A sense of power and a desire for respect and admiration from others are the characteristics of narcissism. A common belief, about narcissism is that it represents a form of excessive self-esteem. Some investigations suggest that narcissism reflects high explicit self-esteem that masks low implicit self-esteem, The aim of the study is to understand the relation between narcissism and self esteem : explicit and implicit. The sample of the study comprises of 90 males of age group 20-23 from Delhi. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Initials-preferences :Based on the procedure developed by Nuttin. The results of the study reflected that there is a significant difference between the explicit self-esteem of narcissists and non narcissists there is no difference between narcissists and non narcissists, in terms of implicit self-esteem.