Shloka 55
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
Sanskrit
कृत्वा नृसिंहरूपञ्च हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः ।
विप्रचित्तिमुखाश्चान्ये दानवा विनिपातिताः ॥
Transliteration
kṛtvā nṛsiṃharūpaṃ ca hiraṇyakaśipur hataḥ | vipracittimukhāś cānye dānavā vinipātitāḥ ||
Translation
In der Gestalt des Narasiṃha erschlug er Hiraṇyakaśipu; und auch andere Dānavas — beginnend mit Vipracitti — wurden niedergeworfen.
Speakers
Narratorial purāṇic voice (frame-speakers not identifiable from the single verse alone)
Primary Deities
Viṣṇu (as Narasiṃha)
Key ThemesAvatāra doctrineRestoration of dharmaDefeat of asurasDivine protection of cosmic order