Lakshmi Narasimha Ashtakam

yaṃ dhyāyase sa kva tavāsti deva

ityukta ūce pitaraṃ saśastram ।

prahlāda āstekhilago hariḥ sa

lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt ॥ 1 ॥

tadā padātāḍayadādidaityaḥ

stambhaṃ tato'hnāya ghurūruśabdam ।

cakāra yo lokabhayaṅkaraṃ sa

lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt ॥ 2 ॥

stambhaṃ vinirbhidya vinirgato yo

bhayaṅkarākāra udastameghaḥ ।

jaṭānipātaiḥ sa ca tuṅgakarṇo

lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt ॥ 3 ॥

pañcānanāsyo manujākṛtiryo

bhayaṅkarastīkṣṇanakhāyudho'rim ।

dhṛtvā nijorvorvidadāra so'sau

lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt ॥ 4 ॥

varapradokteravirodhato'riṃ

jaghāna bhṛtyoktamṛtaṃ hi kurvan ।

sragvattadantraṃ nidadhau svakaṇṭhe

lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt ॥ 5 ॥

vicitradeho'pi vicitrakarmā

vicitraśaktiḥ sa ca kesarīha ।

pāpaṃ ca tāpaṃ vinivārya duḥkhaṃ

lakṣmīnṛsiṃho'vatu māṃ samantāt ॥ 6 ॥

prahlādaḥ kṛtakṛtyo'bhūdyatkṛpāleśato'marāḥ ।

niṣkaṇṭakaṃ svadhāmāpuḥ śrīnṛsiṃhaḥ sa pātu mām ॥ 7 ॥

daṃṣṭrākarālavadano ripūṇāṃ bhayakṛdbhayam ।

iṣṭado harati svasya vāsudevaḥ sa pātu mām ॥ 8 ॥

iti śrī lakṣmīnṛsiṃhāṣṭakam ।

Recite with devotion and pure heart

Regular practice brings spiritual benefits