Sri Nrsimha-sahasra-nama

Text 1

oà namo narasiàhäya

vajra-daàñöräya vajriëe

vajra-dehäya vajräya

namo vajra-nakhäya ca

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, whose teeth are thunderbolts

(vajra-daàñöra), who holds a thunderbolt (vajré), whose body is

a thunderbolt (vajra-deha), who is a thunderbolt (vajra), whose

claws are thunderbolts (vajra-nakha), . . .

Text 2

väsudeväya vandyäya

varadäya varätmane

varadäbhaya-hastäya

varäya vara-rüpiëe

. . . who is the son of Vasudeva (väsudeva), to whom all should

bow down (vandya), who is the giver of boons (varada), who is

most glorious (varätmä), whose hand gives the blessing of

fearlessness (varadäbhaya-hasta), and who is the greatest (vara),

whose transcendental form is glorious (vara-rüpé).

Text 3

vareëyäya variñöhäya

çré-varäya namo namaù

prahläda-varadäyaiva

pratyakña-varadäya ca

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the greatest (vareëya

and variñöha), and who is the goddess of fortune's husband (çré-

vara). Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the giver of

benedictions to Prahläda (prahläda-varada), who is the giver of

benedictions to they who approach Him (pratyakña-varada), . . .

Text 4

parät-para-pareçäya

paviträya pinäkine

pävanäya prasannäya

päçine päpa-häriëe

. . . who is the supreme master, greater than the greatest

(parät-para-pareça), who is the most pure (pavitra), who carries

a bow (pinäké), who is the most pure (pävana), who is filled

with transcendental bliss (prasanna), who carries a rope

(päçé), and who removes sins (päpa-häré).

Text 5

purustutäya puëyäya

puruhütäya te namaù

tat-puruñäya tathyäya

puräëa-puruñäya ca

O Lord Nåsiàha, glorified with many prayers (puru-stuta),

who is the most pure (puëya), whose holy names are chanted by the

devotees (puru-hüta), who are the Supreme Person (tat-puruña),

the Supreme Truth (tathya), the ancient Supreme Personality of

Godhead (puräëa-puruña), obeisances unto You!

Text 6

purodhase pürvajäya

puñkaräkñäya te namaù

puñpa-häsäya häsäya

mahä-häsäya çärìgiëe

O Lord Nåsiàha, who are the supreme priest (purodha), the

oldest (pürvaja), lotus-eyed (puñkaräkña), lotus-smiled (puñpa-

häsa), fond of joking (mahä-häsa), and who hold the Çärìga Bow

(çärìgé), obeisances unto You!

Text 7

siàhäya siàha-räjäya

jagad-väsyäya te namaù

aööa-häsäya roñäya

jala-väsäya te namaù

O Lord who are a lion (siàha), the king of lions (siàha-

räja), and the master of the universe (jagad-vaçya), obeisances

unto You! O Lord who laugh loudly (aööa-häsa), are angry

(roña), and reside on the water (jala-väsa), obeisances

unto You!

Text 8

bhüta-väsäya bhäsäya

çré-niväsäya khaògine

khaòga-jihväya siàhäya

khaòga-väsäya te namaù

O Lord Nåsiàha, who reside in everyone's heart (bhüta-väsa),

who are effulgent (bhäsa), who are the resting-place of Goddess

Lakñmé (çré-niväsa), who hold a sword (khaògé), whose tongue is a

sword (khaòga-jihva), who are a lion (siàha), and who hold a

sword (khaòga-väsa), obeisances unto You!

Text 9

namo mülädi-väsäya

dharma-väsäya dhanvine

dhanaÏjayäya dhanyäya

namo måtyuÏjayäya ca

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the root of all (mülädi-

väsa), the home of religion (dharma-väsa), the great archer

(dhanvé), the winner of wealth (dhanaÏjaya), and the

most glorious (dhanya). Obeisances to He who is the conqueror of

death (måtyuÏjaya).

Text 10

çubhäÏjayäya süträya

namaù satruÏjayäya ca

niraÏjanäya néräya

nirguëäya guëäya ca

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the conqueror of

handsomeness (çubhäÏjaya), the thread upon which all is

strung (sütra), the conqueror of foes (satruÏjaya),

untouched by matter (niraÏjana), who lies down on the

Käraëa Ocean (néra), who is free from the modes of material

nature (nirguëa), who is glorious with transcendental qualities

(guëa), . . .

Text 11

niñpräpaÏcäya nirväëa-

pradäya niviòäya ca

nirälambäya néläya

niñkaläya kaläya ca

. . . who is aloof from the material world (niñpräpa

24ca), who is the giver of liberation (nirväëa-prada), who

is all-pervading (niviòa), who is independent (nirälamba),

whose complexion is dark (néla), who is perfect and complete

(niñkala), who appears in many incarnations (kala), . . .

Text 12

nimeñäya nibandhäya

nimeña-gamanäya ca

nirdvandväya niräçäya

niçcayäya niräya ca

. . . who is the blinking of an eye (nimeña), who is the bondage

of material existence (nibandha), who appears in the blinking of

an eye (nimeña-gamana), who is free of duality (nirdvandva),

who is all-pervading (niräça), who is the Absolute Truth

(niçcaya), . . .

Text 13

nirmaläya nibandhäya

nirmohäya niräkåte

namo nityäya satyäya

sat-karma-niratäya ca

. . . who is free from all material impurity (nirmala), who is

self-control (nibandha), who is free from illusion (nirmoha),

whose form is not material (niräkåti), who is eternal (nitya),

who is spiritual (satya), and whose activities are all spiritual

(sat-karma-nirata).

Text 14

satya-dhvajäya muÏjäya

muÏjä-keçäya keçine

haréçäya ca çoñäya

guòäkeçäya vai namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who carries truth as His flag

(satya-dhvaja), who is the sacred muÏja grass (muÏja),

whose hair is the sacred muÏja grass (muÏjä-keça),

whose hair is graceful (keçé), who is the master of Brahmä and

Çiva (haréça), who makes all that is inauspicious wither away

(çoña), who is the conqueror of sleep (guòäkeça), . . .

Text 15

sukeçäyordhva-keçäya

keçi-siàha-rakäya ca

jaleçäya sthaleçäya

padmeçäyogra-rüpiëe

. . . whose mane is glorious (sukeça and ürdhva-keça), who is

the süryamaëi jewel of great-maned lions (keçi-siàha-raka) who

is the master of the waters (jaleça), who is the master of all

places (sthaleça), who is the husband of the goddess of fortune

(padmeça), and who is ferocious (ügra-rüpé).

Text 16

kuçeçayäya kuläya

keçaväya namo namaù

sükti-karëäya süktäya

rakta-jihväya rägiëe

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is graceful like a lotus

flower (kuçeçaya), who is the greatest (küla), who has a glorious

mane (keçava), whose ears delight in hearing His devotees'

prayers (sükti-karëa), who is the Vedic prayers personified

(sükta), whose tongue is red (rakta-jihva), and who loves His

devotees (rägé).

Text 17

dépta-rüpäya déptäya

pradéptäya pralobhine

pracchinnäya prabodhäya

prabhave vibhave namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, whose form is splendid (dépta-

rüpa, dépta, and pradépta), who is all-attractive (pralobhé), who

is the destroys of all that is inauspicious (pracchinna), who

gives spiritual enlightenment (prabodha), who is the supreme

master (prabhu), who has all powers (vibhu), . . .

Text 18

prabhaÏjanäya pänthäya

pramäyäpramitäya ca

prakäçäya pratäpäya

prajvaläyojjvaläya ca

. . . who destroys all that is inauspicious (prabha

24jana), who is glorious like the sun (päntha), who is the

Absolute Truth (prama), who is limitless (apramita), who is

splendid (prakäça, pratäpa, prajvala, and ujjvala), . . .

Text 19

jvälä-mälä-svarüpäya

jvälä-jihväya jväline

maho-jväläya käläya

käla-mürti-dharäya ca

. . . whose effulgent form seems to be garlanded with flames

(jvälä-mälä-svarüpa), whose tongue is a flame (jvälä-jihva),

who is splendid like a host of flames (jvälé and maho-jväla),

who is time personified (käla and käla-mürti-dhara), . . .

Text 20

käläntakäya kalpäya

kalanäya kåte namaù

käla-cakräya çakräya

vañaö-cakräya cakriëe

. . . who puts an end to time (käläntaka), who is all-powerful

(kalpa, kalana, and kåt), who is the wheel of time (käla-cakra),

who is the most expert (çakra), who is the word vañaö in the

Vedic mantras (vañaö-cakra), who holds the Sudarçana cakra

(cakré), . . .

Text 21

akrüräya kåtäntäya

vikramäya kramäya ca

kåtine kåtiväsäya

kåtaghnäya kåtätmane

. . . who is gentle to the devotees (akrüra), who is death to

the demons (kåtänta), who is all-powerful (vikrama, krama, kåté,

and kåtiväsa), who kills the demons (kåtaghna), who is the all-

pervading Supersoul (kåtätmä), . . .

Text 22

saìkramäya ca kruddhäya

kränta-loka-trayäya ca

arüpäya svarüpäya

haraye paramätmane

. . . who descends to this world (saìkrama), who is angry with

the demons (kruddha), who steps over the three worlds (kränta-

loka-traya), whose form is not material (arüpa), whose form is

transcendental (svarüpa), who removes all that is inauspicious

(hari), who is the Supersoul (paramätmä), . . .

Text 23

ajayäyädi-deväya

akñayäya kñayäya ca

aghoräya su-ghoräya

ghoräghora-taräya ca

. . . who is never defeated (ajaya), who is the Supreme

Personality of Godhead (ädi-deva), who is immortal (akñaya), who

kills the demons (kñaya), who is gentle (aghora), who is

ferocious (su-ghora), and who rescues the gentle devotees from the

fearsome demons (ghoräghora-tara).

Text 24

namo 'stv aghora-véryäya

lasad-ghoräya te namaù

ghorädhyakñäya dakñäya

dakñiëäryäya sambhave

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is both gentle and powerful

(aghora-vérya). O Lord Nåsiàha, who are splendid with ferocious power (lasad-

ghora), who are the most ferocious (ghorädhyakña), the most

expert (dakña), the most saintly (dakñiëärya), and the most

auspicious (sambhave), . . .

Text 25

amoghäya guëaughäya

anaghäyägha-häriëe

megha-nädäya nädäya

tubhyaà meghätmane namaù

. . . who are infallible (amogha), a flood of transcendental

virtues (guëaugha), pure (anagha), and the remover of sins (agha-

häré), who roar like thunder (megha-näda), and who roar

ferociously (näda). Obeisances to You, Lord Nåsiàha, who are

like a monsoon cloud (meghätmä).

Text 26

mogha-vahana-rüpäya

megha-çyämäya mäline

vyäla-yajÏopaviträya

vyaghra-dehäya vai namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is like a host of monsoon

clouds (mogha-vahana-rüpa), who is dark like a monsoon cloud

(megha-çyäma), who wear a garland (mälé), whose sacred-thread

is a snake (vyäla-yajÏopavitra), and who has the form of

a lion (vyaghra-deha).

Text 27

vyaghra-pädäya ca vyaghra-

karmiëe vyäpakäya ca

vikaöäsyäya véräya

vistara-çravase namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who has the paws of a lion

(vyaghra-päda), and the ferocious deeds of a lion (vyaghra-

karmé), who is all-pervading (vyäpaka), whose face is fearsome

(vikaöäsya), who is very powerful and heroic (véra), and who is

all-famous (vistara-çraväù).

Text 28

vikérëa-nakha-daàñöräya

nakha-daàñöräyudhäya ca

viñvaksenäya senäya

vihvaläya baläya ca

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who has sharp claws and teeth (vikérëa-

nakha-daàñöra), whose weapons are His claws and teeth (nakha-

daàñöräyudha), whose armies are everywhere (viñvaksena), who

has a great army (sena), who is ferocious (vihvala), who is

powerful (bala), . . .

Text 29

virüpäkñäya véräya

viçeñäkñäya säkñiëe

véta-çokäya vistérëa-

vadanäya namo namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, whose eyes are fearsome

(virüpäkña), who is powerful and heroic (véra), whose eyes are

handsome (viçeñäkña), who is the witness of all (säkñé), who

never grieves (véta-çoka), and whose mouth is wide (vistérëa-

vadana).

Text 30

vidhänäya vidheyäya

vijayäya jayäya ca

vibudhäya vibhäväya

namo viçvambharäya ca

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the author of the rules

of scriptures (vidhäna), who is the goal to be attained by

following the rules of scripture (vidheya), who is victory

(vijaya and jaya), who knows everything (vibudha), who is the

only friend (vibhäva), and who is the maintainer of the universe

(viçvambhara).

Text 31

véta-ragäya vipräya

viöaìka-nayanäya ca

vipuläya vinétäya

viçva-yonaye namo namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is not affected by the mode

of passion (véta-raga), who is the first of brähmaëas (vipra),

whose eyes are glorious (viöaìka-nayana), who form is large

(vipula), who is humble (vinéta), and who is the creator of the

universe (viçva-yoni), . . .

Text 32

cid-ambaräya vittäya

viçrutäya viyonaye

vihvaläya vikalpäya

kalpätétäya çilpine

. . . , who is the master of the spiritual sky (cid-ambara),

the wealth of the devotees (vitta), all-famous (viçruta), unborn

(viyoni), ferocious (vihvala), most expert (vikalpa, kalpätéta,

and çilpé), . . .

Text 33

kalpanäya svarüpäya

phaëi-talpäya vai namaù

taòit-prabhäya taryäya

taruëäya tarasvine

. . . who is the creator (kalpana), whose form is transcendental

(svarüpa), whose couch is a serpent (phaëi-talpa), wgho is

splendid like lightning (taòit-prabha), who is the final goal

(tarya), who is eternally youthful (taruëa), who is all-powerful

(tarasvé), . . .

Text 34

tapanäya tapaskäya

täpa-traya-haräya ca

tärakäya tamo-ghnäya

tattväya ca tapasvine

. . . who is effulgent (tapana and tapaska), who removes the

three-fold miseries of material life (täpa-traya-hara), who is

the deliverer (täraka), who destroys the darkness of ignorance (tamo-

ghna), who is the Absolute Truth (tattva), and who is glorious

(tapasvé).

Text 35

takñakäya tanu-träya

taöine taraläya ca

çata-rüpäya çäntäya

çata-dhäräya te namaù

Obeisances to You, O Lord Nåsiàha, who are the architect of

the worlds (takñaka), who protect Your devotees (tanu-tra), who

stay on the farther shore of the ocean of repeated birth and

death (taöé), who are splendid (tarala), who manifest a hundred

forms (çata-rüpa), who are peaceful (çänta), and who hold a

thunderbolt (çata-dhära).

Text 36

çata-paträya tarkñyäya

sthitaye çata-mürtaye

çata-kratu-svarüpäya

çäçvatäya çatätmane

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is graceful like a hundred-

petal lotus (çata-patra), who is carried by Garuòa (tarkñya),

who is the maintainer (sthiti), who manifests a hundred forms

(çata-mürti), who is a hundred yajÏas personified (çata-kratu-

svarüpa), who is eternal (çäçvata), who manifests a hundred

forms (çatätmä), . . .

Text 37

namaù sahasra-çirase

sahasra-vadanäya ca

sahasräkñäya deväya

diça-çroträya te namaù

. . . who has a thousand heads (sahasra-çiräù and sahasra-

vadana), who has a thousand eyes (sahasräkña), and who is the

Supreme Personality of Godhead (deva). Obeisances unto You, O

Lord Nåsiàha, whose ears are the different directions (diça-

çrotra).

Text 38

namaù sahasra-jihväya

mahä-jihväya te namaù

sahasra-nämadheyäya

sahasräkñi-dhäräya ca

Obeisances unto You, O Lord Nåsiàha, who have a thousand

tongues (sahasra-jihva), a great tongue (mahä-jihva), a thousand

names (sahasra-nämadheya), and a thousand eyes (sahasräkñi-

dhära).

Text 39

sahasra-bähave tubhyaà

sahasra-caraëäya ca

sahasrärka-prakäçäya

sahasräyudha-dhäriëe

O Lord Nåsiàha, who have a thousand arms (sahasra-bähu), and

a thousand feet (sahasra-caraëa), who are splendid like a

thousand suns (sahasrärka-prakäçäya), who hold a thousand

weapons (sahasräyudha-dhäré), . .

Text 40

namaù sthüläya sükñmäya

susükñmäya namo namaù

sükñuëyäya subhikñäya

surädhyakñäya çauriëe

. . . who are larger than the largest (sthüla), smaller than

the smallest (sükñma and susükñma), ferocious (sükñuëya), the

maintainer (subhikña), and the ruler of the demigods (surädhyakña),

heroic (çauré), obeisances unto You.

Text 41

dharmädhyakñäya dharmäya

lokädhyakñäya vai namaù

prajädhyakñäya çikñäya

vipakña-kñaya-mürtaye

Obeisances to You, O Lord Nåsiàha, who are the ruler of

religious principles (dharmädhyakña), religion personified

(dharma), the ruler of the worlds (lokädhyakña), the ruler of the

living entities (prajädhyakña), the teaching of the Vedas

(çikña), the destroyer of the demons (vipakña-kñaya-mürti), . . .

Text 42

kälädhyakñäya tékñnäya

mülädhyakñäya te namaù

adhokñajäya miträya

sumitra-varuëäya ca

. . . the controller of time (kälädhyakña), ferocious (tékñna),

the ruler of the root of matter (mülädhyakña), beyond the

perception of the material senses (adhokñaja), the true friend

(mitra), and the Deity worshiped by Mitra and Varuëa (sumitra-

varuëa).

Text 43

çatrughnäya avighnäya

vighna-koöi-haräya ca

rakñoghnäya tamoghnäya

bhütaghnäya namo namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the killer of enemies

(çatrughna), free to do whatever He wishes (avighna), the Lord

who removes millions of obstacles (vighna-koöi-hara), the killer

of demons (rakñoghna), the destroyer of ignorance (tamoghna), and

the killer of ghosts (bhütaghna).

Text 44

bhüta-päläya bhütäya

bhüta-väsäya bhütine

bhüta-vetäla-ghätäya

bhütädhipataye namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the protector of the

people (bhüta-päla), the Lord who appears before His devotee

(bhüta), the Lord who descends to the material world (bhüta-

väsa), the master of the material world (bhüté), the destroyer

of ghosts and evil spirits (bhüta-vetäla-ghäta), and the

controller of the material world (bhütädhipati).

Text 45

bhüta-graha-vinäçäya

bhüta-samyamate namaù

mahä-bhütäya bhågave

sarva-bhütätmane namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the killer of ghosts and

evil spirits (bhüta-graha-vinäça), the controller of the material

world (bhüta-samyamän), the greatest (mahä-bhüta), a descendent

of Maharñi Bhågu (bhågave), and the all-pervading Supersoul

(sarva-bhütätmä).

Text 46

sarväriñöa-vinäçäya

sarva-sampatkaräya ca

sarvädhäräya sarväya

sarvärti-haraye namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the destroyer of all

calamities (sarväriñöa-vinäça), the bringer of all good fortune

(sarva-sampatkara), the resting place of all the worlds

(sarvädhära), everything (sarva), and the remover of all

sufferings (sarvärti-hari).

Text 47

sarva-duùkha-praçäntäya

sarva-saubhägya-däyine

sarvadäyäpy anantäya

sarva-çakti-dharäya ca

Obeisances to You, O Lord Nåsiàha, who are the remover of

all sufferings (sarva-duùkha-praçänta), the giver of all good

fortune (sarva-saubhägya-däyé), the giver of everything

(sarvada), limitless (ananta), the master of all potencies

(sarva-çakti-dhara), . . .

Text 48

sarvaiçvarya-pradätre ca

sarva-kärya-vidhäyine

sarva-jvara-vinäçäya

sarva-rogäpahäriëe

. . . the giver of all powers and opulences (sarvaiçvarya-

pradätä), the giver of all duties (sarva-kärya-vidhäyé), the

destroyer of all fevers (sarva-jvara-vinäça), the physician who

cures all diseases (sarva-rogäpahäré), . . .

Text 49

sarväbhicära-hantre ca

sarvaiçvarya-vidhäyine

piìgäkñäyaika-çåìgäya

dvi-çåìgäya marécaye

. . . the destroyer of all magic spells (sarväbhicära-hantä),

and the giver of all powers and opulences (sarvaiçvarya-

vidhäyé), red-eyed (piìgäkña), who have one horn (eka-çåìga),

who have two horns (dvi-çåìga), who are splendid like the sun

(maréci), . . .

Text 50

bahu-çåìgäya liìgäya

mahä-çåìgäya te namaù

maìgalyäya manojÏäya

mantavyäya mahätmane

. . . who have many horns (bahu-çåìga), who are not different

from Your Deity form (liìga), who have a great horn (mahä-çåìga),

who are the supreme auspiciousness (maìgalya), who are supremely

handsome and charming (manojÏa), who are the proper

object of meditation (mantavya), who are the Supreme Personality

of Godhead (mahätmä), . . .

Text 51

mahä-deväya deväya

mätuliìga-dharäya ca

mahä-mäyä-prasütäya

prastutäya ca mäyine

. . . who are the Supreme Personality of Godhead (mahä-deva and

deva), who hold a mätuliìga (mätuliìga-dhara), who are the

origin of the mahä-mäyä potency (mahä-mäyä-

prasüta), who are glorified by the sages (prastuta), who are the

master of the illusory potency mäyä (mäyé), . . .

Text 52

anantänanta-rüpäya

mäyine jala-çäyine

mahodaräya mandäya

madadäya madäya ca

. . . who manifested limitless forms (anantänanta-rüpa), who are

the master of the illusory potency mäyä (mäyé), who rest on

the waters (jala-çäyé), whose belly is gigantic (mahodara), who

are gentle (manda), who give bliss to the devotees (madada), who

are transcendental bliss personified (mada), . . .

Text 53

madhu-kaiöabha-hantre ca

mädhaväya muräraye

mahä-véryäya dhairyäya

citra-véryäya te namaù

. . . who killed Madhu and Kaiöabha (madhu-kaiöabha-hantä),

who are the goddess of fortune's husband (mädhava), who are the

enemy of the Mura demon (muräri), who are all-powerful (mahä-

vérya), who are all-patient (dhairya), and who are wonderfully

powerful (citra-vérya).

Text 54

citra-kürmäya citräya

namas te citra-bhänave

mäyätétäya mäyäya

mahä-véräya te namaù

O Lord Nåsiàha, obeisances to You, who are a wonderful

tortoise (citra-kürma), wonderful (citra), splendid like a

wonderful sun (citra-bhänu), beyond the illusory potency mäyä

(mäyätéta), the master of the illusory potency mäyä (mäya),

and all-powerful (mahä-véra).

Text 55

mahä-tejäya béjäya

tejo-dhämne ca béjine

tejomäya nåsiàhäya

namas te citra-bhänave

Obeisances to You, O Lord Nåsiàha, who are splendid and

powerful (mahä-teja), the seed of all existence (béja), the Lord

who resides in the splendid spiritual world (tejo-dhämä), the

seed of all existence (béjé), effulgent (tejoma), half-man and

half-lion (nåsiàha), and splendid like a wonderful sun (citra-

bhänu).

Text 56

mahä-daàñöräya tuñöäya

namaù puñöi-karäya ca

çipiviñöäya håñöäya

puñöäya parameñöine

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who has large and fearsome teeth

(mahä-daàñöra), who is filled with happiness (tuñöa), who

maintains and protects His devotees (puñöi-kara), effulgent

(çipiviñöa), happy (håñöa), powerful (puñöa), and the supreme

controller (parameñöé).

Text 57

viçiñöäya ca çiñöäya

gariñöhäyeñöa-däyine

namo jyeñöhäya çreñöhäya

tuñöäyämita-tejase

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is the greatest (viçiñöa,

çiñöa, and gariñöha), who fulfills His devotees' desires (iñöa-

däyé), the oldest (jyeñöha), the best (çreñöha), happy (tuñöa),

and unlimitedly powerful (amita-tejäù).

Text 58

säñöäìga-nyasta-rüpäya

sarva-duñöäntakäya ca

vaikuëöhäya vikuëöhäya

keçi-kaëöhäya te namaù

Obeisances to You, O Lord Nåsiàha, to whom the devotees

offer daëòavat obeisances (säñöäìga-nyasta-rüpa), who are

the killer of all the demons (sarva-duñöäntaka), the master of

the spiritual world (vaikuëöha and vikuëöha), and who have a

lion's neck (keçi-kaëöha).

Text 59

kaëöhéraväya luëöhäya

niçaöhäya haöhäya ca

sattvodriktäya rudräya

åg-yajuù-sama-gäya ca

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, whose throat is filled with a

roar (kaëöhi-rava), who robs the devotees of their entrapment in

the world of birth and death (luëöha), who is supremely honest

(niçaöha), who is ferocious (haöha), who is situated in

transcendental goodness (sattvodrikta), who is angry (rudra), who

is the hymns of the Åg, Yajur, and Säma Vedas (åg-yajuù-sama-

ga), . . .

Text 60

åtu-dhvajäya vajräya

mantra-rajäya mantriëe

tri-neträya tri-vargäya

tri-dhämne ca tri-çüline

. . . who is the flage of the seasons (åtu-dhvaja), a

thunderbolt (vajra), the king of mantras (mantra-raja), and the best

advisor (mantré), who has three eyes (tri-netra), three classes

of followers (tri-varga), three abodes (tri-dhämä), a trident

(tri-çülé), . . .

Text 61

tri-käla-jÏäna-rüpäya

tri-dehäya tridhätmane

namas tri-mürti-vidyäya

tri-tattva-jÏänine namaù

. . . who knows everything of the three phases of time (tri-

käla-jÏäna-rüpa), who has three forms (tri-deha), and three

expansions (tridhätmä). Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who knows

the three truths (tri-mürti-vidya and tri-tattva-j

24äné).

Text 62

akñobhyäyäniruddhäya

aprameyäya mänave

amåtäya anantäya

amitäyämitaujase

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is peaceful (akñobhya), who

cannot be thwarted (aniruddha), who is immeasurable (aprameya),

the goddess of fortune's husband (mänu), immortal (amåta),

limitless (ananta and amita), unlimitledly powerful (amitaujäù),

. .

Text 63

apamåtyu-vinäçäya

apasmara-vighätine

ana-däyäna-rüpäya

anäyäna-bhuje namaù

. . . the destroyer of untimely death (apamåtyu-vinäça), the

destroyer of forgetfulness (apasmara-vighäté), the giver of

life (anada), the form of life (ana-rüpa), life (ana), and the

enjoyer of life (ana-bhuk).

Text 64

nädyäya niravadyäya

vidyäyädbhuta-karmaëe

sadyo-jätäya saìghäya

vaidyutäya namo namaù

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who is glorified with many

prayers (nädya), who is supremely pure (niravadya), who is

filled with transcendental knowledge (vidya), whose activities are

wonderful (adbhuta-karmä), who suddenly appears before His

devotee (sadyo-jäta), who is accompanied by His devotees

(saìgha), and who is splendid like lightning (vaidyuta).

Text 65

adhvätétäya sattväya

väg-ätétäya vägmine

väg-éçvaräya go-päya

go-hitäya gaväm-pate

Obeisances to Lord Nåsiàha, who stays far from the path of

the materialists (adhvätéta), who is the Absolute Truth (sattva),

who is beyond the descriptive power of material words (väg-

ätéta), who is most eloquent (vägmé and väg-éçvara), who is the

protector of the cows (gopa), the auspiciousness of the cows (go-

hita), and the master of the cows (gaväm-pati), . . .

Text 66

gandharväya gabhéräya

garjitäyorjitäya ca

parjanyäya prabuddhäya

pradhäna-puruñäya ca

. . . whose voice is melodious (gandharva), who is profound

(gabhéra), who roars ferociously (garjita), who is very powerful

(ürjita), who roars like thunder (parjanya), who is the most

wise (prabuddha), who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the

controller of the material world (pradhäna-puruña), . . .

Text 67

padmäbhäya sunäbhäya