.. shrInRisiMhastotram ..

; FnEs\h-to/m^ FrAm d ZFtm^ ;

Introdu tion:Ahobilam is a pilgrimage entre situated in Andhra pradesh, India.

It has temples dedi ated to Lord Narasimha. The Lord is said to have
appeared here from a pillar, destoyed the famous demon Hiranyakasipu
and given darsan to Prahlada. The temples are very old, over 1000 years old.
It has attra ted many saints and devotees who had sung in praise of the
Lord who is an avatar or in arnation of Vishnu
It is said in Harivamsa (Seshadharma) that Sri Rama visited Ahobilam
during His wanderings in sear h of Sita and prayed to Lord Narasimha
for su es of His endeavour. These verses form His prayer.
In the last verse it is said that these verses are known as Pan hamritam.
Hari ( hEr,.) is one of the names of Vishnu - (No.360 in the Vishnu
Sahasranama Stotram).

hEr,

-mEt mA/
 Z p\sA\ pAp\ s\sAr\ vA hrtFEt.

He removes the sins and ignoran e that is the ause of the y le of

repeated birth and death just by being thought of. But the word Hari
also means a lion. So, some as ribe this meaning to the name Hari and also
add that the form of the Lord available in Vaikunta is that of Narasimha only.
Nrisimhapurvatapaniya
Upanishad talks about meditating on the Lord. It advises one to meditate on the
form of Narasimha as re lining on the snake-bed of Adisesha in the o ean of milk.

"FrodAZ vfAEyn\ nksEr\ yoEgvdAsFn\ f

qBogm
DA vtm^.

Sri Sankara harya repeats this idea in the opening verse of his Lakshminrisimha
Stotram and addresses Lord Narasimha as Fm(pyoEnEDEnk
 tn= One
who has the o ean of milk as His residen e and
BogFdBogmEZrAEjtpym
t
 = whose form is shining with the light
emanating from the gems in the hoods of the serpant king Adisesha. He opines
that the same NArasimha ame down and appeared from a pillar in order to remove
the suerings of His devotee Prahlada. In the tenth verse of the same
Stotra he addresses the Lord as AdK
dpErhArprAvtAr.
In keeping with this thought, a Tamil saint - Nammalvar, in one of his verses,
had praised the Lord Narasimha and said that his heart yearns to go to
Vaikuntam to have His darsan .
The Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram (VS) refers to Narasimha more than on e.
nArEsMhvp,VS(21), Es\h,VS(488), vFrhAVS(741) and
sv hrZAyD,VS(1000) are examples.

ahoEbl\ nArEs\h\ g(vA rAm, tApvAn^ .

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dn Ev!p .
FpnAB pzqom p krA" nArAyZAQyt nEs\h nmo nm-t
 ; 1;
dvA, sm-tA, Kl yoEgmHyA, gDv -EvADr-EkrA .
y(pAdm
l\ stt\ nmEt t\ nArEs\h\ frZ\ gto_E-m ; 2;
vdAn^ sm-tAn^ Kl fA-/gBA n^ EvA\ bl\ kFEt mtF\ l#mFm^ .
y-y sAdAt^ pzqA lBt
 t\ nArEs\h\ frZ\ gto_E-m ; 3;
b}A Efv-(v\ pzqom nArAyZo_sO mztA\ pEt .
dAk vAvE`nmzZA (vm
 v t\ (vA\ stt\ nto_E-m ; 4;
-v=n
 _Ep En(y\ jgtAmf
q\ A htA EvBrm
 y, .
/AtA (vm
 kE-/EvDo EvEB, t\ (vA\ nEs\h\ stt\ nto_E-m ; 5;
iEt -t(vA rG
 , p
jyAmAs t\ hErm^ .
p pvE, ppAtAf t-y dv-y m
D En ;
sAD sAEvEt t\ o , dvA EqgZ
{ , sh ; 6;
dvA,:rAGv
 Z kt\ -to/\ p Amtmnmm^ .
pWEt y
 EjvrA, t
 qA\ -vg -t fAt, ; 7;
; : t(st^;
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