From the Mantraraja Pada Stotra (Pancharatra tradition)
Narasimha Mantra: Ugram Veeram
Protection from fear, danger and adversaries.
Each of the eleven names in this verse is a facet of Narasimha: fierce, heroic, the great Vishnu, blazing, facing every direction, terrifying, auspicious, and the death of Death itself.
The first verse of the Mantraraja Pada Stotra, which tradition attributes to Shiva. It is linked with the Nrisimha Purva Tapaniya Upanishad and the Ahirbudhnya Samhita.
- Author
- From the Mantraraja Pada Stotra (Pancharatra tradition)
- Recited for
- Protection from fear, danger and adversaries.
- Metre
- Anushtubh
No recording yet. Use guided pace to move through the verses at a chanting rhythm.
ugraṃ vīraṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ jvalantaṃ sarvatomukham ।nṛsiṃhaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ bhadraṃ mṛtyumṛtyuṃ namāmyaham ॥
I bow to Narasimha: fierce, heroic, the great Vishnu, blazing, facing every direction, terrifying yet auspicious, the death of Death itself.
About this edition
Single verse, as commonly chanted.