Shloka 13

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तास्तदा तेन दैत्येन सुदुरात्मना निजघ्नुर्देवदेवस्य भृत्यं प्रह्रादमव्ययम्

Transliteration

evamuktāstadā tena daityena sudurātmanā nijaghnurdevadevasya bhṛtyaṃ prahrādamavyayam

Translation

So, von jenem Daitya mit verderbter Seele angestachelt, gingen sie damals auf Prahlāda los—den unvergänglichen Diener des Gottes der Götter—doch er blieb unerschüttert in seiner Treue zum höchsten Pati (Śiva).

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus

• उक्ताः: having been spoken to/commanded

• तदा: then

• तेन: by him

• दैत्येन: by the Daitya (demon)

• सुदुरात्मना: of very evil nature

• निजघ्नुः: they struck/attacked

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods

• भृत्यम्: servant/devotee

• प्रह्रादम्: Prahlada

• अव्ययम्: imperishable, undecaying

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating)