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Lakshmi Nrisimha Karunarasa Stotram
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहकरुणारस स्तोत्रम्
Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakaruṇārasa Stotram
Chant
वाराहरामनरसिंहरमादिकान्ता क्रीडाविलोलविधिशूलिसूरप्रवन्द्य! हंसात्मकं परमहंस विहारलीलं लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- वाराहरामनरसिंहरमादिकान्ता
- consort of Vārāha, Rāma, Narasimha, Rāma, and the rest in play
- क्रीडाविलोलविधिशूलिसूरप्रवन्द्य!
- worshipped by Brahmā, Śiva, and Indra in sportive oscillation
- हंसात्मकं परमहंस विहारलीलं
- O swan-natured one, supreme swan, sportive play
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्
- O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand
The Lord appears in many avatāras yet remains one playful reality worshipped by the gods. The haṃsa, supreme swan, is the Self that discriminates amid the sport of manifestation.
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