namas te narasiṃhāyaनमस् ते नरसिंहायprahlādāhlāda-dāyineप्रह्लादाह्लाददायिनेhiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-हिरण्यकशिपोर् वक्षःśilā-ṭaṅka-nakhālayeशिलाटङ्कनखालये
ito nṛsiṃhaḥ parato nṛsiṃhoइतो नृसिंहः परतो नृसिंहोyato yato yāmi tato nṛsiṃhaḥयतो यतो यामि ततो नृसिंहःbahir nṛsiṃho hṛdaye nṛsiṃhoबहिर् नृसिंहो हृदये नृसिंहोnṛsiṃham ādiṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadyeनृसिंहम् आदिं शरणं प्रपद्ये
Word for word
namaḥ—obeisances; te—unto You; nara-siṃhāya—unto Lord Narasiṃha; prahlāda—(to) Prahlāda Mahārāja; āhlāda—(of) joy; dāyine—the giver; hiraṇyakaśipoḥ—of Hiraṇyakaśipu; vakṣaḥ—chest; śilā—(on) the stonelike; ṭaṅka—chisels; nakha-ālaye— whose nails; itaḥ—here; nṛsiṃhaḥ—Lord Nṛsiṃha; parataḥ—there; nṛsiṃhaḥ—Lord Nṛsiṃha; yataḥ yataḥ—wherever; yāmi—I go; tataḥ—there; nṛsiṃhaḥ—Lord Nṛsiṃha; bahiḥ—externally; nṛsiṃhaḥ—Lord Nṛsiṃha; hṛdaye—in the heart; nṛsiṃhaḥ—Lord Nṛsiṃha; nṛsiṃham—to Lord Nṛsiṃha; ādim—the origin; śaraṇam—the supreme refuge; prapadye—I surrender.नमः—obeisances; ते—unto You; नरसिंहाय—unto Lord Narasiṃha; प्रह्लाद—(to) Prahlāda Mahārāja; आह्लाद—(of) joy; दायिने—the giver; हिरण्यकशिपोः—of Hiraṇyakaśipu; वक्षः—chest; शिला—(on) the stonelike; टङ्क—chisels; नखआलये— whose nails; इतः—here; नृसिंहः—Lord Nṛsiṃha; परतः—there; नृसिंहः—Lord Nṛsiṃha; यतः यतः—wherever; यामि—I go; ततः—there; नृसिंहः—Lord Nṛsiṃha; बहिः—externally; नृसिंहः—Lord Nṛsiṃha; हृदये—in the heart; नृसिंहः—Lord Nṛsiṃha; नृसिंहम्—to Lord Nṛsiṃha; आदिम्—the origin; शरणम्—the supreme refuge; प्रपद्ये—I surrender.
I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasiṃha who gives joy to Prahlāda Mahārāja and whose nails are like chisels on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu. Lord Nṛsiṃha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nṛsiṃha is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord Nṛsiṃha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.
tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛṅgaṃतव करकमलवरे नखम् अद्भुतशृङ्गंdalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgamदलितहिरण्यकशिपुतनुभृङ्गम्keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hareकेशव धृतनरहरिरूप जय जगदीश हरे
Word for word
tava—Your; kara-kamala-vare—upon the beautiful lotus hands; nakham—the nails; adbhuta-śṛṅgam—wonderfully sharp tips; dalita—ripped apart; hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu—the body of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu; bhṛṅgam—the wasp; keśava—O Lord Keśava!; dhṛta-narahari-rūpa—who assumed the form of Narahari; jaya—all glories; jagat-īśa hare—O Hari, Lord of the universe!तव—Your; करकमलवरे—upon the beautiful lotus hands; नखम्—the nails; अद्भुतशृङ्गम्—wonderfully sharp tips; दलित—ripped apart; हिरण्यकशिपुतनु—the body of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu; भृङ्गम्—the wasp; केशव—O Lord Keśava!; धृतनरहरिरूप—who assumed the form of Narahari; जय—all glories; जगतीश हरे—O Hari, Lord of the universe!
O Keśava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasplike demon Hiraṇyakaśipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.
Translations
I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasiṃha who gives joy to Prahlāda Mahārāja and whose nails are like chisels on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu. Lord Nṛsiṃha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nṛsiṃha is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord Nṛsiṃha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.
O Keśava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasplike demon Hiraṇyakaśipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.
The word-for-word meanings and translations are by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, from Songs of the Vaiṣṇava Ācāryas, © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. (www.krishna.com).
