Varāha Confronts Hiraṇyākṣa: The Challenge, the Rescue of Earth, and the Opening of the Mace-Duel
सृजन्नमर्षित: श्वासान्मन्युप्रचलितेन्द्रिय: । आसाद्य तरसा दैत्यो गदयान्यहनद्धरिम् ॥ १४ ॥
sṛjann amarṣitaḥ śvāsān manyu-pracalitendriyaḥ āsādya tarasā daityo gadayā nyahanad dharim
क्रोधाने फुत्कारत, रोषाने इंद्रिये डळमळीत झालेला तो दैत्य वेगाने प्रभु हरिजवळ धावला आणि प्रचंड गदेने प्रहार केला।
This verse shows Hiraṇyākṣa becoming violently enraged—his senses shaken by fury—then rushing in to strike Lord Hari with a mace, highlighting demonic aggression against the Lord.
In the narrative of Canto 3, Chapter 18, Hiraṇyākṣa challenges the Lord who has come to rescue the earth; driven by pride and hostility to dharma, he confronts and attacks Varāha.
Unchecked anger agitates the senses and drives reckless action; the verse encourages cultivating self-control and dharmic restraint rather than acting from rage.