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Narasimha Avatara - In sanskrit with meaning
- from Srimad Bhagavatam - Skanda 1 - 3
नरसिंह अवतार
Narasimha Avatara
Narasimha Avatara
चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् ।
ददार करजैरूरावेरकां कटकृद्यथा ॥१.
३.
१८॥
Caturdasham Naarasimham Bibhrad-Daitye
[a-I]ndram-Uurjitam |
Dadaara Karajair-Uuraav
[au]-Erakaam Katta-Krd-Yathaa ||1.3.18||
Meaning:
1: Fourteenth in the line (of incarnations), the Lord appeared in the form of
Narasimha (Man-Lion); and
holding the
king of the
Daityas (Hiranyakashipu) who was endowed with
great Power ...,
2: ... on his
Thighs, he
tore him with his
Nails,
as if his body was a Straw Mat of
Erakaa grass
made by a
Plaiter.

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Translated by greenmesg
Bharatavarsha - The Land of Gods and Sages:
1. Stotras
2. Scriptures
3. Pilgrimages
4. Festivals
5. Saints: Ramakrishna - Vivekananda - Ramana
6. Sadhana
7. Sanskrit
8. Nature