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ŚB 7.1.41

Devanagari

हतो हिरण्यकशिपुर्हरिणा सिंहरूपिणा ।
हिरण्याक्षो धरोद्धारे बिभ्रता शौकरं वपु: ॥ ४१ ॥

Text

hato hiraṇyakaśipur
hariṇā siṁha-rūpiṇā
hiraṇyākṣo dharoddhāre
bibhratā śaukaraṁ vapuḥ

Synonyms

hataḥ — killed; hiraṇyakaśipuḥ — Hiraṇyakaśipu; hariṇā — by Hari, Viṣṇu; siṁha-rūpiṇā — in the form of a lion (Lord Narasiṁha); hiraṇyākṣaḥ — Hiraṇyākṣa; dharā-uddhāre — to lift the earth; bibhratā — assuming; śaukaram — the boarlike; vapuḥ — form.

Translation

Appearing as Nṛsiṁhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Hari, killed Hiraṇyakaśipu. When the Lord delivered the planet earth, which had fallen in the Garbhodaka Ocean, Hiraṇyākṣa tried to hinder Him, and then the Lord, as Varāha, killed Hiraṇyākṣa.