Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalambam
भोगीन्द्रभोगमणिरञ्जितपुण्यमूर्ते ।
योगीश शाश्वत शरण्य भवाब्धिपोत
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१॥
bhogīndrabhogamaṇirañjitapuṇyamūrte .
yogīśa śāśvata śaraṇya bhavābdhipota
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..1..
with his divine face shining with the divine light emanating from the gems on the hoods of serpent Adi Sesha,
who is the lord of yoga, and eternal, and giver of refuge to the devotees like a boat over the ocean of samsara (worldly existence),
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
सङ्घट्टिताङ्घ्रिकमलामलकान्तिकान्त ।
लक्ष्मीलसत्कुचसरोरुहराजहंस
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥२॥
saṅghaṭṭitāṅghrikamalāmalakāntikānta .
lakṣmīlasatkucasaroruharājahaṃsa
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..2..
assembles at whose stainless, pure feet, desiring to obtain its splendour,
who is a royal swan floating on the lake within the heart of devi Lakshmi, …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
मारोग्रभीकरमृगप्रवरार्दितस्य ।
आर्तस्य मत्सरनिदाघनिपीडितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥३॥
mārograbhīkaramṛgapravarārditasya .
ārtasya matsaranidāghanipīḍitasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..3..
many formidable and ferocious animals (in this forest of samsara), torments me with various desires and rouses deep fear in me,
I am deeply afflicted and hurt in this selfishness and heat (of the samsara),
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
सम्प्राप्य दुःखशतसर्पसमाकुलस्य ।
दीनस्य देव कृपणापदमागतस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥४॥
samprāpya duḥkhaśatasarpasamākulasya .
dīnasya deva kṛpaṇāpadamāgatasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..4..
I have reached; where it is filled with hundreds of snakes of sorrows,
to this miserable soul, O deva, who is wretched and afflicted with various calamities, …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
नक्रग्रहग्रसननिग्रहविग्रहस्य ।
व्यग्रस्य रागरसनोर्मिनिपीडितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥५॥
nakragrahagrasananigrahavigrahasya .
vyagrasya rāgarasanorminipīḍitasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..5..
like a crocodile; my life is restrained and being eaten away like rahu restrains and devours the planet (i.e. moon), …
and my senses being engrossed in the waves of the rasa (juice) of raga (passion) is squeezing away my life, …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
शाखाशतं करणपत्रमनङ्गपुष्पम् ।
आरुह्य दुःखफलितं पततो दयालो
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥६॥
śākhāśataṃ karaṇapatramanaṅgapuṣpam .
āruhya duḥkhaphalitaṃ patato dayālo
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..6..
are whose hundreds of branches, sense organ is whose leaf, Ananga (Kamadeva) is whose flower;
I have mounted that tree (of samsara) and having reaped its fruits of sorrows, is now falling down; O compassionate one, …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
दंष्ट्राकरालविषदग्धविनष्टमूर्तेः ।
नागारिवाहन सुधाब्धिनिवास शौरे
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥७॥
daṃṣṭrākarālaviṣadagdhavinaṣṭamūrteḥ .
nāgārivāhana sudhābdhinivāsa śaure
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..7..
and sharp fangs, has burnt and destroyed me with its terrible poison,
O the one riding the enemy of serpents (garuda) (who can kill the serpents of samsara), O the one who dwell in the ocean of nectar (which can heal out burnt beings), O Shauri (Vishnu), …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
ज्वालावलीभिरतिदग्धतनूरुहस्य ।
त्वत्पादपद्मसरसीशरणागतस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥८॥
jvālāvalībhiratidagdhatanūruhasya .
tvatpādapadmasarasīśaraṇāgatasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..8..
it’s blazing flame is burning every part of my body,
your lotus feet is a (cooling) lake giving refuge (to the burnt souls),
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
सर्वेन्द्रियार्तवडिशार्थझषोपमस्य ।
प्रोत्खण्डितप्रचुरतालुकमस्तकस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥९॥
sarvendriyārtavaḍiśārthajhaṣopamasya .
protkhaṇḍitapracuratālukamastakasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..9..
and whose all indriyas (sense organs) have become afflicted like a hooked fish, …
(the fish) whose palate and head has been profusely torn (by the many fish hooks on the sense organs) (Such is my condition, so), …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
निष्पिष्टमर्मवपुषः सकलार्तिनाश ।
प्राणप्रयाणभवभीतिसमाकुलस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१०॥
niṣpiṣṭamarmavapuṣaḥ sakalārtināśa .
prāṇaprayāṇabhavabhītisamākulasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..10..
and (with its feet) has crushed my vitals; O Lord, you who are the most beautiful and destroyer of all pains, …
to me who is filled with the fear of death in this world, …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
चोरैः प्रभो बलिभिरिन्द्रियनामधेयैः ।
मोहान्धकूपकुहरे विनिपातितस्य
लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥११॥
coraiḥ prabho balibhirindriyanāmadheyaiḥ .
mohāndhakūpakuhare vinipātitasya
lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ..11..
by theft, O Lord, by the indriyas (sense organs) which prompted for constant oblations, …
has made my life fall inside the dark well of delusion, …
O Lakshmi Narasimha, please give me your refuge by holding me with your divine hands.
वैकुण्ठ कृष्ण मधुसूदन पुष्कराक्ष ।
ब्रह्मण्य केशव जनार्दन वासुदेव
देवेश देहि कृपणस्य करावलम्बम् ॥१२॥
vaikuṇṭha kṛṣṇa madhusūdana puṣkarākṣa .
brahmaṇya keśava janārdana vāsudeva
deveśa dehi kṛpaṇasya karāvalambam ..12..
O Vaikuntha, O Krishna, O Madhusudana, O Pushkaraksha (lotus-eyed), …
O Brahmanya, O Keshava, O Janardhana, O Vasudeva, …
O Devesha (lord of devas); please give refuge to this pitiable one by holding with your divine hands.
मग्नार्थमत्र निवहोरुकरावलम्बम् ।
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन
स्तोत्रं कृतं सुखकरं भुवि शङ्करेण ॥१३॥
magnārthamatra nivahorukarāvalambam .
lakṣmīnṛsiṃhacaraṇābjamadhuvratena
stotraṃ kṛtaṃ sukhakaraṃ bhuvi śaṅkareṇa ..13..
(from the same divine source) for the sake of rescuing the ones immersed in delusion has been extended the all-encompassing hand of refuge (of Lakshmi Narasimha),
by being engrossed in the nectar of the lotus-feet of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha, …
This stotra has been composed by Shankara (i.e. Sri Adi Shankaracharya), which gives great joy in this world (upon deeply meditating on it).
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