चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् । ददार करजैर्वक्षस्येरकां कटकृद्यथा ॥१८॥

caturdaÅ›aá¹ nÄrasiá¹haá¹
bibhrad daityendram Å«rjitam
dadÄra karajair Å«rÄv
erakÄá¹ kaá¹­a-ká¹›d yathÄ

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(1)

 caturdaÅ›am - the fourteenth in the line; nÄra-siá¹ham - the incarnation of the Lord as half-man and half-lion; bibhrat - advented; daitya-indram - the king of the atheists; Å«rjitam - strongly built; dadÄra - bifurcated; karajaiḥ - by the nails; Å«rau - on the lap; erakÄm - canes; kaá¹­a-ká¹›t - carpenter; yathÄ - just like.


Text

In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Ná¹›siá¹ha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.

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