Clarification for Shri Narashima Mahamantra

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Namaste

 

Hi All

 

I am looking to find the correct form of Narashima mantra. The two

variations that I have run into are as follows:

 

1)

 

From a web site http://www.salagram.net/narasimha-mantras2.html

 

" ugram viram maha visnum jvalantam sarvatomukham

nrisimham bhisanam bhadram mrtyu mrtyum namamy aham "

 

'May my head be protected by the mooncoloured one, who is the

greatest among humans.

My obeisances unto the ferocious and powerful, the great Visnu, the

fiery one, who's faces

are on all sides, the fearful one, Nrsimha, who causes the death of

even death

personified, (or who can overcome death)'.

 

2)

From Sharada Tilakam book

ugram viram maha visnum jvalantam sarvatomukham

nrisimham bhisanam rudram mrtyu mrtyum namamy aham

 

 

The difference is between word " Bhadram " and " Rudram "

 

Which one is appropriate?

 

Does anyone have other more reliable source, On a couple of web sites

I saw " Bhadram " , these all seem to be vaishava web sites, However the

Sharda Tilakam book mentions it as " Rudram "

 

By the way this is very powerful mantra, people inscribe this in an

amulet and put it on in india.

 

A lot of lord krishna devotees first worship Lord Narashima so that

he takes away all the negativity and after that only one get to reach

lord krishna.

 

It is also very interestig that most of the temples of various forms

of lord narashima are located in andra pradesh in India.

Can some learned soul shed light on this.

 

Best Regards

Mitesh

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namaste,

 

The Sharada-Tilakam is a very respectable source, so I'm sure the " rudram " version of the mantra is also used. However, by default, I would prefer " bhadram " since this is the version taught in the Narasimha-upanishad, which gives a detailed word-by-word explanation of this mantra (known as mantra-rAja, the king of mantras).

 

bhavadIyaH,

 

ajit

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:13 AM, m540i98 <m540i98 wrote:

NamasteHi AllI am looking to find the correct form of Narashima mantra. The twovariations that I have run into are as follows:

1)From a web site http://www.salagram.net/narasimha-mantras2.html " ugram viram maha visnum jvalantam sarvatomukhamnrisimham bhisanam bhadram mrtyu mrtyum namamy aham "

'May my head be protected by the mooncoloured one, who is thegreatest among humans.My obeisances unto the ferocious and powerful, the great Visnu, thefiery one, who's facesare on all sides, the fearful one, Nrsimha, who causes the death of

even deathpersonified, (or who can overcome death)'.2)From Sharada Tilakam bookugram viram maha visnum jvalantam sarvatomukhamnrisimham bhisanam rudram mrtyu mrtyum namamy ahamThe difference is between word " Bhadram " and " Rudram "

Which one is appropriate?Does anyone have other more reliable source, On a couple of web sitesI saw " Bhadram " , these all seem to be vaishava web sites, However theSharda Tilakam book mentions it as " Rudram "

By the way this is very powerful mantra, people inscribe this in anamulet and put it on in india.A lot of lord krishna devotees first worship Lord Narashima so thathe takes away all the negativity and after that only one get to reach

lord krishna.It is also very interestig that most of the temples of various formsof lord narashima are located in andra pradesh in India.Can some learned soul shed light on this.Best RegardsMitesh