anantabAhUdaravaktranetram anekakoTyarkanikAsharUpam |
abhedyamAnandamayam mahesham bhajAmi rudrendravibhum nR^isimham ||
By worshipping the Supreme Lord nR^ihari on the auspicious day of nR^isimha jayanti, one attains peace and wisdom. nR^isimha chaturdashi is the best day to recite the great mantrarAja of Lord sarvapraharaNAyudha, who appeared from a blazing jyotirli~Nga during shanipradoSha, as though to prove his abheda with mahArudra. This is also the day when dashAmsha japa of a~Nga mantras of the Lord is performed:
mUlamantram hayagrIvam rAmam kR^iShNam varAhakam |
sudarshanaprachaNDAstram pakShirAjam japetsadA ||
1. anuShTup
2. hayagrIva
3. rAma tAraka
4. rAjagopAla
5. dharaNI varAha
6. astra sudarshana
7. garuDa
The upA~Nga mantras are:
saudarshanam mantrarAjam shamkhamantram ramAm tathA |
dattAtreyam vainateyam vAsudevam ShaDakSharam ||
The pratya~Nga mantras are:
kartavIryam markaTesham mAyAm lakShmIm sarasvatIm ||
prasannArghya is offered to Lord with the mantra mA nastoke, which is described in the Agamas as referring to vIranR^simha, the form offering abhaya to prahlAda:
R^ishirdhAtAsya mantrasya Chando gAyatramuchyate |
devatA vIranR^ihariH maM bIjam shaktirom tathA ||
Other vaidika mantras that sing the glory of various forms of the Supreme Lord are described by Lord mahAdeva to umA, the dashAmsha japa of which is prescribed:
trINI padA vichakrame: mahA nR^isiMha
jvAlAmAlAkulam bhAti: jvAlA nR^isiMha
vishvatashchakshuruta vishvatomukho: vishvanR^isiMha
mR^igo na bhImaH: arinAshana nR^isiMha
bhIShAdmAdvAtaH pavate: bhIma nR^isiMha or bhayahara nR^isiMha
bhadram karNebhiH: bhadra nR^isiMha or abhaya nR^isiMha
tryambakam yajAmahe: amR^ita nR^isiMha
namo brahmaNe namo astvagnaye: vAsudeva nR^isiMha
Ardram jvalati: vahni nR^isiMha
vAyavyaM shwetamAlabheta: vAta nR^iMha
atha kasmaaduchyate nR^isiMhamiti yasmAtsarveShAM bhUtAnAm nA vIryatamaH shreShThatamashcha siMho vIryatamaH shreShThatamashcha |
tasmaannR^isiMha aasItparameshvaro jagaddhitaM vA etadrUpaM yadakSharaM bhavati pratadvishhNustavate vIryaaya mR^igo na bhImaH kucharo giriShThAH |
yasyoruShu triShu vikramaNeShvadhikShiyanti bhuvanAni vishvA tasmAduchyate nR^isiMhamiti ||