Devotion Prahlada depth Study Unwavering Lord Narasimha / Lord Vishnu other
Devotion Prahlada depth Study Unwavering Lord Narasimha / Lord Vishnu other
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Original
ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीनृसिंहाय। ध्यायेन्नृसिंहं तरुणार्कनेत्रं सिताभ्रगौरं धृतशङ्खचक्रम्। दंष्ट्राकरालं नखवज्रदेहं भक्तार्तिहन्तारमचिन्त्यरूपम्॥
Transliteration
Om Namo Bhagavate Shri Nrisimhaya. Dhyayen-nrisimham tarunarka-netram sitabhra-gauram dhrita-shankha-chakram. Damstrakaralam nakha-vajra-deham bhaktarti-hantaram-achintya-rupam.
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to Supreme Lord Narasimha. I meditate upon Lord Narasimha, whose eyes radiate like the morning sun, whose brilliance is radiant like white clouds, holding the conch and discus, fierce with sharp fangs and diamond-hard claws, the remover of His devotees' distress, possessing an inconceivable form.
Verse 1
Original
ब्रह्मादयः सुरगणा मुनयोऽथ सिद्धाः सत्त्वैकतानमतयो वचसां प्रवाहैः। नाराधितुं पुरुगुloopणैरधुनापि पिप्रुः किं तोष्टुमर्हति स मे हरिरुग्रजातेः॥
Transliteration
Brahmādayaḥ suragaṇā munayo'tha siddhāḥ sattvaikatāna-matayo vacasāṁ pravāhaiḥ. Nārādhituṁ puru-guṇair adhunāpi pipruḥ kiṁ toṣṭum arhati sa me harir ugra-jāteḥ.
Meaning / Translation
Lord Brahma, all demigods, sages, and liberated beings, whose minds are fully purified in pure goodness, could not fully satisfy the Lord with flows of exalted prayers and glorious qualities. How then can I, born of an asuric lineage, hope to please the Supreme Lord Hari?
Verse 2
Original
मन्ये धनाभिजनरूपतपःश्रुतौजस्- तेजःप्रभावबलपौरुषबुद्धियोगाः। नाराधनाय हि भवन्ति परस्य पुंसो भक्त्या तुतोष भगवान् गजयूथपाय॥
Transliteration
Manye dhanābhijana-rūpa-tapaḥ-śrutaujas- tejaḥ-prabhāva-bala-pauruṣa-buddhi-yogāḥ. Nārādhanāya hi bhavanti parasya puṁso bhaktyā tutoṣa bhagavān gaja-yūtha-pāya.
Meaning / Translation
I consider that wealth, noble ancestry, beauty, austerities, scriptural learning, vitality, influence, strength, human endeavor, intellect, and yogic practice are incapable of truly propitiating the Supreme Person. The Supreme Lord was pleased with Gajendra, the king of elephants, purely through his unalloyed devotion.
Verse 3
Original
विप्राद् द्विषड्गुणयुतादरविन्दनाभ- पादारविन्दविमुखाच्छ्वपचं वरिष्ठम्। मन्ये तदर्पितमनोवचनेहितार्थ- प्राणं पुनाति स कुलं न तु भूरिमानः॥
Transliteration
Viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād aravinda-nābha- pādāravinda-vimukhāc chva-pacaṁ variṣṭham. Manye tad-arpita-mano-vacanehitārtha- prāṇaṁ punāti sa kulaṁ na tu bhūri-mānaḥ.
Meaning / Translation
If a brahmana possesses all twelve traditional virtues but turns away from the lotus feet of the lotus-navel Lord, I consider a devotee of lowliest birth to be far superior. For such a devotee has dedicated mind, words, deeds, wealth, and life itself to the Lord, thereby purifying his entire lineage, whereas the proud brahmana cannot purify even himself.
Verse 4
Original
नैवात्मनः प्रभुरयं निजलाभपूर्णो मानं जनादविदुषः करुणो वृणीते। यद्यज्जनो भगवते विदधीत मानं तच्चात्मने प्रतिमुखस्य यथा मुखश्रीः॥
Transliteration
Naivātmanaḥ prabhur ayaṁ nija-lābha-pūrṇo mānaṁ janād aviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte. Yad yaj jano bhagavate vidadhīta mānaṁ tac cātmane prati-mukhasya yathā mukha-śrīḥ.
Meaning / Translation
The Supreme Lord is already completely fulfilled in His own transcendental bliss; in His causeless mercy He does not accept honor from ignorant beings for His own sake. Whatever honor a devotee offers to the Lord brings benefit back upon the devotee himself, just as the decoration upon one's real face naturally reflects in the mirror.
Verse 5
Original
तस्मादहं विगतविक्लव ईश्वरस्य सर्वात्मना महि गृणामि यथामनीषम्। नीचोऽपि पापमपहाय हरिं प्रपन्नो ज्ञानेन संप्लुततमो विपुलीकरोति॥
Transliteration
Tasmād ahaṁ vigata-viklava īśvarasya sarvātmanā mahi gṛṇāmi yathā-manīṣam. Nīco'pi pāpam apahāya hariṁ prapanno jñānena saṁpluta-tamo vipulīkaroti.
Meaning / Translation
Therefore, casting away all hesitation and unworthiness, I shall sing the glories of the Supreme Lord to the utmost of my ability with all my heart. Even a low-born soul, abandoning sin and taking exclusive refuge in Lord Hari, dispels the blinding darkness of ignorance through pure spiritual light.
Verse 6
Original
ॐ उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम्। नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम्॥
Transliteration
Om Ugram Viram Maha-Vishnum Jvalantam Sarvato-Mukham. Nrisimham Bhishanam Bhadram Mrityu-Mrityum Namamy-Aham.
Meaning / Translation
I bow down to the ferocious, heroic Maha-Vishnu, who blazes in all directions with universal faces; Lord Narasimha, the terrifying yet supremely auspicious one, the death of death itself.