Lakshmi Nrisimha Karunarasa Stotram

लक्ष्मीनृसिंहकरुणारस स्तोत्रम्

Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakaruṇārasa Stotram

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Verse 1

श्रीमत्पयोनिधिनिकेतनचक्रपाणे भोगीन्द्रभोगमणिराजितपुण्यमूर्ते योगीश शाश्वत शरण्य भवाब्धिपोत लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१॥

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श्रीमत्पयोनिधिनिकेतनचक्रपाणे: O auspicious one, abode of the ocean of milk, chakra in hand
भोगीन्द्रभोगमणिराजितपुण्यमूर्ते: O holy form adorned with the serpent-king's gem
योगीश शाश्वत शरण्य भवाब्धिपोत: O Lord of yogis, eternal, refuge, boat across the ocean of becoming
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Lakshmi-Nrisimha on the ocean of milk with chakra in hand is the eternal refuge and boat across saṃsāra. The supporting hand sought in prayer is the Self reaching out to itself through devotion.

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Verse 2

ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रमरुदर्ककिरीटकोटि सङ्घट्टिताङ्घ्रिकमलामलकान्तिकान्त लक्ष्मीलसत्कुचसरोरुहराजहंस लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२॥

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ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रमरुदर्ककिरीटकोटि: whose lotus feet outshine crores of crown-jewels of Brahma, Indra, Rudra, Maruts, and sun
सङ्घट्टिताङ्घ्रिकमलामलकान्तिकान्त: surpassing in pure splendour the contact of those jewelled crowns
लक्ष्मीलसत्कुचसरोरुहराजहंस: the royal swan on the lotus-breast of sporting Lakshmi
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Feet that outshine the crowns of all gods point to a glory beyond every worldly rank. The swan on Lakshmi's breast images the Lord as the pure consciousness resting in śakti.

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Verse 3

संसारघोरगहने चरतो मुरारे मारोग्रभीकरमृगप्रचुरार्दितस्य । मृगप्रवरर्धितस्य आर्तस्य मत्सरनिदाघसुदुःखितस्य निधाघनिपीडतस्य लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥३॥

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संसारघोरगहने चरतो मुरारे: O enemy of Mura, wandering in the terrible dense forest of saṃsāra
मारोग्रभीकरमृगप्रचुरार्दितस्य । मृगप्रवरर्धितस्य: afflicted by many fierce, terrifying deer, chief deer tormented
आर्तस्य मत्सरनिदाघसुदुःखितस्य निधाघनिपीडतस्य: O afflicted one, burnt by the summer heat of envy, scorched by midsummer's oppression
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Saṃsāra as a forest and affliction as deer describe the mind hunted by fear and passion. Only the Lord's hand lifts the soul from the burning heat of envy into cool refuge.

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Verse 4

संसारकूपमतिघोरमगाधमूलं सम्प्राप्य दुःखशतसर्पसमाकुलस्य दीनस्य देव कृपया पदमागतस्य शरणागतस्य लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥४॥

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संसारकूपमतिघोरमगाधमूलं: having reached the exceedingly terrible, deep-rooted pit of saṃsāra
सम्प्राप्य दुःखशतसर्पसमाकुलस्य: agitated by hundreds of serpents of sorrow
दीनस्य देव कृपया पदमागतस्य शरणागतस्य: O Lord, I am wretched, come to your feet by grace, come for refuge
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

The deep pit of worldly existence and serpents of sorrow image bondage to the body-mind. Surrender at the Lord's feet is the recognition that only grace can raise one from the pit.

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Verse 5

संसारसागरविशालकरालकाल नक्रग्रहग्रसितनिग्रहविग्रहस्य । ग्रहग्रसन व्यग्रस्य रागनिचयोर्मिनिपीडितस्य रागलसदूर्नमिनि लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥५॥

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संसारसागरविशालकरालकाल: in the vast, terrible ocean of saṃsāra, time the fierce crocodile
नक्रग्रहग्रसितनिग्रहविग्रहस्य । ग्रहग्रसन: seized, grasped, held in conflict by the crocodile of grasping
व्यग्रस्य रागनिचयोर्मिनिपीडितस्य रागलसदूर्नमिनि: agitated, crushed by the waves of heaps of passion
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Time as crocodile and passion as waves show saṃsāra's grip on the embodied soul. The cry for karāvalamba is the mind turning from struggle to the Lord who alone can pull one free.

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Verse 6

संसारवृक्षमघबीजमनन्तकर्म शाखायुतं करणपत्रमनङ्गपुष्पम् आरुह्य दुःखफलितं चकितं दयालो दुःखजलधौ पततो लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥६॥

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संसारवृक्षमघबीजमनन्तकर्म: the tree of saṃsāra with sin as seed and endless karma
शाखायुतं करणपत्रमनङ्गपुष्पम्: with branches, senses as leaves, and desire as flower
आरुह्य दुःखफलितं चकितं दयालो दुःखजलधौ पततो: having climbed it, bearing sorrow-fruit, afraid, falling into the ocean of sorrow, O merciful one
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

The tree of saṃsāra grows from sinful seed through senses and desire into sorrowful fruit. Climbing it in fear, the devotee sees that only the Lord's hand prevents the final fall.

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Verse 7

संसारसर्पविषदिग्धमहोग्रतीव्र भयोग्रतीव्र दंष्ट्राग्रकोटिपरिदष्टविनष्टमूर्तेः । दंष्ट्राकरालविषदग्ध नागारिवाहन सुधाब्धिनिवास शौरे लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥७॥

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संसारसर्पविषदिग्धमहोग्रतीव्र भयोग्रतीव्र: poisoned by the exceedingly fierce venom of the saṃsāra-serpent, terribly fearful
दंष्ट्राग्रकोटिपरिदष्टविनष्टमूर्तेः । दंष्ट्राकरालविषदग्ध: bitten at the fang-tip, form destroyed, burned by terrible fang-poison
नागारिवाहन सुधाब्धिनिवास शौरे: O rider of Garuda, dweller in the ocean of nectar, O son of Śauri
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Serpent-venom of saṃsāra destroys the false form built on ignorance. The Lord who rides Garuda and dwells in nectar is the antidote to poison and fear.

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Verse 8

संसारदावदहनाकरभीकरोग्र दावदहनातुरभीकरोरु ज्वालावलीभिरतिदग्धतनूरुहस्य । अभिदग्ध त्वत्पादपद्मसरसीरुहमागतस्य सरसीं शरणागतस्य, रुहमस्तकस्य लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥८॥

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संसारदावदहनाकरभीकरोग्र दावदहनातुरभीकरोरु: O terribly fierce as the sun of the forest-fire of saṃsāra, afflicted by terrible forest-fire
ज्वालावलीभिरतिदग्धतनूरुहस्य । अभिदग्ध: with body-hairs exceedingly burned by rows of flames, burned through
त्वत्पादपद्मसरसीरुहमागतस्य सरसीं शरणागतस्य, रुहमस्तकस्य: come to the lotus of your foot-lake, come for refuge, head on the lotus
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

The forest-fire of saṃsāra burns the body and mind until only refuge at the Lord's lotus feet remains. Surrender of the head is the ego's final offering into the waters of grace.

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Verse 9

संसारजालपतितस्य जगन्निवास सर्वेन्द्रियार्थबडिशाग्रझषोपमस्य । बडिशश्वझषात्मनश्च प्रोत्कम्पितप्रचुरतालुकमस्तकस्य प्रोत्तम्बित लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥९॥

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संसारजालपतितस्य जगन्निवास: O abode of the world, fallen into the net of saṃsāra
सर्वेन्द्रियार्थबडिशाग्रझषोपमस्य । बडिशश्वझषात्मनश्च: like a fish at the hook-tip of all sense-objects
प्रोत्कम्पितप्रचुरतालुकमस्तकस्य प्रोत्तम्बित: with palate and head trembling excessively, hung up
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Caught on the hook of sense-objects, the embodied being trembles like a fish on the line. The Lord as world-abode is the reality in which the net of saṃsāra is seen and transcended.

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Verse 10

संसारभीकरकरीन्द्रकराभिघात निष्पीड्यमानवपुषः सकलार्तिनाश । कलार्धितस्य प्राणप्रयाणभवभीतिसमाकुलस्य लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१०॥

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संसारभीकरकरीन्द्रकराभिघात: body pressed by the terrible stroke of the elephant-hand of saṃsāra, destroyer of all misery
निष्पीड्यमानवपुषः सकलार्तिनाश । कलार्धितस्य: O afflicted in part
प्राणप्रयाणभवभीतिसमाकुलस्य: confounded by fear of death and birth at the departure of life
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Saṃsāra crushes the body like an elephant while death-fear confounds the mind. The Lord who destroys misery is the deathless Self beyond birth and departure.

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Verse 11

अन्धस्य मे हृतविवेकमहाधनस्य चोरैर्महाबलिभिरिन्द्रियनामधेयैः मोहान्धकारकुहरे विनिपातितस्य लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥११॥

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अन्धस्य मे हृतविवेकमहाधनस्य: I am blind, robbed of the great wealth of discrimination
चोरैर्महाबलिभिरिन्द्रियनामधेयैः: by thieves, mighty robbers called the senses
मोहान्धकारकुहरे विनिपातितस्य: fallen into the cave of the darkness of delusion
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Senses steal discrimination and cast the mind into delusion's cave. Blindness here is loss of viveka; the Lord's hand restores the inner sight that sees the Self.

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Verse 12

लक्ष्मीपते कमलनाभ सुरेश विष्णो वैकुण्ठ कृष्ण मधुसूदन पुष्कराक्ष ब्रह्मण्य केशव जनार्दन वासुदेव देवेश देहि कृपणस्य करावलम्बम् ॥१२॥

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लक्ष्मीपते कमलनाभ सुरेश विष्णो: O consort of Lakshmi, lotus-naveled, lord of gods, Viṣṇu
वैकुण्ठ कृष्ण मधुसूदन पुष्कराक्ष: O Vaikuṇṭha, Kṛṣṇa, Madhusūdana, lotus-eyed
ब्रह्मण्य केशव जनार्दन वासुदेव: O friend of Brahmins, Keśava, Janārdana, Vāsudeva
देवेश देहि कृपणस्य करावलम्बम्: O Lord of gods, grant the wretched one your supporting hand

The litany of names gathers every form of the Lord into one prayer. The wretched one who calls on all names discovers they point to the single Self beyond name and form.

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Verse 13

यन्माययार्जितवपुःप्रचुरप्रवाह मग्नार्थमत्र निवहोरुकरावलम्बम् लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन स्तोत्रं कृतं सुखकरं भुवि शङ्करेण ॥१३॥

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यन्माययार्जितवपुःप्रचुरप्रवाह: for those sunk in the great flood of bodies gained through māyā
मग्नार्थमत्र निवहोरुकरावलम्बम्: here is the supporting hand in abundance
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन: by Śaṅkara, bee at the lotus feet of Lakshmi-Nrisimha
स्तोत्रं कृतं सुखकरं भुवि शङ्करेण: this stotra was composed on earth, giver of happiness

Śaṅkara composed this hymn as a bee at the Lord's lotus feet for those drowning in māyā's flood. The stotra itself is the hand extended to lift the embodied soul toward happiness and the Self.

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Verse 14

संसारसागरनिमज्जनमुह्यमानं दीनं विलोकय विभो करुणानिधे माम् प्रह्लादखेदपरिहारपरावतार लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१४॥

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संसारसागरनिमज्जनमुह्यमानं: sinking and bewildered in the ocean of saṃsāra
दीनं विलोकय विभो करुणानिधे माम्: O Lord, O ocean of compassion, look upon me, wretched
प्रह्लादखेदपरिहारपरावतार: O supreme descent for removing Prahlāda's sorrow
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Bewildered in the ocean of becoming, the devotee asks the compassionate Lord to look. He who removed Prahlāda's sorrow is the same Self that ends the devotee's inner affliction.

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Verse 15

बद्ध्वा गले यमभटा बहु तर्जयन्तः भद्वाकशैर्यनुभटाबहुभर्तृयन्ति कर्षन्ति यत्र भवपाशशतैर्युतं माम् कर्षन्ति यत्र पथि पाशशतैर्यथा माम् एकाकिनं परवशं चकितं दयालो लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१५॥

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बद्ध्वा गले यमभटा बहु तर्जयन्तः: Yama's messengers binding my neck, threatening much
भद्वाकशैर्यनुभटाबहुभर्तृयन्ति: with harsh words, many followers reviling
कर्षन्ति यत्र भवपाशशतैर्युतं माम्: dragging me where hundreds of bonds of becoming hold me
कर्षन्ति यत्र पथि पाशशतैर्यथा माम्: dragging me on the path with hundreds of bonds as with me
एकाकिनं परवशं चकितं दयालो: alone, under another's power, afraid, O merciful one
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Messengers of death and bonds of karma drag the helpless soul. Fear and subjection to another's will describe bondage to the not-Self; only the merciful Lord's hand grants true freedom.

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Verse 16

एकेन चक्रमपरेण करेण शङ्ख मन्येन सिन्धुतनयामवलम्ब्य तिष्ठन् वामेतरेण वरदाभयपद्मचिह्नं वरदाभयहस्तमुद्रां लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१६॥

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एकेन चक्रमपरेण करेण शङ्ख: with chakra in one hand and conch in the other
मन्येन सिन्धुतनयामवलम्ब्य तिष्ठन्: standing, supporting the daughter of the ocean with the breast
वामेतरेण वरदाभयपद्मचिह्नं वरदाभयहस्तमुद्रां: with the other left hand showing the sign of boon and fearlessness
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

The Lord stands with weapons and mudrās of protection while supporting Lakshmi. His form is the visible promise that the supreme supports both power and grace in one being.

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Verse 17

प्रह्लादनारदपराशरपुण्डरीक व्यासादिभागवतपुङ्गवहृन्निवास व्यासाम्बरीष शुकशौनक हृन्निवास भक्तानुरुक्तपरिपालनपारिजात लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१७॥

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प्रह्लादनारदपराशरपुण्डरीक: O abode in the hearts of Prahlāda, Nārada, Paraśara, Puṇḍarīka
व्यासादिभागवतपुङ्गवहृन्निवास: Vyāsa and other chief devotees of the Lord
व्यासाम्बरीष शुकशौनक हृन्निवास: Vyāsa, Ambarīṣa, Śuka, Śaunaka, abode in the heart
भक्तानुरुक्तपरिपालनपारिजात: O wish-fulfilling tree protecting devotees who praise you
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

He dwells in the hearts of the greatest devotees across ages. The pārijāta who protects those who praise him is the inner Lord reached through continuous devotion.

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Verse 18

संसारयूथ गजसंहतिसिंहदंष्ट्रा भीतस्य दुष्टमैदैत्य भयङ्करेण प्राणप्रयाण भवभीति निवारणेन लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१८॥

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संसारयूथ गजसंहतिसिंहदंष्ट्रा: afraid, with saṃsāra's herd and elephant-host as lion-fangs
भीतस्य दुष्टमैदैत्य भयङ्करेण: O terrifying wicked demon, by you
प्राणप्रयाण भवभीति निवारणेन: by removing fear of death and birth at life's departure
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Saṃsāra's herd threatens like a lion's fangs; the Lord terrifies only evil. Removing fear of death is the gift of knowing the Self that neither is born nor dies.

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Verse 19

लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन स्तोत्रं कृतं शुभकरं भुवि शङ्करेण ये तत्पठन्ति मनुजा हरिभक्तियुक्ता स्ते यान्ति तत्पदसरोजमखण्डरूपम् ॥१९॥

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लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन: by Śaṅkara, bee at the lotus feet of Lakshmi-Nrisimha
स्तोत्रं कृतं शुभकरं भुवि शङ्करेण: this auspicious stotra was composed on earth
ये तत्पठन्ति मनुजा हरिभक्तियुक्ता: men who recite it with devotion to Hari
स्ते यान्ति तत्पदसरोजमखण्डरूपम्: go to his lotus feet, the undivided form

Those who recite this hymn with Hari-bhakti reach the Lord's undivided lotus feet. The text promises what Advaita affirms: devotion leads to the non-dual ground beyond all division.

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Verse 20

आद्यन्तशून्यमजमव्ययमप्रमेय मादित्यरुद्रनिगमादिनुतप्रभावम् त्वाम्भोधिजास्य मधुलोलुपमत्तभृङ्गीं लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२०॥

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आद्यन्तशून्यमजमव्ययमप्रमेय: void of beginning and end, unborn, imperishable, immeasurable
मादित्यरुद्रनिगमादिनुतप्रभावम्: whose power is praised by sun, Rudra, Veda, and the rest
त्वाम्भोधिजास्य मधुलोलुपमत्तभृङ्गीं: you with Lakshmi born of the ocean, intoxicated bee of honey
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

The Lord is without beginning or end, praised by sun and scripture. Lakshmi as ocean-born bee images śakti delighting in the honey of the Self, the alone-real amid appearance.

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Verse 21

वाराहरामनरसिंहरमादिकान्ता क्रीडाविलोलविधिशूलिसूरप्रवन्द्य! हंसात्मकं परमहंस विहारलीलं लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२१॥

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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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Verse 22

स्वामी नृसिंहः सकलं नृसिंहः माता नृसिंहश्च पिता नृसिंहः भ्राता नृसिंहश्च सखा नृसिंहः लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२२॥

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स्वामी नृसिंहः सकलं नृसिंहः: Lord is Nrisimha, all is Nrisimha
माता नृसिंहश्च पिता नृसिंहः: mother is Nrisimha, father is Nrisimha
भ्राता नृसिंहश्च सखा नृसिंहः: brother is Nrisimha, friend is Nrisimha
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

When all relations are Nrisimha, the world is seen as the Lord alone. This is the Advaitic vision in which master, mother, father, and friend collapse into the one Self.

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Verse 23

प्रह्लादमानससरोजवासभृङ्ग! गङ्गातरङ्गधवळाङ्ग रमास्थिताङ्क! शृङ्गार सुन्दरकिरीटलसद्वराङ्ग लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२३॥

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प्रह्लादमानससरोजवासभृङ्ग!: O bee dwelling in the lotus of Prahlāda's mind
गङ्गातरङ्गधवळाङ्ग रमास्थिताङ्क!: O white-bodied one like Gaṅgā's wave, with Ramā on your lap
शृङ्गार सुन्दरकिरीटलसद्वराङ्ग: O beautiful one with shining crown and excellent limbs
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

The Lord as bee in Prahlāda's heart shows devotion's inward abode. Beauty, Gaṅgā's purity, and Lakshmi's presence image the gracious form that draws the mind to the Self.

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Verse 24

श्री शङ्करार्य रचितं सततं मनुष्यः स्तोत्रं पठेदिह तु सर्वगुणप्रपन्नम् सद्योविमुक्तकलुषो मुनिवर्यगण्यो लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२४॥

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श्री शङ्करार्य रचितं सततं मनुष्यः: composed by Śrī Śaṅkarācārya, let a man constantly
स्तोत्रं पठेदिह तु सर्वगुणप्रपन्नम्: recite this stotra here, endowed with all virtues
सद्योविमुक्तकलुषो मुनिवर्यगण्यो: immediately freed from stain, counted among the best of sages
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्: O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand

Constant recitation frees stain and raises the devotee among sages. The hymn is both prayer and pointer: purity comes through turning the mind to the Lord who is one's own nature.

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Verse 25

श्रीमन् नृसिंह विभवे गरुडध्वजाय तापत्रयोपशमनाय भवौषधाय तृष्णादिवृश्चिकजलाग्निभुजङ्गरोग क्लेशव्ययाम हरये गुरवे नमस्ते ॥२५॥

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श्रीमन् नृसिंह विभवे गरुडध्वजाय: O glorious Nrisimha, O Garuḍa-bannered one
तापत्रयोपशमनाय भवौषधाय: for quelling the threefold misery, medicine for becoming
तृष्णादिवृश्चिकजलाग्निभुजङ्गरोग: for the scorpion, water, fire, and serpent diseases of thirst and the like
क्लेशव्ययाम हरये गुरवे नमस्ते: O Hari, O Guru, salutations to you who remove affliction

The closing salutation names the Lord as cure for the threefold misery and the diseases of craving. As Guru and Hari he is the inner teacher whose grace ends the affliction of identifying with the changing body-mind.

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