Shloka 8

अन्धक-हिरण्याक्ष-प्रसङ्गः, वराहावतारः, दंष्ट्राभूषणं च

Devanagari script

भूत्वा यज्ञवराहो ऽसौ यथा लिङ्गोद्भवे तथा दैत्यैश् च सार्धं दैत्येन्द्रं हिरण्याक्षं महाबलम्

Transliteration

bhūtvā yajñavarāho 'sau yathā liṅgodbhave tathā daityaiś ca sārdhaṃ daityendraṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahābalam

Translation

Baginda mengambil rupa Yajña-Varāha, Babi Hutan Korban Suci—sebagaimana dalam peristiwa kemunculan Liṅga—lalu bersama para Daitya yang lain berhadapan dengan raja Daitya, Hiraṇyākṣa, yang berkuasa besar.

Word by Word

• bhūtvā: having become/assuming (a form)

• yajña-varāhaḥ: the Boar who embodies the sacrificial Yajña (Varāha as Yajña)

• asau: he (that deity/hero)

• yathā: just as

• liṅga-udbhave: in the arising/manifestation of the Linga (Linga-udbhava episode)

• tathā: so/likewise

• daityaiḥ: with the Daityas

• ca: and

• sārdham: together with

• daitya-indram: the lord/king of the Daityas

• hiraṇya-akṣam: Hiraṇyākṣa (name of the demon)

• mahā-balam: of great power/strength

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)