nṛsiṃhastotram · Chapter 1

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ /
brahmovāca /
nato'smyanantāya durantaśaktaye vicitravīryāya pavitrakarmaṇe /
viśvasya sargasthitisaṃyamānguṇaiḥ svalīlayā sandadhate'vyayātmane

śrīrudra uvāca /
kopakālo yugāntaste hato'yamasuro'lpakaḥ /
tatsutaṃ pāhyupasṛtaṃ bhaktaṃ te bhaktavatsala

indra uvāca /
pratyānītāḥ parama bhavatā trāyatāṃ naḥ svabhāgā
daityākrāntaṃ hṛdayakamalaṃ tvadgṛhaṃ pratyabodhi /
kālagrastaṃ kiyadidamaho nātha śuśrūṣatāṃ te
muktisteṣāṃ na hi bahumatā nārasiṃhāparaiḥ kim

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
tvaṃ nastapaḥ paramamāttha yadātmatejo yenedamādipuruṣātmagataṃ sasarja /
tadvipraluptamamunādya śaraṇyapāla rakṣāgṛhītavapuṣā punaranvamaṃsthāḥ

pitara ūcuḥ /
śrāddhāni no'dhibubhuje prasabhaṃ tanūjairdattāni tīrthasamaye'pyapibattilāmbu /
tasyodarānnakhavidīrṇavapādya ārcchattasmai namo nṛharaye'khila dharmagoptre

siddhā ūcuḥ /
yo no gatiṃ yogasiddhāmasādhurahāraṣīdyogatapobalena /
nānādarpaṃ taṃ nakhairnirdadāra tasmai tubhyaṃ praṇatāḥ smo nṛsiṃha

vidyādharā ūcuḥ /
vidyāṃ pṛthagdhāraṇayā'nurāddhāṃ nyaṣedhadajño balavīryadṛptaḥ /
sa yena saṃkhye paśubaddhatastaṃ māyānṛsiṃhaṃ praṇatāḥ sma nityam

nāgā ūcuḥ /
yena pāpena ratnāni strīratnāni hṛtāni naḥ /
tadvakṣaḥpāṭanenāsāṃ dattānanda namo'stu te

manava ūcuḥ /
manavo vayaṃ tava nideśakāriṇo ditijena deva paribhūtasetavaḥ /
bhavatā khalaḥ sa upasaṃhṛtaḥ prabho karavāma te kimanuśādhi kiṅkarān

prajāpataya ūcuḥ /
prajeśā vayaṃ te pareśābhisṛṣṭā na yena prajā vai sṛjāmo niṣiddhāḥ /
sa eṣa tvayā bhinnavakṣānuśete jaganmaṅgalaṃ sattvamūrte'vahāraḥ

gandharvā ūcuḥ /
vayaṃ vibho te naṭanāṭyagāyakā yenātmasādvīryabalaujasā kṛtāḥ /
sa eṣa nīto bhavatā daśāmimāṃ kimutpathasthaḥ kuśalāya kalpate

cāraṇā ūcuḥ /
hare tavāṃgghripaṅkajaṃ bhavāpavargamāśritāḥ /
yadeva sādhu hṛcchayastvayā'suraḥ samāpitaḥ

yakṣā ūcuḥ /
vayamanucaramukhyāḥ karmabhiste manojñaista iha ditisutena prāpitā vāhakatvam /
sa tu janaparitāpaṃ tatkṛtaṃ jānatā te narahara upanītaḥ pañcatāṃ pañcaviṃśaḥ

kimpuruṣā ūcuḥ /
vayaṃ kimpuruṣāstvaṃ tu mahāpuruṣa īśvara /
ayaṃ kupuruṣo naṣṭo dhikkṛtaḥ sādhubhiryadā

vaitālikā ūcuḥ /
sabhāsu satreṣu tavāmalaṃ yaśo gītvā saparyāṃ mahatīṃ labhāmahe /
yastāṃ vyanaiṣīdbhṛśameṣa durjano diṣṭyā hataste bhagavanyathāmayaḥ

kinnarā ūcuḥ /
vayamīśa kinnaragaṇāstavānugā ditijena viṣṭimamunā'nukāritāḥ /
bhavatā hare sa vṛjino'vasādito narasiṃha nātha vibhavāya no bhava

viṣṇupārṣadā ūcuḥ /
adyaitaddharinararūpamadbhutaṃ te dṛṣṭaṃ naḥ śaraṇada sarvalokaśarma /
so'yaṃ te vidhikara īśa vipraśaptastasyedaṃ nidhanamanugrahāya vidmaḥ

// iti śrīmadbhāgavatāntargate saptamaskandhe'ṣṭamadhyāye nṛsiṃhastotraṃ sampūrṇam //