नैवेद्यं शर्करां चापि भक्ष्यभौज्यसमन्वितम् । ददामि ते रमाकांत सर्वपापक्षयं कुरु
Offer naivedya—sugar and various foods to be eaten and enjoyed; I offer this to you, beloved of Lakshmi—destroy all my sins.
नैवेद्य मंत्र। नृसिंहाच्युत देवेश तव जन्मदिने शुभे । उपवासं करिष्यामि सर्वभोगविवर्जितः
Naivedya mantra: O Narasimha, Achyuta, Lord of the gods, on your auspicious birthday I will observe a fast, renouncing all enjoyments.
तेन प्रीतो भव स्वामिन्पापं जन्म निराकुरु । रात्रौ जागरणं कार्यं गीतवादित्र निःस्वनैः
Thus, be pleased, O Lord; remove the sins of birth. At night, one should keep vigil with the sounds of song and musical instruments.
पुराणपठनं नित्यं श्रीनृसिंकथाश्रयम् । ततः प्रभातसमये स्नानं कृत्वा ह्यनंतरम्
One should always recite the Puranas, especially the stories of Shri Narasimha; then, at dawn, immediately after bathing,
पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन पूजयेन्मां प्रतर्पयन् । वैष्णवं कारयेच्छ्राद्धं मदग्रे स्वस्थमानसः
One should worship me and satisfy me according to the method previously described, and, with a tranquil mind, perform a Vaiṣṇava śrāddha in my presence.
ततो दानानि देयानि वक्ष्यमाणानि यान्युत । पात्रेभ्यः स द्विजेभ्यो हि लोकद्वय जिगीषया
Then, the gifts to be given, which will be stated, should indeed be offered to worthy recipients and to the twice-born, with the desire to conquer both worlds.
सहस्वर्णमयो देवो मम संतोषकारकः । गोभूतिलहिरण्यादि प्रददाति द्विजातये
A golden deity, weighing a thousand units, brings me satisfaction; one should give cows, land, gold, and the like to a twice-born.
शय्या सतूलिका देया सप्तधान्यसमन्विता । अन्यानि च यथाशक्त्या देयानि निजशक्तितः
A bed with bedding should be given, along with seven kinds of grain; other gifts should also be given according to one’s ability and means.
वित्तशाठ्यं न कुर्वीत यथोक्तफलकांक्षया । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चात्तेभ्यो दद्यात्सुदक्षिणाम्
One should not act with miserliness regarding wealth, desiring the stated results; afterwards, one should feed the brāhmaṇas and give them proper gifts.
निर्धनैरपि कर्त्तव्यं देयं शक्त्यनुसारतः । सर्वेषामेव वर्णानामधिकारोऽस्ति मद्व्रते । मद्भक्तैस्तु विशेषेण कर्त्तव्यं मत्परायणैः
Even those without wealth should perform and give according to their capacity; all varṇas indeed have the right to my vow, but my devotees, especially those devoted to me, should certainly perform it.
ततः प्रार्थना मंत्रः । मद्वंशे येन राजा ता ये भविष्याश्च मानवाः । तानुद्धरस्व देवेश दुःखदाद्भवसागरात्
Then, the prayer-mantra: 'O Lord of gods, deliver those kings born in my lineage and those men who will be born, from the ocean of worldly suffering.'
पातकार्णवमग्नस्य व्याधिभिश्चांबुचारिभिः । जीवैस्तु परिभूतस्य महादुःखगतस्य मे
For me, who am immersed in the ocean of sin, afflicted by diseases that move like water, and tormented by living beings, having fallen into great distress—
करावलंबनं देहि शेषशायी जगत्पते । व्रतेनानेन देवेश भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदो भव
O Lord of the universe, reclining on Śeṣa, give your hand as support; by this vow, O Lord of gods, grant enjoyment and liberation.
एवं प्रार्थ्य ततो देवं विसृज्य च यथाविधि । उपहारादिकं सर्वे आचार्याय निवेदयेत्
Having thus prayed to the god and properly dismissed him, one should present all offerings and the like to the teacher.
दक्षिणाभिश्च संतोष्या ब्राह्मणांश्च विसर्जयेत् । मम ध्यान समायुक्तो भुंजीत सह बंधुभिः
After satisfying the brāhmaṇas with gifts, one should dismiss them; then, absorbed in meditation on me, one should eat together with relatives.
अकिंचनोपि नियतमुपोष्यति चतुर्दशीम् । सप्त जन्म कृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
Even one who is destitute, if he regularly observes the fourteenth day fast, is freed from sins accumulated over seven births—of this there is no doubt.
य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या व्रतं पापप्रणाशनम् । तस्य श्रवणमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति
Whoever hears this vow with devotion, which destroys sin, is freed from the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa merely by hearing it.
पवित्रं परमं गुह्यं कीर्तयेद्यस्तु मानवः । सर्वकामानवाप्नोति व्रतस्यास्य फलं सदा
A person who recites this pure, supreme, and secret teaching always attains all desires and the fruit of this vow.
य इदं कुरुते शक्त्या काले मध्याह्न संज्ञके । लीलावत्या सह ऋषिं श्रीनृसिंह प्रसादतः
Whoever performs this at the proper time, at midday, with whatever means possible, together with Līlāvatī and the sage, by the grace of Śrī Nṛsiṃha—
पूजयेत्परया भक्त्या मुक्तिं प्राप्नोति शाश्वतीम् । तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे तु यो गत्वा श्रीनृसिंहं प्रपूजयेत्
—worships with supreme devotion, attains eternal liberation; and whoever goes to that sacred place and worships Śrī Nṛsiṃha—
वांच्छितं लभते नित्यं श्रीनृसिंह प्रसादतः । श्रीनृसिंह महद्रूप कालकोटिदुरासद
—always obtains the desired result by the grace of Śrī Nṛsiṃha. O Śrī Nṛsiṃha, of great form, difficult to approach even by Death—
भैरवेश हरार्तिघ्न बालरूप नमोस्तु ते । श्रीनृसिंहाय रूपाय बालाय बालरूपिणे
O Lord of Bhairavas, destroyer of Hari’s distress, in the form of a child, I bow to you; to Śrī Nṛsiṃha, who is in the form of a child, who has the appearance of a child.
व्यापकाय सुनंदाय स्वात्मप्रकट रूपिणे । सर्वजीवात्मकायैव विश्वेशाय स्वरात्मने
Salutations to the all-pervading, blissful one, who reveals his own true form, who is the self of all beings, the Lord of the universe, and the essence of sound.
मार्तंड मंडलस्थाय दयासिंधो नमोस्तु ते । चतुर्विंशस्वरूपाय कालरुद्राग्निरूपिणे
Homage to you, who dwell in the orb of the sun, ocean of compassion, who take the form of the twenty-four principles, and appear as Time, Rudra, and Fire.
जगदेकस्वरूपाय नृसिंहाय नमोस्तु ते । भाले दधार यो देवो नृसिंहो वीरभद्र जित्
Salutations to you, who are the one form of the universe, the Man-Lion; the god Nṛsiṃha, conqueror of Vīrabhadra, who bore it on his forehead.
द्वादशादित्यबिंबानि सुतप्तानि प्रमाणतः । तत्र सिंधु महापुण्या नदी रम्या विशेषतः
There are twelve blazing discs of the sun, measured precisely; there, especially, is the holy river Sindhu, beautiful and most sacred.
तस्याः समीपे नगरं वर्त्ततेऽद्यापि सुंदरि । मौलिस्तानेति विख्यातं सर्वदा देवनिर्मितम्
Near her, O beautiful one, there still stands a city, renowned as Maulistāna, always said to be built by the gods.
वसतिर्वर्त्तते तत्र हारीतस्य महात्मनः । लीलावती तु तत्रैव तिष्ठते नात्र संशयः
There dwells the great-souled Hārīta; and Līlāvatī also remains there—of this there is no doubt.
प्रतिशब्दो भवेत्तत्र सिंधुनद्याः समीपतः । कलौ युगे तु संप्राप्ते म्लेच्छा वै पापचारिणः
There, near the Sindhu river, an echo arises; but when the age of Kali arrives, foreigners, doers of evil, will dwell there.
निवसंति तु तत्रैव बहवो नात्र संशयः । नृसिंहजन्मनि यथा शब्दोऽभूदद्भुतः परः
Many will indeed live there—of this there is no doubt; just as, at the birth of Nṛsiṃha, a wondrous and extraordinary sound arose.