Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
चर्म सूर्यशतं गृह्य खङ्गं चन्द्रमसं तथा नैरृत्यां मां च रक्षस्व दिव्यमूर्ते नृकेसरिन्
carma sūryaśataṃ gṛhya khaṅgaṃ candramasaṃ tathā nairṛtyāṃ māṃ ca rakṣasva divyamūrte nṛkesarin
Taking up the shield like a hundred suns and the sword like the moon as well, protect me in the southwest (nairṛtya direction), O divine-formed Nṛkeśarin (Man-Lion).
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The devotee entrusts even the most inauspicious quarter (often associated with danger) to the divine guardian; courage is reframed as reliance on dharma-protecting divinity.
Primarily ācāra/dharma-oriented liturgical content (protective recitation), not cosmogenesis or dynastic history.
Radiant shield and moonlike sword balance heat and coolness—terror and grace—mirroring Narasiṃha as both fierce protector and restorer of cosmic equilibrium.