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Introduction:-
Ahobilam is a pilgrimage centre situated in Andhra pradesh, India. 
It has temples dedicated to Lord Narasimha. The Lord is said to have
appeared here from a pillar, destoyed the famous demon Hiranyakasipu
and given darsan to Prahlada. The temples are very old, over 1000 years old.
It has attracted many saints and devotees who had sung in praise of the
Lord who is an avatar or incarnation of Vishnu

It is said in Harivamsa (Seshadharma) that Sri Rama visited Ahobilam
during His wanderings in search of Sita and prayed to Lord Narasimha
for succes of His endeavour. These verses form His prayer. 
In the last verse it is said that  these verses are known as Panchamritam.

Hari (herH.) is one of the names of Vishnu - (No.360 in the Vishnu
Sahasranama Stotram).
herH - sm:àet: m:a*:ðN: p:Øös:aö p:ap:ö s:ös:arö v:a hrt:iet:.
He removes the sins and ignorance that is the cause of the cycle of
repeated birth and death just by being thought of.  But the word Hari
also means a lion. So, some ascribe this meaning to the name Hari and also
add that the form of the Lord available in Vaikunta is that of Narasimha only.
Nrisimhapurvatapaniya 
Upanishad talks about meditating on the Lord. It advises one to meditate on the
form of Narasimha as reclining on the snake-bed of Adisesha in the ocean of milk. 
x:ir:ðdaN:üv:S:aey:n:ö n:àkñs:erö y::ðeg:v:das:in:ö S:ð\:B::ðg:m:ÜD:aüv:àt:m:Î.
Sri Sankaracharya repeats this idea  in the opening verse of his Lakshminrisimha
Stotram and addresses Lord Narasimha as Â:im:tp:y::ðen:eD:en:kñt:n:= One 
who has the ocean of milk as His residence and 
B::ðg:indÓB::ðg:m:eN:raej:t:p:ØNy:m:Üt:ðü= whose form is shining with the light
emanating from the gems in the hoods of the serpant king Adisesha. He opines 
that the same NArasimha came down and appeared from a pillar in order to remove
the sufferings of His devotee Prahlada. In the tenth verse of the same
Stotra he addresses the Lord as )ÌadK:ðdp:erharp:rav:t:ar.

In keeping with this thought, a Tamil saint - Nammalvar, in one of his verses,
had praised the Lord Narasimha and said that his heart yearns to go to
Vaikuntam to have His darsan . 
The Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram (VS) refers to Narasimha more than once. 
n:ares:mhv:p:ØHVS(21), es:öhHVS(488), v:irhaVS(741) and
s:v:ü)hrN:ay:ØD:HVS(1000) are examples.


Ah:ðeb:l:ö n:ares:öhö g:tv:a ram:H )t:ap:v:an:Î .
n:m:skátv:a Â:in:àes:öh- m:st::ò\:it:Î km:l:ap:et:m:Î .. 
g::ðev:nd kñS:v: j:n:adün: v:as:Ødðv: ev:Ã:ðS: ev:Ã: m:D:Øs:Üdn: ev:Ã:-p: .
Â:ip:¼n:aB: p:Ø,\::ð¶:m: p:Ø\krax: n:aray:N:acy:Øt: n:àes:öh n:m::ð n:m:st:ð .. 1..
dðv:aH s:m:st:aH K:l:Ø y::ðeg:m:ØKy:aH g:nD:v:ü- ev:½aD:r- ekÀraÁ: .
y:tp:adm:Ül:ö s:t:t:ö n:m:ent: t:ö n:ares:öhö S:rN:ö g:t::ð|esm: .. 2..
v:ðdan:Î s:m:st:an:Î K:l:Ø S:as*:g:B:aün:Î ev:½aö b:l:ö kiet:üm:t:iö c: l:xm:im:Î .
y:sy: )s:adat:Î p:Ø,\:a l:B:nt:ð t:ö n:ares:öhö S:rN:ö g:t::ð|esm: .. 3..
b:ÒÉa eS:v:stv:ö p:Ø,\::ð¶:m:Á: n:aray:N::ð|s::ò m:,t:aö p:et:Á: .
c:ndÓakýv:ayv:egn:m:,·N:aÁ: tv:m:ðv: t:ö tv:aö s:t:t:ö n:t::ð|esm: .. 4..
sv:pn:ð|ep: en:ty:ö j:g:t:am:S:ð\:ö  +Äa c: hnt:a ev:B:Ør)m:ðy:H .
*:at:a tv:m:ðkes*:ev:D::ð ev:eB:ÀH t:ö tv:aö n:àes:öhö s:t:t:ö n:t::ð|esm: .. 5..
Eet: st:Øtv:a rG:ØÂ:ðÅH p:Üj:y:am:as: t:ö herm:Î .
p:Ø\p:v:àeÄH p:p:at:aS:Ø t:sy: dðv:sy: m:ÜD:üen: .. 
s:aD:Ø s:aeDv:et: t:ö ):ðc:ØH dðv:a ?e\:g:N:òH s:h .. 6..
dðv:aH: - 
raG:v:ðN: kát:ö st::ð*:ö p:Wc:am:àt:m:n:ض:m:m:Î .
p:Yent: y:ð e¾j:v:raH t:ð\:aö sv:g:üst:Ø S:aÃ:t:H .. 7..
 .. ! t:ts:t:Î..


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