His fury is for the child not for your enemies list
Resonance
Those protecting the helpless those under an impossible threat
Symbols
Lion faceClawsSplit pillarLapSudarshana chakra
Mythology Summary
Narasimha is the fourth avatara, the man-lion who bursts from a pillar to kill the asura Hiranyakashipu, who by boon could not be killed by god, man or beast, indoors or out, by day or night, on earth or in the sky. The Bhagavata Purana tells the story in Canto 7, where Narasimha protects the boy Prahlada, the asura's own son, and kills Hiranyakashipu on his lap at twilight, on the threshold of the hall. The Ahobilam hills in Andhra Pradesh preserve his nine forms, and the pacified Lakshmi-Narasimha is the householder's form.
Modern Practice
Narasimha is called on for protection against what cannot be reached by ordinary means, and by householders for the protection of children and the home. His worship is fierce in its imagery and domestic in its setting; the pacified Lakshmi-Narasimha is the form kept in the house.