Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalamba Stotram

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1. Verse 1

   śrīmatpayonidhiniketana cakrapāṇe bhogīndrabhogamaṇirañjitapuṇyamūrte ।yogīśa śāśvata śaraṇya bhavābdhipota lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   O Lord who dwells in the radiant ocean of milk, holder of the discus, whose holy form glows with the gems on the hoods of Adishesha, king of serpents; Lord of yogis, eternal, refuge of all, boat across the ocean of worldly existence: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

2. Verse 2

   brahmendrarudramarudarkakirīṭakoṭi- saṅghaṭṭitāṅghrikamalāmalakāntikānta ।lakṣmīlasatkucasaroruharājahaṃsa lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   O Lord, beautiful with the spotless lustre of Your lotus feet, touched by the countless crowns of Brahma, Indra, Rudra, the Maruts and the Sun bowing before You; royal swan at the lotus-like heart of Lakshmi: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

3. Verse 3

   saṃsāraghoragahane carato murāre mārograbhīkaramṛgapravarārditasya ।ārtasya matsaranidāghanipīḍitasya lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   O Murari, I wander in the dreadful, dense forest of samsara, attacked by the fierce and terrifying beast of desire, afflicted and scorched by the summer heat of envy: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

4. Verse 4

   saṃsārakūpamatighoramagādhamūlaṃ samprāpya duḥkhaśatasarpasamākulasya ।dīnasya deva kṛpaṇāpadamāgatasya lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   I have fallen into the very dreadful, bottomless well of samsara and am surrounded by a hundred serpents of sorrow. O Lord, to me, wretched and helpless in this calamity: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

5. Verse 5

   saṃsārasāgaraviśālakarālakāla- nakragrahagrasananigrahavigrahasya ।vyagrasya rāgarasanorminipīḍitasya lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   In the vast and terrible ocean of samsara my body is seized and swallowed by the crocodiles of Time. I am distraught, battered by the waves of attachment and craving: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

6. Verse 6

   saṃsāravṛkṣamaghabījamanantakarma- śākhāśataṃ karaṇapatramanaṅgapuṣpam ।āruhya duḥkhaphalitaṃ patato dayālo lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   I climbed the tree of samsara, whose seed is sin, whose hundred branches are endless karma, whose leaves are the senses, whose flowers are desire and whose fruit is sorrow, and now I am falling. O Compassionate One: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

7. Verse 7

   saṃsārasarpaghanavaktrabhayogratīvra- daṃṣṭrākarālaviṣadagdhavinaṣṭamūrteḥ ।nāgārivāhana sudhābdhinivāsa śaure lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   My being is burned and ruined by the poison of the serpent of samsara, with its gaping, dreadful mouth and fierce, sharp fangs. O You who ride Garuda, the enemy of serpents, who dwell in the ocean of nectar, O Shauri: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

8. Verse 8

   saṃsāradāvadahanāturabhīkaroru- jvālāvalībhiratidagdhatanūruhasya ।tvatpādapadmasarasīśaraṇāgatasya lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   I am tormented by the forest fire of samsara, every hair scorched by its terrible, towering rows of flames. I have taken refuge in the lake of Your lotus feet: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

9. Verse 9

   saṃsārajālapatitasya jagannivāsa sarvendriyārthabaḍiśāgrajhaṣopamasya ।protkhaṇḍitapracuratālukamastakasya lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

   O Abode of the Universe, I have fallen into the net of samsara like a fish caught on the hook of sense-objects, its palate and head torn: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

10. Verse 10

    saṃsārabhīkarakarīndrakarābhighāta- niṣpiṣṭamarmavapuṣaḥ sakalārtināśa ।prāṇaprayāṇabhavabhītisamākulasya lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

    My body and vitals are crushed by the blows from the trunk of the terrifying elephant of samsara, and I am overwhelmed by fear of death and rebirth. O Destroyer of all sorrow: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

11. Verse 11

    andhasya me hṛtavivekamahādhanasya coraiḥ prabho balibhirindriyanāmadheyaiḥ ।mohāndhakūpakuhare vinipātitasya lakṣmīnṛsiṃha mama dehi karāvalambam ॥

    O Lord, I am blind. Powerful thieves called the senses have stolen my great treasure of discernment and thrown me into the dark pit of delusion: O Lakshmi Narasimha, give me the support of Your hand.

12. Verse 12

    lakṣmīpate kamalanābha sureśa viṣṇo vaikuṇṭha kṛṣṇa madhusūdana puṣkarākṣa ।brahmaṇya keśava janārdana vāsudeva deveśa dehi kṛpaṇasya karāvalambam ॥

    O Lord of Lakshmi, lotus-naveled, Lord of the gods, Vishnu, Vaikuntha, Krishna, Madhusudana, lotus-eyed, friend of the devout, Keshava, Janardana, Vasudeva, O God of gods: give this helpless one the support of Your hand.

13. Verse 13

    yanmāyayorjitavapuḥ pracurapravāha- magnārthamatra nivahorukarāvalambam ।lakṣmīnṛsiṃhacaraṇābjamadhuvratena stotraṃ kṛtaṃ sukhakaraṃ bhuvi śaṅkareṇa ॥

    For those sunk in the mighty flood of embodied life created by His maya, this hymn is a great support of the hand. It was composed, to bring happiness to the world, by Shankara, a bee at the lotus feet of Lakshmi Narasimha.