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Narasimha Purana — Chapter 11

NsP 11.1

प्रणिपत्य जगन्नाथं चराचरगुरुं हरिम् मार्कण्डेयो ऽभितुष्टाव भोगपर्यङ्कशायिनम्

praṇipatya jagannāthaṃ carācaraguruṃ harim mārkaṇḍeyo 'bhituṣṭāva bhogaparyaṅkaśāyinam

Having bowed to Hari, the lord of the world, the teacher of moving and unmoving beings, Mārkaṇḍeya praised (him) as he lay upon the couch of the serpent's coils.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.2

प्रसीद भगवन् विष्णो प्रसीद पुरुषोत्तम प्रसीद देवदेवेश प्रसीद गरुडध्वज

prasīda bhagavan viṣṇo prasīda puruṣottama prasīda devadeveśa prasīda garuḍadhvaja

Be gracious, blessed Viṣṇu; be gracious, highest Person; be gracious, lord of the gods of gods; be gracious, you whose banner bears Garuḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.3

प्रसीद विष्णो लक्ष्मीश प्रसीद धरणीधर प्रसीद लोकनाथाद्य प्रसीद परमेश्वर

prasīda viṣṇo lakṣmīśa prasīda dharaṇīdhara prasīda lokanāthādya prasīda parameśvara

Be gracious, Viṣṇu, husband of Lakṣmī; be gracious, upholder of the earth; be gracious, lord of the worlds, primordial one; be gracious, supreme lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.4

प्रसीद सर्वदेवेश प्रसीद कमलेक्षण प्रसीद मन्दरधर प्रसीद मधुसूदन

prasīda sarvadeveśa prasīda kamalekṣaṇa prasīda mandaradhara prasīda madhusūdana

Be gracious, lord of all the gods; be gracious, lotus-eyed one; be gracious, holder of Mandara; be gracious, slayer of Madhu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.5

प्रसीद सुभगाकान्त प्रसीद भुवनाधिप प्रसीदाद्य महादेव प्रसीद मम केशव

prasīda subhagākānta prasīda bhuvanādhipa prasīdādya mahādeva prasīda mama keśava

Be gracious, beloved of the fair one; be gracious, ruler of the world; be gracious, primordial great god; be gracious to me, Keśava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.6

जय कृष्ण जयाचिन्त्य जय विष्णो जयाव्यय जय विश्व जयाव्यक्त जय विष्णो नमो ऽस्तु ते

jaya kṛṣṇa jayācintya jaya viṣṇo jayāvyaya jaya viśva jayāvyakta jaya viṣṇo namo 'stu te

Victory, Kṛṣṇa; victory, inconceivable one; victory, Viṣṇu; victory, imperishable one; victory, universe; victory, unmanifest one; victory, Viṣṇu—homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.7

जय देव जयाजेय जय सत्य जयाक्षर जय काल जयेशान जय सर्व नमो ऽस्तु ते

jaya deva jayājeya jaya satya jayākṣara jaya kāla jayeśāna jaya sarva namo 'stu te

Victory, god; victory, unconquerable one; victory, truth; victory, indestructible one; victory, Time; victory, ruler; victory, All—homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.8

जय यज्ञपते नाथ जय विश्वपते विभो जय भूतपते नाथ जय सर्वपते विभो

jaya yajñapate nātha jaya viśvapate vibho jaya bhūtapate nātha jaya sarvapate vibho

Victory, lord of sacrifice, master; victory, lord of the universe, mighty one; victory, lord of beings, master; victory, lord of all, mighty one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.9

जय विश्वपते नाथ जय दक्ष नमो ऽस्तु ते जय पापहरानन्त जय जन्मजरापह

jaya viśvapate nātha jaya dakṣa namo 'stu te jaya pāpaharānanta jaya janmajarāpaha

Victory, lord of the universe, master; victory, capable one—homage be to you; victory, remover of sin, endless one; victory, you who dispel birth and old age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.10

जय भद्रातिभद्रेश जय भद्र नमो ऽस्तु ते जय कामद काकुत्स्थ जय मानद माधव

jaya bhadrātibhadreśa jaya bhadra namo 'stu te jaya kāmada kākutstha jaya mānada mādhava

Victory, auspicious one, lord of what is most auspicious; victory, blessed one—homage be to you; victory, granter of desires, Kākutstha; victory, giver of honour, Mādhava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.11

जय शंकर देवेश जय श्रीश नमो ऽस्तु ते जय कुङ्कुमरक्ताभ जय पङ्कजलोचन

jaya śaṃkara deveśa jaya śrīśa namo 'stu te jaya kuṅkumaraktābha jaya paṅkajalocana

Victory, Śaṃkara, lord of the gods; victory, husband of Śrī—homage be to you; victory, you red-gleaming as saffron; victory, lotus-eyed one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.12

जय चन्दनलिप्ताङ्ग जय राम नमो ऽस्तु ते जय देव जगन्नाथ जय देवकिनन्दन

jaya candanaliptāṅga jaya rāma namo 'stu te jaya deva jagannātha jaya devakinandana

Victory, you whose limbs are smeared with sandal paste; victory, Rāma—homage be to you; victory, god, lord of the world; victory, son of Devakī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.13

जय सर्वगुरो ज्ञेय जय शंभो नमो ऽस्तु ते जय सुन्दर पद्माभ जय सुन्दरिवल्लभ जय सुन्दरसर्वाङ्ग जय वन्द्य नमो ऽस्तु ते

jaya sarvaguro jñeya jaya śaṃbho namo 'stu te jaya sundara padmābha jaya sundarivallabha jaya sundarasarvāṅga jaya vandya namo 'stu te

Victory, teacher of all, you who are to be known; victory, Śambhu—homage be to you; victory, beautiful one, lotus-hued; victory, beloved of the lovely woman; victory, you whose every limb is beautiful; victory, you who are to be worshipped—homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.14

जय सर्वद सर्वेश जय शर्मद शाश्वत जय कामद भक्तानां प्रभविष्णो नमो ऽस्तु ते

jaya sarvada sarveśa jaya śarmada śāśvata jaya kāmada bhaktānāṃ prabhaviṣṇo namo 'stu te

Victory, giver of all, lord of all; victory, giver of happiness, everlasting one; victory, granter of the desires of the devoted—mighty Viṣṇu, homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.15

नमः कमलनाभाय नमः कमलमालिने लोकनाथ नमस् ते ऽस्तु वीरभद्र नमो ऽस्तु ते

namaḥ kamalanābhāya namaḥ kamalamāline lokanātha namas te 'stu vīrabhadra namo 'stu te

Homage to him whose navel bears the lotus, homage to him garlanded with lotuses; lord of the worlds, homage be to you; Vīrabhadra, homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.16

नमस् त्रैलोक्यनाथाय चतुर्मूर्ते जगत्पते नमो देवाधिदेवाय नमो नारायणाय ते

namas trailokyanāthāya caturmūrte jagatpate namo devādhidevāya namo nārāyaṇāya te

Homage to the lord of the three worlds, you of fourfold form, lord of the universe; homage to the god above the gods, homage to you, Nārāyaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.17

नमस् ते वासुदेवाय नमस् ते पीतवाससे नमस् ते नरसिंहाय नमस् ते शार्ङ्गधारिणे

namas te vāsudevāya namas te pītavāsase namas te narasiṃhāya namas te śārṅgadhāriṇe

Homage to you, Vāsudeva; homage to you, clad in yellow; homage to you, the Man-Lion; homage to you, bearer of the Śārṅga bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.18

नमः कृष्णाय रामाय नमश् चक्रायुधाय च नमः शिवाय देवाय नमस् ते भुवनेश्वर

namaḥ kṛṣṇāya rāmāya namaś cakrāyudhāya ca namaḥ śivāya devāya namas te bhuvaneśvara

Homage to Kṛṣṇa, to Rāma, and homage to him whose weapon is the discus; homage to the god Śiva; homage to you, lord of the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.19

नमो वेदान्तवेद्याय नमो ऽनन्ताय विष्णवे नमस् ते सकलाध्यक्ष नमस् ते श्रीधराअच्युत

namo vedāntavedyāya namo 'nantāya viṣṇave namas te sakalādhyakṣa namas te śrīdharāacyuta

Homage to him who is to be known through the Vedānta, homage to Viṣṇu the endless; homage to you, overseer of all; homage to you, Śrīdhara, Acyuta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.20

लोकाध्यक्ष जगत्पूज्य परमात्मन् नमो ऽस्तु ते त्वं माता सर्वलोकानां त्वम् एव जगतः पिता

lokādhyakṣa jagatpūjya paramātman namo 'stu te tvaṃ mātā sarvalokānāṃ tvam eva jagataḥ pitā

O overseer of the world, O one to be worshipped by the universe, O supreme Self, homage be to you! You are the mother of all the worlds, and you alone are the father of the universe.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.21

त्वम् आर्तानां सुहृन् मित्रं प्रियस् त्वं प्रपितामहः त्वं गुरुस् त्वं गतिः साक्षी त्वं पतिस् त्वं परायणः

tvam ārtānāṃ suhṛn mitraṃ priyas tvaṃ prapitāmahaḥ tvaṃ gurus tvaṃ gatiḥ sākṣī tvaṃ patis tvaṃ parāyaṇaḥ

You are the good-hearted friend of the afflicted, you are the beloved one, you are the great-grandfather; you are the teacher, you are the goal, the witness, you are the lord, you are the final refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.22

त्वं ध्रुवस् त्वं वषट्कर्ता त्वं हविस् त्वं हुताशनः त्वं शिवस् त्वं वसुर् धाता त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं सुरेश्वरः

tvaṃ dhruvas tvaṃ vaṣaṭkartā tvaṃ havis tvaṃ hutāśanaḥ tvaṃ śivas tvaṃ vasur dhātā tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ sureśvaraḥ

You are the fixed one (Dhruva), you are the utterer of the vaṣaṭ call, you are the oblation, you are the fire that eats the oblation; you are Śiva, you are Vasu, the ordainer, you are Brahmā, you are the lord of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.23

त्वं यमस् त्वं रविर् वायुस् त्वं जलं त्वं धनेश्वरः त्वं मनुस् त्वम् अहोरात्रं त्वं निशा त्वं निशाकरः त्वं धृतिस् त्वं श्रियः कान्तिस् त्वं क्षमा त्वं धराधरः

tvaṃ yamas tvaṃ ravir vāyus tvaṃ jalaṃ tvaṃ dhaneśvaraḥ tvaṃ manus tvam ahorātraṃ tvaṃ niśā tvaṃ niśākaraḥ tvaṃ dhṛtis tvaṃ śriyaḥ kāntis tvaṃ kṣamā tvaṃ dharādharaḥ

You are Yama, you are the sun, the wind, you are the water, you are the lord of wealth; you are Manu, you are day and night, you are the night, you are the maker of night (the moon). You are steadfastness, you are the loveliness of splendour, you are patience, you are the bearer of the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.24

त्वं कर्ता जगताम् ईशस् त्वं हन्ता मधुसूदन त्वम् एव गोप्ता सर्वस्य जगतस् त्वं चराचर

tvaṃ kartā jagatām īśas tvaṃ hantā madhusūdana tvam eva goptā sarvasya jagatas tvaṃ carācara

You are the maker, the lord of the worlds, you are the destroyer, O slayer of Madhu; you alone are the protector of the whole world, you are the moving and the unmoving.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.25

करणं कारणं कर्ता त्वम् एव परमेश्वरः शङ्खचक्रगदापाणे भो समुद्धर माधव

karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ kartā tvam eva parameśvaraḥ śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇe bho samuddhara mādhava

The instrument, the cause, the agent — you alone are the supreme lord. O you who hold conch, discus and mace in your hands, O Mādhava, lift (me) up!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.26

प्रिय पद्मपलाशाक्ष शेषपर्यङ्कशायिनम् त्वाम् एव भक्त्या सततं नमामि पुरुषोत्तमम्

priya padmapalāśākṣa śeṣaparyaṅkaśāyinam tvām eva bhaktyā satataṃ namāmi puruṣottamam

O beloved one, whose eyes are the petals of a lotus, you who lie on the couch of Śeṣa — it is you, the highest of persons, that I constantly bow to with devotion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.27

श्रीवत्साङ्क जगद्बीजं श्यामलं कमलेक्षणम् नमामि ते वपुर् देव कलिकल्मषनाशनम्

śrīvatsāṅka jagadbījaṃ śyāmalaṃ kamalekṣaṇam namāmi te vapur deva kalikalmaṣanāśanam

O you marked with the śrīvatsa, I bow to that body of yours, O god — the seed of the world, dark-hued, lotus-eyed, destroyer of the stains of the Kali age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.28

लक्ष्मीधरम् उदाराङ्गं दिव्यमालाविभूषितम् चारुपृष्ठं महाबाहुं चारुभूषणभूषितम्

lakṣmīdharam udārāṅgaṃ divyamālāvibhūṣitam cārupṛṣṭhaṃ mahābāhuṃ cārubhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

(I bow to him who) bears Lakṣmī, whose limbs are noble, adorned with a divine garland, with a beautiful back, mighty arms, decorated with lovely ornaments;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.29

पद्मनाभं विशालाक्षं पद्मपत्त्रनिभेक्षणम् दीर्घतुङ्गमहाघ्राणं नीलजीमूतसंनिभम्

padmanābhaṃ viśālākṣaṃ padmapattranibhekṣaṇam dīrghatuṅgamahāghrāṇaṃ nīlajīmūtasaṃnibham

lotus-naveled, wide-eyed, with a gaze like a lotus petal, with a long, high, great nose, resembling a dark rain-cloud;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.30

दीर्घबाहुं सुगुप्ताङ्गं रत्नहारोज्ज्वलोरसम् सुभ्रूललाटमुकुटं स्निग्धदन्तं सुलोचनम्

dīrghabāhuṃ suguptāṅgaṃ ratnahārojjvalorasam subhrūlalāṭamukuṭaṃ snigdhadantaṃ sulocanam

long-armed, with well-guarded limbs, his chest ablaze with a jewelled necklace, with fine brows, forehead and crown, glossy teeth and fine eyes;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.31

चारुबाहुं सुताम्रौष्ठं रत्नोज्ज्वलितकुण्डलम् वृत्तकण्ठं सुपीनांसं सरसं श्रीधरं हरिम्

cārubāhuṃ sutāmrauṣṭhaṃ ratnojjvalitakuṇḍalam vṛttakaṇṭhaṃ supīnāṃsaṃ sarasaṃ śrīdharaṃ harim

with lovely arms, with lips a deep copper-red, with earrings flashing with jewels, with a rounded neck and well-fleshed shoulders, gracious — Śrīdhara, Hari;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.32

सुकुमारम् अजं नित्यं नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजम् उन्नतांसं महोरस्कं कर्णान्तायतलोचनम्

sukumāram ajaṃ nityaṃ nīlakuñcitamūrdhajam unnatāṃsaṃ mahoraskaṃ karṇāntāyatalocanam

very tender, unborn, eternal, with dark curling hair, with raised shoulders, a broad chest, and eyes reaching to the ends of the ears;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.33

हेमारविन्दवदनम् इन्दिरायनम् ईश्वरम् सर्वलोकविधातारं सर्वपापहरं हरिम्

hemāravindavadanam indirāyanam īśvaram sarvalokavidhātāraṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ harim

whose face is a golden lotus, the abode of Indirā (Lakṣmī), the lord, the ordainer of all the worlds, Hari who takes away all sin;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.34

सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नं सर्वसत्त्वमनोरमम् विष्णुम् अच्युतम् ईशानम् अनन्तं पुरुषोत्तमम्

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ sarvasattvamanoramam viṣṇum acyutam īśānam anantaṃ puruṣottamam

endowed with every auspicious mark, delighting the minds of all beings, Viṣṇu, the unfalling, the ruler, the endless, the highest of persons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.35

नतो ऽस्मि मनसा नित्यं नारायणम् अनामयम् वरदं कामदं कान्तम् अनन्तं सूनृतं शिवम्

nato 'smi manasā nityaṃ nārāyaṇam anāmayam varadaṃ kāmadaṃ kāntam anantaṃ sūnṛtaṃ śivam

I bow constantly with my mind to Nārāyaṇa, the one free of ill, the giver of boons, the granter of desires, the lovely, the endless, the truthful, the benign.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.36

नमामि शिरसा विष्णो सदा त्वां भक्तवत्सल अस्मिन्न् एकार्णवे घोरे वायुस्कम्भितचञ्चले

namāmi śirasā viṣṇo sadā tvāṃ bhaktavatsala asminn ekārṇave ghore vāyuskambhitacañcale

I bow with my head to you always, O Viṣṇu, lover of your devotees — here in this dreadful single ocean, unsteady though propped up by the wind,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.37

अनन्तभोगशयने सहस्रफणशोभिते विचित्रशयने रम्ये सेविते मन्दवायुना

anantabhogaśayane sahasraphaṇaśobhite vicitraśayane ramye sevite mandavāyunā

on the couch of Ananta's coils, glorious with a thousand hoods, on that wondrous, delightful bed attended by a gentle breeze,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.38

भुजपञ्चरसंसक्तकमलालयसेवितम् इह त्वां मनसा सर्वम् इदानीं दृष्टवान् अहम्

bhujapañcarasaṃsaktakamalālayasevitam iha tvāṃ manasā sarvam idānīṃ dṛṣṭavān aham

you, attended by her who dwells in the lotus and clings to the cage of your arms — all this I have now seen here with my mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.39

इदानीं तु सुदुःखार्तो मायया तव मोहितः एकोदके निरालम्बे नष्टस्थावरजङ्गमे

idānīṃ tu suduḥkhārto māyayā tava mohitaḥ ekodake nirālambe naṣṭasthāvarajaṅgame

But now, sorely afflicted with grief, bewildered by your māyā, in this single expanse of water without support, where the standing and moving creatures have perished,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.40

शून्ये तमसि दुष्पारे दुःखपङ्के निरामये शीतातपजरारोगशोकतृष्णादिभिः सदा

śūnye tamasi duṣpāre duḥkhapaṅke nirāmaye śītātapajarārogaśokatṛṣṇādibhiḥ sadā

in this empty, impassable darkness, in the mire of sorrow that has no cure, always by cold, heat, old age, disease, grief, thirst and the rest —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NsP 11.41

पीडितो ऽस्मि भृशं तात सुचिरं कालम् अच्युत शोकमोहग्रहग्रस्तो विचरन् भवसागरे

pīḍito 'smi bhṛśaṃ tāta suciraṃ kālam acyuta śokamohagrahagrasto vicaran bhavasāgare

I am sorely afflicted, father, for a very long time, O Acyuta — seized by the demon of grief and delusion, wandering in the ocean of existence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.42

इहाद्य विधिना प्राप्तस् तव पादाब्जसंनिधौ एकार्णवे महाघोरे दुस्तरे दुःखपीडितः

ihādya vidhinā prāptas tava pādābjasaṃnidhau ekārṇave mahāghore dustare duḥkhapīḍitaḥ

Today, by (good) fortune, I have come here into the presence of your lotus feet, tormented by suffering in the one great terrible ocean, hard to cross.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.43

चिरभ्रमपरिश्रान्तस् त्वाम् अद्य शरणं गतः प्रसीद सुमहामाय विष्णो राजीवलोचन

cirabhramapariśrāntas tvām adya śaraṇaṃ gataḥ prasīda sumahāmāya viṣṇo rājīvalocana

Exhausted by long wandering, today I have come to you for refuge; be gracious, O you of great māyā, O Viṣṇu, lotus-eyed one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.44

विश्वयोने विशालाक्ष विश्वात्मन् विश्वसंभव अनन्यशरणं प्राप्तम् अतो ऽत्र कुलनन्दन

viśvayone viśālākṣa viśvātman viśvasaṃbhava ananyaśaraṇaṃ prāptam ato 'tra kulanandana

O womb of the universe, wide-eyed one, self of the universe, source of the universe — therefore one who has come here with no other refuge, O delight of the lineage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.45

त्राहि मां कृपया कृष्ण शरणागतम् आतुरम् नमस् ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष पुराणपुरुषोत्तम

trāhi māṃ kṛpayā kṛṣṇa śaraṇāgatam āturam namas te puṇḍarīkākṣa purāṇapuruṣottama

Save me by your compassion, Kṛṣṇa — one who has come to refuge, suffering. Homage to you, lotus-eyed one, ancient supreme Person.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.46

अञ्जनाभ हृषीकेश मायामय नमो ऽस्तु ते माम् उद्धर महाबाहो मग्ने संसारसागरे

añjanābha hṛṣīkeśa māyāmaya namo 'stu te mām uddhara mahābāho magne saṃsārasāgare

O you dark as collyrium, Hṛṣīkeśa, made of māyā, homage be to you; lift me up, mighty-armed one, sunk in the ocean of saṃsāra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.47

गह्वरे दुस्तरे दुःखक्लिष्टे क्लेशमहाग्रहैः अनाथं कृपणं दीनं पतितं भवसागरे मां समुद्धर गोविन्द वरदेश नमो ऽस्तु ते

gahvare dustare duḥkhakliṣṭe kleśamahāgrahaiḥ anāthaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ dīnaṃ patitaṃ bhavasāgare māṃ samuddhara govinda varadeśa namo 'stu te

In (that ocean) deep and hard to cross, distressed with pain, (beset) by the great sea-monsters of affliction — me, masterless, wretched, poor, fallen into the ocean of existence, raise me up, Govinda, lord of boon-givers; homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.48

नमस् त्रैलोक्यनाथाय हरये भूधराय च देवदेव नमस् ते ऽस्तु श्रीवल्लभ नमो ऽस्तु ते

namas trailokyanāthāya haraye bhūdharāya ca devadeva namas te 'stu śrīvallabha namo 'stu te

Homage to the lord of the three worlds, to Hari, and to the bearer of the earth; god of gods, homage be to you; beloved of Śrī, homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.49

कृष्ण कृष्ण कृपालुस् त्वम् अगतीनां गतिर् भवान् संसारार्णवमग्नानां प्रसीद मधुसूदन

kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛpālus tvam agatīnāṃ gatir bhavān saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ prasīda madhusūdana

Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, you are compassionate; you are the recourse of those who have no recourse, of those sunk in the ocean of saṃsāra — be gracious, Madhusūdana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.50

त्वाम् एकम् आद्यं पुरुषं पुराणं जगत्पतिं कारणम् अच्युतं प्रभुम् जनार्दनं जन्मजरार्तिनाशनं सुरेश्वरं सुन्दरम् इन्दिरापतिम्

tvām ekam ādyaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ jagatpatiṃ kāraṇam acyutaṃ prabhum janārdanaṃ janmajarārtināśanaṃ sureśvaraṃ sundaram indirāpatim

You, the one primordial ancient Person, lord of the world, the cause, the imperishable master, Janārdana, destroyer of the pain of birth and old age, lord of the gods, beautiful, husband of Indirā (Lakṣmī) —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.51

बृहद्भुजं श्यामलकोमलं शुभं वराननं वारिजपत्त्रनेत्रम् तरंगभङ्गायतकुन्तलं हरिं सुकान्तम् ईशं प्रणतो ऽस्मि शाश्वतम्

bṛhadbhujaṃ śyāmalakomalaṃ śubhaṃ varānanaṃ vārijapattranetram taraṃgabhaṅgāyatakuntalaṃ hariṃ sukāntam īśaṃ praṇato 'smi śāśvatam

— great-armed, dark and tender, auspicious, with a fair face, eyes like lotus petals, with long locks (curling) like the breaking of waves, Hari, lovely, the Lord, the eternal one: to (you) I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.52

सा जिह्वा या हरिं स्तौति तच् चित्तं यत् त्वदर्पितम् ताव् एव केवलौ श्लाघ्यौ यौ त्वत्पूजाकरौ करौ

sā jihvā yā hariṃ stauti tac cittaṃ yat tvadarpitam tāv eva kevalau ślāghyau yau tvatpūjākarau karau

That is a tongue which praises Hari; that is a mind which is offered to you; those two hands alone are praiseworthy which are hands that worship you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.53

जन्मान्तरसहस्रेषु यन् मया पातकं कृतम् तन् मे हर त्वं गोविन्द वासुदेवेति कीर्तनात्

janmāntarasahasreṣu yan mayā pātakaṃ kṛtam tan me hara tvaṃ govinda vāsudeveti kīrtanāt

Whatever sin has been done by me in thousands of other births, take that away from me, Govinda, through (my) uttering "Vāsudeva."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.54

इति स्तुतस् ततो विष्णुर् मार्कण्डेयेन धीमता संतुष्टः प्राह विश्वात्मा तं मुनिं गरुडध्वजः

iti stutas tato viṣṇur mārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā saṃtuṣṭaḥ prāha viśvātmā taṃ muniṃ garuḍadhvajaḥ

Thus praised by the wise Mārkaṇḍeya, Viṣṇu, the self of all, whose banner is Garuḍa, being pleased, then spoke to that sage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.55

प्रीतो ऽस्मि तपसा विप्र स्तुत्या च भृगुनन्दन वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते प्रार्थितं दद्मि ते वरम्

prīto 'smi tapasā vipra stutyā ca bhṛgunandana varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te prārthitaṃ dadmi te varam

"I am pleased by your austerity, brahmin, and by your praise, O delight of the Bhṛgus. Choose a boon — blessings on you; I grant you the boon you ask."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.56

त्वत्पादपद्मे देवेश भक्तिं मे देहि सर्वदा यदि तुष्टो ममाद्य त्वम् अन्यद् एकं वृणोम्य् अहम्

tvatpādapadme deveśa bhaktiṃ me dehi sarvadā yadi tuṣṭo mamādya tvam anyad ekaṃ vṛṇomy aham

"Grant me devotion always to your lotus feet, lord of gods; if you are pleased with me today, I choose one other thing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.57

स्तोत्रेणानेन देवेश यस् त्वां स्तोष्यति नित्यशः स्वर्लोकवसतिं तस्य देहि देव जगत्पते

stotreṇānena deveśa yas tvāṃ stoṣyati nityaśaḥ svarlokavasatiṃ tasya dehi deva jagatpate

Whoever, lord of gods, will constantly praise you with this hymn — grant him a dwelling in the heavenly world, O god, lord of the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.58

दीर्घायुष्ट्वं तु यद् दत्तं त्वया मे तप्यतः पुरा तत् सर्वं सफलं जातम् इदानीं तव दर्शनात्

dīrghāyuṣṭvaṃ tu yad dattaṃ tvayā me tapyataḥ purā tat sarvaṃ saphalaṃ jātam idānīṃ tava darśanāt

And the long life that was given by you to me formerly, when I was performing austerity — all that has now become fruitful through the sight of you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.59

वस्तुम् इच्छामि देवेश तव पादाब्जम् अर्चयन् अत्रैव भगवन् नित्यं जन्ममृत्युविवर्जितः

vastum icchāmi deveśa tava pādābjam arcayan atraiva bhagavan nityaṃ janmamṛtyuvivarjitaḥ

I wish to dwell right here forever, lord of gods, worshipping your lotus foot, O Blessed One, free from birth and death."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.60

मय्य् अस्तु ते भृगुश्रेष्ठ भक्तिर् अव्यभिचारिणी भक्त्या मुक्तिर् भवत्य् एव तव कालेन सत्तम

mayy astu te bhṛguśreṣṭha bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī bhaktyā muktir bhavaty eva tava kālena sattama

"Let there be for you, best of the Bhṛgus, unswerving devotion to me; by devotion release does indeed come to you in time, O most excellent one."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.61

यस् त्व् इदं पठते स्तोत्रं सायं प्रातस् तवेरितम् मयि भक्तिं दृढां कृत्वा मम लोके स मोदते

yas tv idaṃ paṭhate stotraṃ sāyaṃ prātas taveritam mayi bhaktiṃ dṛḍhāṃ kṛtvā mama loke sa modate

But whoever recites this hymn, uttered by you, at evening and at morning, having made his devotion to me firm, rejoices in my world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.62

यत्र यत्र भृगुश्रेष्ठ स्थितस् त्वं मां स्मरिष्यसि तत्र तत्र समेष्यामि दान्तो भक्तवशो ऽस्मि भोः

yatra yatra bhṛguśreṣṭha sthitas tvaṃ māṃ smariṣyasi tatra tatra sameṣyāmi dānto bhaktavaśo 'smi bhoḥ

Wherever you may be, best of the Bhṛgus, and remember me, there I shall come; I am self-controlled, I am subject to my devotees, sir.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.63

इत्य् उक्त्वा तं मुनिश्रेष्ठं मार्कण्डेयं स माधवः विरराम स सर्वत्र पश्यन् विष्णुं यतस् ततः

ity uktvā taṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ sa mādhavaḥ virarāma sa sarvatra paśyan viṣṇuṃ yatas tataḥ

Having said this to Mārkaṇḍeya, that best of sages, Mādhava fell silent; and he (Mārkaṇḍeya) went on seeing Viṣṇu everywhere, on every side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.64

इति ते कथितं विप्र चरितं तस्य धीमतः मार्कण्डेयस्य च मुनेस् तेनैवोक्तं पुरा मम

iti te kathitaṃ vipra caritaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ mārkaṇḍeyasya ca munes tenaivoktaṃ purā mama

Thus, brahmin, has the story of that wise Mārkaṇḍeya, the sage, been told to you—told to me long ago by him himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 11.65

ये विष्णुभक्त्या चरितं पुराणं भृगोस् तु पौत्रस्य पठन्ति नित्यम् ते मुक्तपापा नरसिंहलोके वसन्ति भक्तैर् अभिपूज्यमानाः

ye viṣṇubhaktyā caritaṃ purāṇaṃ bhṛgos tu pautrasya paṭhanti nityam te muktapāpā narasiṃhaloke vasanti bhaktair abhipūjyamānāḥ

Those who with devotion to Viṣṇu constantly recite this ancient story of Bhṛgu's grandson—freed from sin, they dwell in the world of Narasiṃha, honoured by the devotees.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition