Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Sahasranama

Verse 1

उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम् । नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम् ॥

ugraṁ vīraṁ mahā-viṣṇuṁ jvalantaṁ sarvato-mukham | nṛsiṁhaṁ bhīṣaṇaṁ bhadraṁ mṛtyu-mṛtyuṁ namāmy aham ||

I bow to Narasimha — the fierce, the heroic, the Great Vishnu, blazing on every side, the man-lion, terrifying yet auspicious, the Death of death.

The dhyāna-śloka — the same anuṣṭup that opens the Mantra Rāja Pada Stotra is also the opening invocation of the Sahasranama.

Verse 2

ॐ नृसिंहो महासिंहो दिव्यसिंहो महाबलः । उग्रसिंहो महादेवः स्तम्भजश्च महेश्वरः ॥

oṁ nṛsiṁho mahā-siṁho divya-siṁho mahā-balaḥ | ugra-siṁho mahā-devaḥ stambha-jaś ca maheśvaraḥ ||

Om — Nrisimha, the great lion, the divine lion, of immense strength; the fierce lion, the great deva, the column-born, the supreme lord. (Names 1–8 of the Sahasranama.)

Verse 3

अभीष्टदः फलदः सर्वज्ञः पुरुषोत्तमः । भक्तानां वत्सलः शान्तः शरणागतवत्सलः ॥

abhīṣṭadaḥ phaladaḥ sarvajñaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | bhaktānāṁ vatsalaḥ śāntaḥ śaraṇāgata-vatsalaḥ ||

Granter of desires, giver of fruits, all-knowing, the Supreme Person, tender to his devotees, peaceful, tender to those who have surrendered.

A representative cluster from the middle of the Sahasranāma. The full thousand are gathered into shatas (groups of one hundred) in the canonical recension.

Verse 4

य इदं पठते स्तोत्रं नृसिंहस्य महात्मनः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥

ya idaṁ paṭhate stotraṁ nṛsiṁhasya mahātmanaḥ | sarvān kāmān avāpnoti viṣṇu-lokaṁ sa gacchati ||

Whoever reads this stotra of the great-souled Narasimha attains all his desires and goes to the world of Vishnu.

The phala-śruti of the Sahasranāma — the closing promise.