How I obtained 1000 names of Lord Narasimha! In 1986 in Vrindavana I started worshipping Ugra Narasimha Salagrama Sila, and my godbrother Kaliya Krsna Prabhu taught me everything in worship of Salagrama and Govardhana silas ,after that I also was asked to do daily Salagrama and Govardhana Puja on the alter of Sri Sri Krsna Balarama in ISKCON Vrindavana . Kaliya Krsna Prabhu had 1000 names of Lord Narasimha but only in Sanskrit so I obtained that from him .I asked Satya Narayana Prabhu to kindly translate it for me and I gave him a donation for his Brahminical service ,the 1000 names of Lord Narasimha I later gave to Kusakratha Prabhu and asked him to make it into a book, thus the 1000 names was first published in book form,,,however the Nyasa Mantras and Sudarshan Mantras etc Dhyana Mantras and translation I also gave him ,he did not publish so I was disappointed and asked him later for that translation back but he no longer had it so ,that was lost, but at least the actualy 1000 names of Lord Narasimha is still there and Satya Narayana Prabhus translation has thus spread all over the internet , and in ISKCON and Gaudiya Math...but again sadly some of the invoking parts are not there, the 1000 names of Lord Narasimha is from Narasimha Purana.You can also find a summary of Narasimha Purana that deals with Lord Narasimhas pastimes in my book Sri Narasimha .The 1000 names of Lord Narasimha is spoken by Lord Brahma to pacifie Lord Narasimha ..according to Sri Vaisnavas , Lord Narasimha appears in almost every Satya Yuga and in some Satya Yugas the main Mantra is the Narasimha Mahamantra Song Name: Ugram Viram Mahavishnum Official Name: Nrsimha Kavaca Bica Mantra ugram viram maha-vishnum jvalantam sarvato mukham nrisimham bhishanam bhadram mrityur mrityum namamy aham TRANSLATION 'May my head be protected by the moon colored one, who is the greatest among humans. My obeisances unto the ferocious and powerful, the great Visnu, the fiery one, who's faces are on all sides, the fearful one, Nrsimha, who causes the death of even death personified, (or who can overcome death). This mantra is also found in the 2 Narasimha Upanisads that is found in my book Sri Narasimha one is Nrsimha Uttara Tapaniya Upanishad Nrsimha Purva Tapaniya Upanishad There are Sri Vaisnavas that daily chant the Narasimha Mahamantra at least 108 times or do fire sacrifice while chanting it 108 times also many Sri Vaisnavas daily chant 1000 names of Lord Narasimha,, in our line we focus on the Hare Krsna Mahamantra but on Narasimha Caturdasi and other days we can also chant .Or when we feel we really need Lord Narasimhas mercy.. there is no commentary that I could find to Narasimha Sahasra Nama ,but if I asked Sri Vaisnavas they properly could provide such In Kali yuga there are 4 Vaisnava Sampradayas as described in Garga Samhita Main Deity Parampara lineage Acharya Śrī Devī (Laksmi) Sri Sampradaya Ramanujacharya Brahma Madhva Sampradaya Madhvacharya Rudra Rudra Sampradaya Viṣṇusvāmī/Vallabhacharya Four Kumāras Kumara Sampradaya Nimbarkacharya vAmanas vidhi zeSaH sanako viSNu vAkyataH dharmArtha hetave caite bhaviSyanti dvijaH kalau Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesa and Sanaka Kumara will appear as brahmanas by the order of Visnu for the preservation of dharma in Kali yuga. viSNusvAmI vAmanAMzas tathA madhvas tu brahmanaH rAmanujas tu zeSAMza nimbAditya sanakasya ca Visnusvami, Madhva, Ramanuja and Nimbaditya will appear respectively as amsas (parts) of Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesa and Sanaka Kumara. ete kalau yuge bhavyah sampradAya pravartakaH samvatsare vikrama catvAraH kSiti pAvanaH These four saviours of Earth will be the founders of the four sampradayas in the period from the reign of King Vikrama subsequently through Kali yuga. sampradAya vihInA ye mantrAs te niSphalAH smRtaH tasmAc ca gamanaM hy asti sampradAya narair api These four sampradayas are to be accepted by all people as mantras invoked outside their auspices bring no result. (Garga Samhita 10.61.23-26) He is a beautiful chanting of of Narasimha Sahasra Nama by Sri Vaisnavas