॥ ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥
संसारभीकरकरीन्द्रकराभिघात-
निष्पीड्यमानवपुषः सकलार्तिनाश ।
प्राणप्रयाणभवभीतिसमाकुलस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ ७॥
संसारसर्पविषदिग्धमहोग्रतीव्र-
दंष्ट्राग्रकोटिपरिदष्टविनष्टमूर्तेः ।
नागारिवाहन सुधाब्धिनिवास शौरे
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ ८॥
संसारवृक्षमघबीजमनन्तकर्म-
शाखायुतं करणपत्रमनङ्गपुष्पम् ।
आरुह्य दुःखफलितं पततो दयालो
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ ९॥
संसारसागरविशालकरालकाल-
नक्रग्रहग्रसितनिग्रहविग्रहस्य ।
व्यग्रस्य रागनिचयोर्मिनिपीडितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ १०॥
संसारसागरनिमज्जनमुह्यमानं
दीनं विलोकय विभो करुणानिधे माम् ।
प्रह्लादखेदपरिहारकृतावतार
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ ११॥
बद्ध्वा गले यमभटा बहु तर्जयन्तः
कर्षन्ति यत्र भवपाशशतैर्युतं माम् ।
एकाकिनं परवशं चकितं दयालो
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ १२॥
लक्ष्मीपते कमलनाभ सुरेश विष्णो
वैकुण्ठ कृष्ण मधुसूदन पुष्कराक्ष ।
ब्रह्मण्य केशव जनार्दन वासुदेव
देवेश देहि कृपणस्य करावलम्बम् ॥ १३॥
एकेन चक्रमपरेण करेण शङ्ख-
मन्येन सिन्धुतनयामवलम्ब्य तिष्ठन् ।
वामेतरेण वरदाभयपद्मचिह्नं
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ १४॥
अन्धस्य मे हृतविवेकमहाधनस्य
चोरैर्महाबलिभिरिन्द्रियनामधेयैः ।
मोहान्धकारकुहरे विनिपातितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ १५॥
प्रह्लादनारदपराशरपुण्डरीक-
व्यासादिभागवतपुङ्गवहृन्निवास ।
भक्तानुरुक्तपरिपालनपारिजात
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ १६॥
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन
स्तोत्रं कृतं शुभकरं भुवि शङ्करेण ।
ये तत्पठन्ति मनुजा हरिभक्तियुक्ता-
स्ते यान्ति तत्पदसरोजमखण्डरूपम् ॥ १७॥
Translation: Oh beloved Lord Lakṣmī-Narasimha! Be so kind and save me with Your helping hand! Let me tell you my condition in graphic terms of comparison.
7. I am smashed and crushed by the violent blows of the deadly trunk of the elephant called worldliness. I am at Death's door! You are the Saviour par excellence from all distress. So!
8. I have been bitten by the deadly fiery fangs of the serpent of worldliness. You ride the most powerful enemy of snakes. You live in the cool Milky Ocean. So!
9. I planted the seed of my evil acts. The tree that grew is huge, filled with branches of many added results,. its leaves are plenty of new acts of commission and omission, the flowers are sense attractions and the fruits are mere distresss. Can you believe it, stupid me has climbed this tree. I have fallen down now and smashed. Save me, oh Lord!
10. I am sunk in the ocean of worldliness. I have been chewed up by sharks of this ocean. I am buffeted by the deadly waves of sense attractions. Look at me! Save me!
11. How can You simply watch me drowning like this? Did You not rush to save Prahlāda!?
12. How helpless I am, being bound and dragged by the cruel agents of Death! Save me!
13. Lakṣmīpate, Kamalanābha, Sureśa, Viṣṇo, Vaikuṇṭha, Kṛṣṇa, Puṣkarākṣa, Brahmaṇya, Keśava, Janārdana, Vāsudeva! Give me Your helping hand!
14. You hold the Cakra in Your right hand, the Śaṅkha in the other hand, with Your lower left hand, You are clasping the waist of Consort Lakṣmī seated on Your lap, and show Your hand of grace and mercy in the fourth! Save me, Lord!
15. I am blinded by the lack of discrimination. Bound and robbed by sense attractions as highway robbers, I have been dumped in a dark well, senseless and sightless. Save me!
16. Oh Lord! Prahlāda, Nārada, Parāśara, Puṇḍarīka, Vyāsa and other great devotees. You have sworn to save Your devotees for whom You have infinite love. Save me!
17. This prayer is sacred. It has been composed by Ādi Śaṅkara, the one addicted to the nectar of the lotus feet of the Lord Lakṣmī-Narasimha. Those who recite it with devotion are bound to reach the same lotus feet, and be saved!
