Bhashya
य उपासकः नित्यत्वेन तद्विद्यानुष्ठानेन तज्जपेन वा पापक्षयं कामयते ।एतं मन्त्रराजं नारसिंहमानुष्टुभं नित्यमधीते इत्युक्तार्थम् ।तथा इतःप्रभृति आ अन्त्यादध्यायात् तत्र तत्र यच्छब्देन पुंलिङ्गेन प्रागुक्तनृसिंहविद्याया निश्चिततया अनुष्ठानात् तद्विद्याप्रतिपादकग्रन्थजप्ता वा अध्येता वा परामृश्यते ।तथा तच्छब्देन पुंलिङ्गेन स एव परामृश्यते ।तथा तत्र तत्र पुंलिङ्गात् तच्छब्दाभ्यासात् तस्मिन्नेव नित्यानुष्ठाने जपे वा व्यस्तं समस्तं वा यथायोग्यतया फलं गम्यते ।स मृत्युं पाप्मानं ब्रह्महत्यांभ्रूणहत्या भ्रूणो गर्भः, यद्वा साङ्गवेदार्थव्याख्याता दीक्षितो भ्रूणः, वीरहत्यां वीर पुत्रः सवनस्थः क्षत्रियो वा अन्यच्च पातकं सर्वं तरति ।द्विरभ्यासोऽध्यायसमाप्तिं द्योतयति ॥
In plain words
Whoever keeps up this teaching, or its recitation, wanting their sins burned away — that is what 'recites this king of mantras daily' means. And from here through to the last chapter, wherever you see the word 'who', it means whoever actually practises this Nṛsiṃha teaching — either reciting it or studying the text that explains it; wherever you see 'he', it means that same person; and wherever 'he' recurs, take the fruit as fitting the case, whether singly or all together. He crosses over death. Over sin. Over the killing of a brāhmaṇa. Over bhrūṇahatyā — bhrūṇa meaning an unborn child, or, on another reading, a learned initiate who has mastered the Veda and its auxiliary disciplines. Over the killing of a hero — a son old enough for the soma rite, or a kṣatriya. And over every other sin there is. The doubled line, as always, marks the chapter's end.
Close to the Sanskrit
Whatever practitioner desires the destruction of sin through the constancy of practising that vidyā, or through its recitation — [that] is the meaning of 'recites this king of mantras, the Nārasiṃha anuṣṭubh, daily.' Likewise, from here up to the last chapter, wherever the masculine word 'yat' occurs, given the settled fact of practising the previously stated Nṛsiṃha-vidyā, either its reciter or the student of the text expounding it is meant. Likewise, by the masculine word 'tat', that very same person is meant. Likewise, wherever the masculine word 'tat' repeats, the fruit is understood — singly or collectively, as befits the case — with respect to that same constant practice or recitation. He crosses over death, sin, the killing of a brāhmaṇa — bhrūṇahatyā: bhrūṇa is an embryo; or alternatively, bhrūṇa is an initiate who has expounded the meaning of the Veda together with its auxiliary disciplines — the killing of a hero: vīra means a son who has reached the age for the soma-pressing rite, or a kṣatriya — and any other sin whatsoever; he crosses over all of it. The double repetition signals the completion of the chapter.