Lord Narasimha

śrī nṛsiṃhāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram

(Sri Nrsimhastottarasatanamastotram in English (IAST))

Also known as shri nrisimha ashtottara shatanama stotram · shri nrsimhastottarasatanamastotram · shree nrsimhastottarasatanamastotram

The hundred and eight names of Nṛsiṃha in verse, and the list stays with force throughout rather than alternating fierce and gentle as most aṣṭottaras do: great lion, divine lion, fierce lion, fire-eyed, terrible, of dreadful stride, flame-mouthed, garlanded with flame, hard to look upon, whose weapon is his own great tusk, gaunt and gaunter still, thunderbolt-clawed, thousand-armed. What makes the text specifically useful is its last verse, which leaves the general names and enumerates the nine established forms of the god in order — Jvālā, Ahobila, Mālola, Krodā, Kāraṇja, Bhārgava, Yogānanda, Chatravaṭa and Pāvana. Those are the nine shrines of Ahobilam, so the hymn ends by turning from an attribute-list into a pilgrimage, naming each place where one of the nine is worshipped.

śrīnṛsiṃho mahāsiṃho divyasiṃho mahābalaḥ |
ugrasiṃho mahādeva upendraścā'gnilocanaḥ || 1||
raudraśśaurirmahāvīrassuvikramaparākramaḥ |
harikolāhalaścakrī vijayaścājayo'vyayaḥ || 2||
daityāntakaḥ parabrahmāpyaghoro ghoravikramaḥ |
jvālāmukho jvālamālī mahājvālo mahāprabhuḥ || 3||
niṭilākṣaḥ sahasrākṣo durnirīkṣyaḥ pratāpanaḥ |
mahādaṃṣṭrāyudhaḥ prājño hiraṇyakaniṣūdhanaḥ || 4||
caṇḍakopī surārighnassadārtighnasadāśivaḥ |
guṇabhadro mahābhadro balabhadrassubhadrakaḥ || 5||
karāl̤o vikarāl̤aśca gatāyuḥ sarvakartṛkaḥ |
bhairavāḍaṃbaro divyaścāgamyassarvaśatrujit || 6||
amoghāstraśśastradharaḥ savyajūṭassureśvaraḥ |
sahasrabāhurvajranakhassarvasiddhirjanārdanaḥ || 7||
ananto bhagavān sthūlaścāgamyaśca parāvaraḥ |
sarvamantraikarūpaśca sarvayantravidhāraṇaḥ || 8||
avyayaḥ paramānandaḥ kālajit khagavāhanaḥ |
bhaktātivatsalo'vyaktassuvyaktassulabhaśśuciḥ || 9||
lokaikanāyakassarvaśśaraṇāgatavatsalaḥ |
dhīro dharaśca sarvajño bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ || 10||
devapriyo nutaḥ pūjyo bhavahṛt parameśvaraḥ |
śrīvatsavakṣāḥ śrīvāso vibhussaṅkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || 11||
trivikramastrilokātmā kāmassarveśvareśvaraḥ |
viśvaṃbharaḥ sthirābhaścā'cyutaḥ puruṣottamaḥ || 12||
adhokṣajo'kṣayassevyo vanamālī prakaṃpanaḥ |
gururlokagurussraṣṭā paraṃjyotiḥ parāyaṇaḥ || 13||
jvālāhobilamālolakroḍākārañjabhārgavāḥ |
yoganandaśca travaṭaḥ pāvano navamūrtayaḥ || 14||
|| iti śrīnṛsiṃhāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam ||

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