Sri Narasimha Ashtakam

śrī narasiṃha aṣṭakam

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śrīmadakalaṅka paripūrṇa śaśikoṭi-

śrīdhara manohara saṭāpaṭala kānta|

pālaya kṛpālaya bhavāmbudhi-nimagnaṃ

daityavarakāla narasiṃha narasiṃha || 1 ||

pādakamalāvanata pātaki-janānāṃ

pātakadavānala patatrivara-keto|

bhāvana parāyaṇa bhavārtiharayā māṃ

pāhi kṛpayaiva narasiṃha narasiṃha || 2 ||

tuṅganakha-paṅkti-dalitāsura-varāsṛk

paṅka-navakuṅkuma-vipaṅkila-mahoraḥ |

paṇḍitanidhāna-kamalālaya namaste

paṅkajaniṣaṇṇa narasiṃha narasiṃha || 3 ||

mauliṣu vibhūṣaṇamivāmara varāṇāṃ

yogihṛdayeṣu ca śirassunigamānām |

rājadaravinda-ruciraṃ padayugaṃ te

dehi mama mūrdhni narasiṃha narasiṃha || 4 ||

vārijavilocana madantima-daśāyāṃ

kleśa-vivaśīkṛta-samasta-karaṇāyām |

ehi ramayā saha śaraṇya vihagānāṃ

nāthamadhiruhya narasiṃha narasiṃha || 5 ||

hāṭaka-kirīṭa-varahāra-vanamālā

dhāraraśanā-makarakuṇḍala-maṇīndraiḥ |

bhūṣitamaśeṣa-nilayaṃ tava vapurme

cetasi cakāstu narasiṃha narasiṃha || 6 ||

indu ravi pāvaka vilocana ramāyāḥ

mandira mahābhuja-lasadvara-rathāṅga|

sundara cirāya ramatāṃ tvayi mano me

nandita sureśa narasiṃha narasiṃha || 7 ||

mādhava mukunda madhusūdana murāre

vāmana nṛsiṃha śaraṇaṃ bhava natānām |

kāmada ghṛṇin nikhilakāraṇa nayeyaṃ

kālamamareśa narasiṃha narasiṃha || 8 ||

aṣṭakamidaṃ sakala-pātaka-bhayaghnaṃ

kāmadaṃ aśeṣa-duritāmaya-ripughnam |

yaḥ paṭhati santatamaśeṣa-nilayaṃ te

gacchati padaṃ sa narasiṃha narasiṃha || 9 ||