Narasimha Purana — Chapter 36

NsP 36.1

अवतारान् अहं वक्ष्ये देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः तान् शृणुष्व महीपाल पवित्रान् पापनाशनान्

avatārān ahaṃ vakṣye devadevasya cakriṇaḥ tān śṛṇuṣva mahīpāla pavitrān pāpanāśanān

I shall declare the descents (avatāras) of the god of gods, the bearer of the discus; hear of them, O protector of the earth—purifying, destroyers of sin.

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NsP 36.2

यथा मत्स्येन रूपेण दत्ता वेदाः स्वयंभुवे मधुकैटभौ च निधनं प्रापितौ च महात्मना

yathā matsyena rūpeṇa dattā vedāḥ svayaṃbhuve madhukaiṭabhau ca nidhanaṃ prāpitau ca mahātmanā

How, in the form of a fish, the Vedas were given to the Self-existent (Brahmā), and how Madhu and Kaiṭabha were brought to destruction by that great one;

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NsP 36.3

यथा कौर्मेण रूपेण विष्णुना मन्दरो धृतः यथा पृथ्वी धृता राजन् वाराहेण महात्मना

yathā kaurmeṇa rūpeṇa viṣṇunā mandaro dhṛtaḥ yathā pṛthvī dhṛtā rājan vārāheṇa mahātmanā

how, in the tortoise form, Mandara was upheld by Viṣṇu; how the earth was upheld, O king, by the great one as the boar;

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NsP 36.4

तेनैव निधनं प्राप्तो यथा राजन् महाबलः हिरण्याक्षो महावीर्यो दितिपुत्रो महातनुः

tenaiva nidhanaṃ prāpto yathā rājan mahābalaḥ hiraṇyākṣo mahāvīryo ditiputro mahātanuḥ

how by that very one, O king, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa of great valour, the son of Diti, of huge body, was brought to destruction;

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NsP 36.5

यथा हिरण्यकशिपुस् त्रिदशानाम् अरिः पुरा नरसिंहेन देवेन प्रापितो निधनं नृप

yathā hiraṇyakaśipus tridaśānām ariḥ purā narasiṃhena devena prāpito nidhanaṃ nṛpa

As Hiraṇyakaśipu, the enemy of the thirty (gods), was long ago brought to destruction by the god Narasiṃha, O king;

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NsP 36.6

यथा बद्धो बलिः पूर्वं वामनेन महात्मना इन्द्रस् त्रिभुवनाध्यक्षः कृतस् तेन नृपात्मज

yathā baddho baliḥ pūrvaṃ vāmanena mahātmanā indras tribhuvanādhyakṣaḥ kṛtas tena nṛpātmaja

As Bali was bound of old by the great-souled Vāmana, and Indra was made overlord of the three worlds by him, O son of a king;

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NsP 36.7

रामेण भूत्वा च यथा विष्णुना रावणो हतः सगणाश् चाद्भुता राजन् राक्षसा देवकण्टकाः

rāmeṇa bhūtvā ca yathā viṣṇunā rāvaṇo hataḥ sagaṇāś cādbhutā rājan rākṣasā devakaṇṭakāḥ

And as Viṣṇu, becoming Rāma, slew Rāvaṇa, and with him his hosts, the astonishing rākṣasas who were thorns to the gods, O king;

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NsP 36.8

यथा परशुरामेण क्षत्रम् उत्सादितं पुरा बलभद्रेण रामेण यथा दैत्यः पुरा हतः

yathā paraśurāmeṇa kṣatram utsāditaṃ purā balabhadreṇa rāmeṇa yathā daityaḥ purā hataḥ

As by Paraśurāma the warrior class was long ago rooted out, and as by Rāma Balabhadra a daitya was formerly slain;

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NsP 36.9

यथा कृष्णेन कंसाद्या हता दैत्याः सुरद्विषः कलौ प्राप्ते यथा बुद्धो भवेन् नारायणः प्रभुः

yathā kṛṣṇena kaṃsādyā hatā daityāḥ suradviṣaḥ kalau prāpte yathā buddho bhaven nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ

As by Kṛṣṇa the daityas, enemies of the gods, Kaṃsa and the rest, were slain; as, when the Kali (age) arrives, the Lord Nārāyaṇa will become the Buddha;

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NsP 36.10

कल्किरूपं समास्थाय यथा म्लेच्छा निपातिताः समाप्ते तु कलौ भूयस् तथा ते कथयाम्य् अहम्

kalkirūpaṃ samāsthāya yathā mlecchā nipātitāḥ samāpte tu kalau bhūyas tathā te kathayāmy aham

And how, taking on the form of Kalki, the mlecchas will be struck down when the Kali age is at an end — all that I shall tell you further.

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NsP 36.11

हरेर् अनन्तस्य पराक्रमं यः शृणोति भूपाल समाहितात्मा मयोच्यमानं च विमुच्य पापं प्रयाति विष्णोः पदम् अत्युदारम्

harer anantasya parākramaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti bhūpāla samāhitātmā mayocyamānaṃ ca vimucya pāpaṃ prayāti viṣṇoḥ padam atyudāram

Whoever, O ruler of the earth, with concentrated mind hears the prowess of the endless Hari as it is recited by me, is released from sin and goes to the most exalted abode of Viṣṇu.

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