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नृसिंहाष्टकम् ५ Shri Nrisimha Ashtakam 5

nṛsiṃhāṣṭakam 5

Shri Nrisimha Ashtakam 5 (नृसिंहाष्टकम् ५): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Daśāvatāra, by vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

नृसिंहाष्टकम् ५

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Verse 1

यं ध्यायसे स क्व तवास्ति देव इत्युक्त ऊचे पितरं सशस्त्रम् ।प्रह्लाद आस्तेऽखिलगो हरिः स लक्ष्मीनृसिंहोऽवतु मां समन्तात् ॥ १॥

yaṃ dhyāyase sa kva tavāsti deva ityukta ūce pitaraṃ saśastram |prahlāda āste'khilago hariḥ sa lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt || 1||

Verse 2

तदा पदाताडयदादिदैत्यः स्तम्भो ततोऽह्नाय घुरूरुशब्दम् ।चकार यो लोकभयङ्करं स लक्ष्मीनृसिंहोऽवतु मां समन्तात् ॥ २॥

tadā padātāḍayadādidaityaḥ stambho tato'hnāya ghurūruśabdam |cakāra yo lokabhayaṅkaraṃ sa lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt || 2||

Verse 3

स्तम्भं विनिर्भिद्य विनिर्गतो यो भयङ्कराकार उदस्तमेघः ।जटानिपातैः स च तुङ्गकर्णो लक्ष्मीनृसिंहोऽवतु मां समन्तात् ॥ ३॥

stambhaṃ vinirbhidya vinirgato yo bhayaṅkarākāra udastameghaḥ |jaṭānipātaiḥ sa ca tuṅgakarṇo lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt || 3||

Verse 4

पञ्चाननास्यो मनुजाकृतिर्यो भयङ्करस्तीक्ष्णनखायुधोऽरिम् ।धृत्वा निजोर्वोर्विददार सोऽसौ लक्ष्मीनृसिंहोऽवतु मां समन्तात् ॥ ४॥

pañcānanāsyo manujākṛtiryo bhayaṅkarastīkṣṇanakhāyudho'rim |dhṛtvā nijorvorvidadāra so'sau lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt || 4||

Verse 5

वरप्रदोक्तेरविरोधतोऽरिं जघान भृत्योक्तमृतं हि कुर्वन् ।स्रग्वत्तदन्त्रं निदधौ स्वकण्ठे लक्ष्मीनृसिंहोऽवतु मां समन्तात् ॥ ५॥

varapradokteravirodhato'riṃ jaghāna bhṛtyoktamṛtaṃ hi kurvan |sragvattadantraṃ nidadhau svakaṇṭhe lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt || 5||

Verse 6

विचित्रदेहोऽपि विचित्रकर्मा विचित्रशक्तिः स च केसरीह ।पापं च तापं विनिवार्य दुःखं लक्ष्मीनृसिंहोऽवतु मां समन्तात् ॥ ६॥

vicitradeho'pi vicitrakarmā vicitraśaktiḥ sa ca kesarīha |pāpaṃ ca tāpaṃ vinivārya duḥkhaṃ lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt || 6||

Verse 7

प्रह्लादः कृतकृत्योऽभूद्यत्कृपालेशतोऽमराः ।निष्कण्टकं स्वधामापुः श्रीनृसिंहः स पाति माम् ॥ ७॥

prahlādaḥ kṛtakṛtyo'bhūdyatkṛpāleśato'marāḥ |niṣkaṇṭakaṃ svadhāmāpuḥ śrīnṛsiṃhaḥ sa pāti mām || 7||

Verse 8

दंष्ट्राकरालवदनो रिपूणां भयकृद्भयम् ।इष्टदो हरति स्वस्य वासुदेवः स पातु माम् ॥ ८॥

daṃṣṭrākarālavadano ripūṇāṃ bhayakṛdbhayam |iṣṭado harati svasya vāsudevaḥ sa pātu mām || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीवासुदेवानन्दसरस्वतीविरचितं श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिहाष्टकं समाप्तम् ।

iti śrīvāsudevānandasarasvatīviracitaṃ śrīlakṣmīnṛsihāṣṭakaṃ samāptam |

॥ इति नृसिंहाष्टकम् ५ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Nrisimha Ashtakam 5 is a stotra addressed to Daśāvatāra, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: नृसिंहाष्टकम् ५ (nṛsiṃhāṣṭakam 5)). vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Nrisimha Ashtakam 5 (नृसिंहाष्टकम् ५): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Daśāvatāra, by vAsudevAnandasarasvatI TembesvAmi. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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