Lord Narasimha is the fourth incarnation of Lord Vishnu to save his devotee Prahalada from the clutches of his demon father Hiranyakashipu. Lord Narasimha swamys head is lion and body is of a man. Lord Narasimha is also spelled as Narasimma, Narasingha, Narasinghar, Narsingh, Narasimmar, Nrusimha, and Narasimha Swami. Mostly the Vaishnava followers worship Lord Narasimha Swamy. Lord Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy’s Consort/Wife is Narasimhi (Lakshmi Devi) and his vahana / vehicle is Garuda (mix of eagle and human features).
The birth of Lord Narasimha is celebrated with faith and joy on the 14th day of Vaishakha’s bright half month. There are countless temples throughout the world where Lord Nrusimha is worshiped in different forms, such as Ugra-Narasimha, Yoga-Narasimha and Lakshmi-Narasimha. Many also worship Lord Narasimha as family Deity and Ishta devata.
There are 3 different versions of Shri Narasimha Gayatri Mantra they are given below:
Version 1 Mantra:
ॐ नरसिम्हाय विद्महे
वज्र नखाय धीमहि
थन्नो सिम्ह प्रछोदयाट्
Version 2 Mantra:
ॐ वज्र नखाय विद्महे
थीक्ष्ण धामशदराय धीमहि
थन्नो सिम्ह प्रछोदयाट्
Version 3 Mantra:
ॐ नरसिम्हाय विद्महे
वज्र नखाय धीमहि
थन्नो विष्णु प्रछोदयाट्
Benefits of chanting Narasimha Gayatri Mantra:
- Protect his devotees from all types of miseries, sorrows, fears, and misfortunes in life and gives successive successes in all attempts.
- By chanting Gayatri Mantra provides peace and tranquility.
- Reduces mental agony, relieves stress, and depressions
- Those suffering from mental diseases can chant this mantra.
- Helps to avert enemies and the problems caused by them.
- Prevent misunderstanding that can cause arguments, disputes, and hate between family and friends.
- Chanting this mantra regularly will beneficial Children
- Benefits greatly for smooth sailing business journey free from evil competitors and negative rivals (Businessmen, businesswomen, entrepreneurs, and industrialists)
- Gives protection against criminals and thugs
- Ensures safe journeys
- Protects against all kinds of evil and evil doers
- Prevents from negative thoughts and negative energies as well as ill effects of unfavourable planets
- Safety from evil-eye, jealousies, envies, and crooked minded people and their pinpricks.