Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 7: The Science of God

Chapter 1: The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone. Text 41

हतो हिरण्यकशिपुर्हरिणा सिंहरूपिणा ।
हिरण्याक्षो धरोद्धारे बिभ्रता शौकरं वपुः ॥४१॥

hato hiraṇyakaśipur
hariá¹‡Ä siá¹ha-rÅ«piṇÄ
hiraṇyÄká¹£o dharoddhÄre
bibhratÄ Å›aukaraá¹ vapuḥ

 hataḥ - killed; hiraṇyakaÅ›ipuḥ - HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu; hariá¹‡Ä - by Hari, Viṣṇu; siá¹ha-rÅ«piá¹‡Ä - in the form of a lion (Lord Narasiá¹ha); hiraṇyÄká¹£aḥ - HiraṇyÄká¹£a; dharÄ-uddhÄre - to lift the earth; bibhratÄ - assuming; Å›aukaram - the boarlike; vapuḥ - form.


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Appearing as Ná¹›siá¹hadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ« Hari, killed HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu. When the Lord delivered the planet earth, which had fallen in the Garbhodaka Ocean, HiraṇyÄká¹£a tried to hinder Him, and then the Lord, as VarÄha, killed HiraṇyÄká¹£a.

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