Shodasha Bahu Narasimha Ashtakam

bhūkhaṇḍaṃ vāraṇāṇḍaṃ paravaraviraṭaṃ ḍampaḍamporuḍampaṃ ḍiṃ ḍiṃ ḍiṃ ḍiṃ ḍiḍimbaṃ dahamapi dahamaiḥ jhampajhampaiścajhampaiḥ । tulyāstulyāstu tulyāḥ dhumadhumadhumakaiḥ kuṅkumāṅkaiḥ kumāṅkaiḥ etatte pūrṇayuktamaharahakarahaḥ pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 1 ॥ bhūbhṛdbhūbhṛdbhujaṅgaṃ pralayaravavaraṃ prajvalajjvālamālaṃ kharjarjaṃ kharjadurjaṃ khikhacakhacakhacitkharjadurjarjayantam । bhūbhāgaṃ bhogabhāgaṃ gagagagagaganaṃ gardamartyugragaṇḍaṃ svacchaṃ pucchaṃ svagacchaṃ svajanajananutaḥ pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 2 ॥ enābhraṃ garjamānaṃ laghulaghumakaro bālacandrārkadaṃṣṭro hemāmbhojaṃ sarojaṃ jaṭajaṭajaṭilo jāḍyamānastubhītiḥ । dantānāṃ bādhamānāṃ khagaṭakhagaṭavo bhojajānussurendro niṣpratyūhaṃ sarājā gahagahagahataḥ pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 3 ॥ śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ ca cāpaṃ paraśumaśamiṣuṃ śūlapāśāṅkuśāstraṃ bibhrantaṃ vajrakheṭaṃ halamusalagadākuntamatyugradaṃṣṭram । jvālākeśaṃ trinetraṃ jvaladanalanibhaṃ hārakeyūrabhūṣaṃ vande pratyekarūpaṃ parapadanivasaḥ pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 4 ॥ pādadvandvaṃ dharitrīkaṭivipulataro merumadhyūḍhvamūruṃ nābhiṃ brahmāṇḍasindhuḥ hṛdayamapi bhavo bhūtavidvatsametaḥ । duścakrāṅkaṃ svabāhuṃ kuliśanakhamukhaṃ candrasūryāgninetraṃ vaktraṃ vahnissuvidyutsuragaṇavijayaḥ pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 5 ॥ nāsāgraṃ pīnagaṇḍaṃ parabalamathanaṃ baddhakeyūrahāraṃ raudraṃ daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ amitaguṇagaṇaṃ koṭisūryāgninetram । gāmbhīryaṃ piṅgalākṣaṃ bhrukuṭitavimukhaṃ ṣoḍaśādhārdhabāhuṃ vande bhīmāṭṭahāsaṃ tribhuvanavijayaḥ pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 6 ॥ ke ke nṛsiṃhāṣṭake naravarasadṛśaṃ devabhītvaṃ gṛhītvā devandyo vipradaṇḍaṃ prativacana payāyāmyanapratyanaiṣīḥ । śāpaṃ cāpaṃ ca khaḍgaṃ prahasitavadanaṃ cakracakrīcakena omitye daityanādaṃ prakacavividuṣā pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 7 ॥ jhaṃ jhaṃ jhaṃ jhaṃ jhakāraṃ jhaṣajhaṣajhaṣitaṃ jānudeśaṃ jhakāraṃ huṃ huṃ huṃ huṃ hakāraṃ harita kahahasā yaṃ diśe vaṃ vakāram । vaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vakāraṃ vadanadalitataṃ vāmapakṣaṃ supakṣaṃ laṃ laṃ laṃ laṃ lakāraṃ laghuvaṇavijayaḥ pātu māṃ nārasiṃhaḥ ॥ 8 ॥ bhūtapretapiśācayakṣagaṇaśaḥ deśāntaroccāṭanā coravyādhimahajjvaraṃ bhayaharaṃ śatrukṣayaṃ niścayam । sandhyākāle japatamaṣṭakamidaṃ sadbhaktipūrvādibhiḥ prahlādeva varo varastu jayitā satpūjitāṃ bhūtaye ॥ 9 ॥ । iti śrīvijayīndratīrtha kṛtaṃ śrī ṣoḍaśabāhu nṛsiṃhāṣṭakam ।

Recite with devotion and pure heart

Regular practice brings spiritual benefits

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