Sri Nrisimha Pranama

namas te narasimhaya

prahladahlada-dayine

hiranyakasipor vakshahsila-

tanka-nakhalaye

I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasimha who gives joy to Prahlada Maharaja and whose nails are like chisels

on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.

ito nrisimhah parato nrisimho

yato yato yami tato nrisimhah

bahir nrisimho hridaye nrisimho

nrisimham adim saranam prapadye

Lord Nrisimha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nrisimha is there. He is in the heart and is outside

as well. I surrender to Lord Nrisimha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.

Prayer to Lord Nrisimha

by Jayadeva Gosvami

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-sringam

dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhringam

kesava dhrita-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! 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

wasplike demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful

lotus hands.