Eight hands

Conch

O Lord Nrsimhadev! May I always hear Your conchshell reverberating within my heart sounding its message: 'My devotee will never be vanquished!' O Conchshell, at Kuruksetra when the Pandavas heard you, they regained their strength and fought lust like lions. Please give me the strength to be determined in the battle against Maya.

Club

O Lord Nrsimhadeva, the elephant of sinful lust has entered the garden of my devotion. My Lord, please use Your club to chastise this elephant and drive him away.

Shield

O Lord Nrsimhadeva! I surrender to You. Please protect me with Your shield and give me your mercy.

Cakra

O Lord Nrsimhadeva! My rascal mind produces many such magical illusions, and like a ruffian he shouts cruel slogans like 'Go ahead! You can enjoy. Forget about Krsna and your guru. Just be natural, be yourself.' Please scatter these mystic illusions with Your sudarsan cakra and fix my mind on Your lotus feet.

Lotus

Lord Nrsimhadeva! Please touch me with Your padma so that the lotus bud of my consciousness will unfold and bloom with brilliant sattvika ecstasies in devotional service. By seeing your lotus flower, O Lord Nrsimhadeva, please increase the greed for nectar in my bee-like mind. As bees live inside a lotus flower, may the bee of my mind always be sheltered in your padma.

Sword

O Lord Nrsimhadeva, as a king immediately takes out his sword to protect the citizens from irreligion and sinful deeds, please be ready at any moment to protect me from acting sinfully. My mind is extremely sinful and lusty - being sometimes happy and sometimes distressed, so please, O Lord Nrsimhadeva, cut out with Your sword the roots of sin and protect the tiny creeper of Bhakti we are trying to grow there."

Front Two Hands

Lord Nrsimhadeva, You are the deliverer and protector and You are very affectionate to Your devotees. Once, in ecstatic affection, You picked up Prahlad, put him on Your lap and placed Your lotus hand on his head.