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 reection 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.”