Shloka 34
Nṛsiṁhadeva Appears from the Pillar and Slays Hiraṇyakaśipu
तत: सभायामुपविष्टमुत्तमे नृपासने सम्भृततेजसं विभुम् । अलक्षितद्वैरथमत्यमर्षणं प्रचण्डवक्त्रं न बभाज कश्चन ॥ ३४ ॥
tataḥ sabhāyām upaviṣṭam uttame nṛpāsane sambhṛta-tejasaṁ vibhum alakṣita-dvairatham atyamarṣaṇaṁ pracaṇḍa-vaktraṁ na babhāja kaścana
तेव्हा परम तेजाने दीप्त, उग्र मुखवर्ण असलेले प्रभु नरसिंहदेव अत्यंत क्रोधाने राजसिंहासनावर सभेत बसले. त्यांच्या ऐश्वर्य-पराक्रमासमोर कोणीही प्रतिस्पर्धी दिसला नाही; भय व आज्ञापालनामुळे कोणी थेट सेवेस पुढे येऊ शकला नाही.
When the Lord sat on the throne of Hiraṇyakaśipu, there was no one to protest; no enemy came forward on behalf of Hiraṇyakaśipu to fight with the Lord. This means that His supremacy was immediately accepted by the demons. Another point is that although Hiraṇyakaśipu treated the Lord as his bitterest enemy, he was the Lord’s faithful servant in Vaikuṇṭha, and therefore the Lord had no hesitation in sitting on the throne that Hiraṇyakaśipu had so laboriously created. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks in this connection that sometimes, with great care and attention, great saintly persons and ṛṣis offer the Lord valuable seats dedicated with Vedic mantras and tantras, but still the Lord does not sit upon those thrones. Hiraṇyakaśipu, however, had formerly been Jaya, the doorkeeper at the Vaikuṇṭha gate, and although he had fallen because of the curse of the brāhmaṇas and had gotten the nature of a demon, and although he had never offered anything to the Lord as Hiraṇyakaśipu, the Lord is so affectionate to His devotee and servant that He nonetheless took pleasure in sitting on the throne that Hiraṇyakaśipu had created. In this regard it is to be understood that a devotee is fortunate in any condition of his life.
FAQs
This verse describes Nṛsiṁhadeva seated in the royal hall with overwhelming effulgence and an uncontainable, fearsome anger—an aspect of divine justice directed against demonic offense, not against devotees.
Because His form and mood were intensely formidable after destroying Hiraṇyakaśipu; His blazing presence and wrath made everyone hesitant, so none dared to come forward.
It teaches reverence for divine authority and warns against arrogance and cruelty—power used in opposition to dharma invites consequences, while sincere devotion remains protected.