Lakshmi Narasimha Pancharathnam

             

    

                Lakshmi Narasimha Pancharathnam

                                                       Composer : Sri Adi Shankarar

Tvatprabhujiivapriyamicchasi cetnaraharipujaaM kurusatataM

PratibimbaalaMkrutidhrutikushalo bimbaalaMkrutimaatanute !

Cetobhrunga gabhramasi vruthaa bhavamarubhuumau virasaayaaM

Bhaja bhaja lashrmiinarasiMhaa naghapadasarasijamakarandaM !!

 “Oh! Mind, you are like a bee which is roaming in the quest for honey in the desert. This samsara stretch has no ower with pure honey. You better do go to the lotus feet of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha where you can get pure nectar. If you really want to do good for your master who is your Jeevathma, it is better you do Narasimha Puja always. If someone wants to make up the face that is seen in the mirror, one should do it to the actual face and not for the reection in the mirror. If one tries to do so, it is due to ignorance alone. So to realize the Jeevathma Thattuvam, doing separate actions for jeeva is not correct. Perceive it as Lord Narasimha you can realize in all entireties.”

Shuktau rajataprtibhaa jaataa kaTakaaryasamarthaa cet

duHkhamaayii te saMsrutireSaa nirvrutidaane nipuNaa syat!

Cetobhrungaga bhramasi vruthaa bhavamarubhuumau virasaayaaM

Bhaja bhaja lashrmiinarasiMhaa naghapadasarasijamakarandam !!

“Oh! Mind, you are like a bee which is roaming in the quest for honey in the desert. This samsara stretch has no ower with pure honey. You better do go to the lotus feet of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha where you can get pure nectar. If the silver that is seen in the shells used for making the bangles for you is possible, then this samsara bandha which is maya may be joyful and happiest one in this world.

Aakrutisaamyaatshaalmalikusume sthalanalinatvabhramamakaroH

Gandharasaaviha kimu vidhyete viphalaM bhraamyasi bhrushaviraseSsmin!

Cetobhrungaga bhramasi vruthaa bhavamarubhuuma uvirasaayaaM

Bhaja bhaja lashrmiinarasiMhaa naghapadasarasijamakarandam !!

“Oh! Mind, you are like a bee which is roaming in quest for honey in the desert. This samsara stretch has no ower with pure honey. You better do go to the lotus feet of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha from where you can get pure nectar. We will imagine something and see something different but if we want the same characteristics of the imagined from some other irrelevant object, it is not possible. The salmali ower does not have any fragrance or any honey within it. But if a bee thinks that it is lotus then the bee will be disappointed that it does not get any nectar from the salmali ower, even though the bee is trying hard to get from it. Similarly this worldly life has no real happiness.”

Srakcandanavanitaadi nviSayaansudaanmatvaa tatra viharase

Gandhaphalisatrusaa nanu tesmii bhogaanantaradu: khakuta: syuH

Cetobhrungaga bhramasi vruthaa bhavamarubhuumau virasaayaaM

Bhaja bhaja lashrmiinarasiMhaa naghapadasarasijamakarandam !!

“Oh! Mind, you are like a bee which is roaming and searching for the honey in the desert. This samsara stretch has no ower with pure honey. You better go to the lotus feet of Sri Lakshmi Narashimha, where you can get pure nectar. We are thinking and following this samsara life as if a beautiful one. For example, the fragrance of the champaka ower is very much attractive. If we keep on smelling and inhaling it, then blood will come from our nose. Also by the attraction of the smell that comes from the champaka owers, if we go near its tree, then the snake which lives in the tree will bite us. Hence, from the outer appearance, we think that there is joy and happiness in this samsara, but the truth is that we get only sorrow. The real happiness is the Bhagavat Seva alone.”

Tava hitamekaM vacanM vashrye shruNu sukhakaamo yadi sutataM

Svapne truSTM sakalaM hi mruSaa jaagrati ca smara tadvaditi!

Cetobhrungaga bhramasi vruthaa bhavamarubhuumau virasaayaaM

Bhaja bhaja lashrmiinarasiMhaa naghapadasarasijamakarandam !!

“Oh! Mind, you are like a bee which is roaming and searching for the honey in the desert. Like that this samsara stretch has no ower with good pure honey. You better do go to the lotus feet of Sri Lakshmi Narashimha, from where you can get the pure nectar. If you want only happiness, please listen in deep concentration what I am saying. All that we see in our dream is not true. It is only a Maya (illusion). Similarly, what we think and enjoy in the real and practical life is also  an Illusion, i.e., a dream. Only when one realizes the Athma thathvam, he knows this truth. By doing the Narasimha puja, one can focus on the Brahman while the mind and thoughts are always going hither and thither like a tide. So we have to surrender to Narasimha to overcome all the sorrows.”