Narsimha Jayanti - Narsimha Mantras
Special prayers to Lord Narasimha are the following:
Ugra-Narasimha-Dhyana Mantra
Mimamsamanasya Samutthito 'Grato
Nrisimha-Rupas Tad Alam Bhayanakam
Pratapta-Camikara-Canda-Locanam
Sphurat-Sata-Keshara-Jrimbhitananam
Karala-Damshtram Karavala-Cañcala-
Kshuranta-Jihvam Bhru-Kuti-Bhishanam
Stabdhordhva-Karnam Giri-Kandaradbhta-
Vyattasya-Nasam Hanu-Bheda-Bhishanam
Divi-Sprishat Kayam Adirgha-Pivara-
Grivoru-Vakshah-Sthalam Alpa-Madhyamam
Candamshu-Gauraish Churitam Tanuruhair
Vishvag Bhujanika-Shatam Nakhayudham
Durasadam Sarva-Nijetarayudha-
Praveka-Vidravita-Daitya-Danavam
Prayer to Lord Naraisimha
(With the meaning in English)
Tava Kara-Kamala-Vare Nakham Adbhuta-Sringham
Dalita-Hiranyakashipu-Tanu-Bhringam
Keshava Dhrita-Narahari-Rupa Jaya Jagadisha Hare
(O my Lord Nrisimha, Your hands is very beautiful like the lotus flower, but with your long nails you have ripped apart the wasp Hiranyakashipu. Unto You, Lord of the universe, I offer my humble obeisance.)
Narasimha Beeja mantra
Om Kshraum
(Chanting the Narsimha Bija Mantra is said to remove all sorrows and fears and make one fearsome like a lion.)
Ugra Narasimha Maha Mantra
Om Hrim Ksraum Ugram Viram Maha-Vishnum
Jvalantam Sarvato Mukham
Naraisimham Bhishanam Bhadram
Mrityur Mrityum Namamy Aham
(May my head be protected by the moon-coloured one, who is the greatest among humans. My obeisances unto the ferocious and powerful, the great Visnu, the fiery one, who's faces are on all sides, the fearful one, Narasimha, who causes the death of even death personified, (or who can overcome death).
Laxmi Narasimha Maha Mantra
Om AM Hrim Kraum Om Tattaka Hataka-Keshagra-Jvalat-Padoka-Lochana
-Bhadradika Nakha-Sparsha Divya-Simha Nami 'Stu Te
(O my Lord, O transcendental Lion, I offer my obeisances unto you along with Srimati Laxmi Devi. Sometimes, flying in the sky, sometimes moving on foot, your mane-hairs blaze with golden brilliance. Your glance and touch of you nails are the source of all auspiciousness. )
Narasimha Gayatri Mantra
Om Vajranakhaya Vidmahe
Tiksnadamstraya Dhimahi
Tanno Narasimhah Pracodayat
(Om let us meditate the half-man and half-lion form of the Lord Narasimha. May this great God with his nails pierce our ignorance and with his fierce sharp-tooth destroy the demon of darkness and illuminate our mind and understanding.)
