvajnah purushoththamah | bhaktha:na:m vathsalah sa:nthah sarana:gatha-vathsalah ||

Granter of desires, giver of fruits, all-knowing, the Supreme Person, tender to his devotees, peaceful, tender to those who have surrendered.

A representative cluster from the middle of the Sahasrana:ma. The full thousand are gathered into shatas (groups of one hundred) in the canonical recension.

Verse 4

य इदं पठते स्तोत्रं नृसिंहस्य महात्मनः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥

ya idham pathathe sthothram nrisimhasya maha:thmanah | sarva:n ka:ma:n ava:pno:thi vishnu-lokam sa gacchati ||

Whoever reads this stotra of the great-souled Narasimha attains all his desires and goes to the world of Vishnu.

The phala-sruthi of the Sahasrana:ma — the closing promise.