Sri Adi Shankaracharya composed this hymn to address Lord Lakshmi-Narasimha (God Narasimha along with his divine consort, Goddess Lakshmi).
Lord Narasimha is the fourth avatara of Lord Vishnu who appeared in the court of King Hiranyakashyapu to help His bhakta, Prahlada. He is known to be the angriest avatara of Lord Vishnu who ripped apart Hiranyakashyapu.
He could be placated only by the ardent supplication of Goddess Lakshmi and Prahlada.
Adi Shankara himself is said to have been saved by the Lord when a kapalika sought to behead him.
In this stotra Adi Shankara takes the position of a supplicant who is beseeching the Lord to guide him through the temptations and travails or samsara, or worldly existence.
Each of the seventeen verses ends with the refrain, Give me Thy hand O Lord! Hence it is also called Lakshmi-Nrusimha Karavalambam Stotram.
Reciting this stotra regularly is said to reduce anger and related negative vibrations, leading one to bhakti and peace.
For the literal meaning of the stotra please visit the websites listed below.
References:
Meaning:
- http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Sri_Lakshmi_Narasimha_Karavalambam
- https://templesinindiainfo.com/sri-lakshmi-narasimha-karavalambam-stotram-lyrics-in-english-with-meaning/
- https://stotram.co.in/lakshmi-narasimha-karavalamba-stotram/
- https://greenmesg.org/stotras/narasimha/lakshmi_nrisimha_karavalambam.php
Music: Tratak, Jesse Gallagher
Pictures:
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Lakshmi_Narasimha_statue_at_Cheriyal_temple%2C_December_2018.jpg
- https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T7eYZaNzosI/WXYbeR-nT2I/AAAAAAAAS-s/p7B0K0Liz40hZ1nzmK9RZ4aYOuNYssWWwCLcBGAs/s1600/chakra.jpg
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