Kimberly Cotton on vocals and guitar. Recorded at ISKCON of DC.

This song honors Krishna's incarnation as Nrsimha, the half-man, half-lion that killed Hiranyakashipu to protect Hiranyakashipu's son, Prahlada Maharaja. It is in the Sanskrit language. The story of this incarnation and the relationship between Prahlada and his father is in the seventh canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam.

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namas te narasiḿhāya

prahlādāhlāda-dāyine

hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-

śilā-ṭańka-nakhālaye

I offer my obeisances to Lord Narasimha, who gives joy to Prahlada Maharaja and whose nails are like chisels on the stonelike chest of the demon Hiranyakasipu.

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ito nṛsiḿhaḥ parato nṛsiḿho

yato yato yāmi tato nṛsiḿhaḥ

bahir nṛsiḿho hṛdaye nṛsiḿho

nṛsiḿham ādiḿ śaraṇaḿ prapadye

Lord Nrsimha is here and also there. Wherever I go Lord Nrsimha is there. He is in the heart and is outside as well. I surrender to Lord Nrsimha, the origin of all things and the supreme refuge.

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The prayer is normally concluded with the fourth verse of Pralaya Payodhi Jale by Srila Jayadeva Goswami:

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛńgaḿ

dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛńgam

keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare

O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lionl All glories to You! lust as one can easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasp like demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.

Translation from http://kksongs.org