Devata Karya Siddhy-Artham
Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa has written this song “Devata Karya Siddhy-Artham”. The official name of this song is Rna Mocana Sri Nrsimha Stotram. This song is taken from the book Nrsimha Purana. This prayer to Lord Narsimha is for release from all worldly debts.
(1)
devatā-kārya-siddhy-arthaḿ
sabhā-stambha-samudbhavam
śrī-nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(2)
lakṣmyālińgita-vāmāńge
bhaktānāḿ vara-dāyakam
śrī-nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(3)
antra-mālā-dharaḿ śańkha-
cakrābjāyudha-dhāriṇam
śrī-nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(4)
smaraṇāt sarva-pāpa-ghnaḿ
kadrūja-viṣa-nāśanam
śrī-nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(5)
siḿha-nādena mahatādig-
danti-bhaya-nāśanam
śrī-nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(6)
prahlāda-varadaḿ śrīśaḿ
daityeśvara-vidāraṇamśrī-
nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(7)
krūra-grāhaiḥ pīḍitānāḿ
bhaktānām abhaya-pradam
śrī-nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(8)
veda-vedānta-yajñeśaḿ
brahma-rudrādi-vanditam
śrī-nṛsiḿhaḿ mahā-vīraḿ
namāmi ṛṇa-muktaye
(9)
ya idaḿ pathate nityam
ṛṇa-mocana-samjñitam
anṛṇī jāyate sadyo
dhanaḿ śīghram avāpnuyāt
(1) “To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha, who, to rescue the demigods, was born from a pillar in the palace.
(2) To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha, who is embraced by Goddess Laksmi at His left and who gives blessings to His devotees.
(3) To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha, who wears a garland of entrails and holds a conch, cakra, lotus, and a host of weapons.
(4) To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha. The remembrance of Him destroys all sins and counteracts the poison of snakes.
(5) To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha, whose great lion-roar calms the fears of the elephants who guard the directions.
(6) To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha, the master of the goddess of fortune. He blessed Prahlada and ripped apart the demons’ king.
(7) To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha, who gives fearlessness to His devotees when they are troubled by cruel planets.
(8) To become free from debt I bow down before all-powerful Lord Nrsimha, who is the master of yajnas, Vedas, Vedanta. Brahma, Siva, and all the demigods bow down before him.
(9) This prayer is called Rna-mocana (Prayer to Lord Nrsimha for Release From Worldly Debts). One who regularly reads this prayer is at once freed from debt.”