Shloka 29
Nṛsiṁhadeva Appears from the Pillar and Slays Hiraṇyakaśipu
विष्वक्स्फुरन्तं ग्रहणातुरं हरि- र्व्यालो यथाखुं कुलिशाक्षतत्वचम् । द्वार्यूरुमापत्य ददार लीलया नखैर्यथाहिं गरुडो महाविषम् ॥ २९ ॥
viṣvak sphurantaṁ grahaṇāturaṁ harir vyālo yathākhuṁ kuliśākṣata-tvacam dvāry ūrum āpatya dadāra līlayā nakhair yathāhiṁ garuḍo mahā-viṣam
မြွေသည် ကြွက်ကို ဖမ်းသကဲ့သို့၊ ဂဠုန်သည် မြွေကို ဖမ်းသကဲ့သို့၊ နရဆင်းဟဘုရားရှင်သည် ဟိရညကဿပကို ဖမ်းဆီးတော်မူ၏။ တံခါးဝတွင် ပေါင်ပေါ်တင်၍ လက်သည်းတော်များဖြင့် အလွယ်တကူ ခွဲစိတ်တော်မူ၏။
Hiraṇyakaśipu had received from Lord Brahmā the benediction that he would not die on the land or in the sky. Therefore, to keep the promise of Lord Brahmā intact, Nṛsiṁhadeva placed Hiraṇyakaśipu’s body on His lap, which was neither land nor sky. Hiraṇyakaśipu had received the benediction that he would not die either during the day or at night. Therefore, to keep this promise of Brahmā, the Lord killed Hiraṇyakaśipu in the evening, which is the end of day and the beginning of night but is neither day nor night. Hiraṇyakaśipu had taken a benediction from Lord Brahmā that he would not die from any weapon or be killed by any person, dead or alive. Therefore, just to keep the word of Lord Brahmā, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva pierced Hiraṇyakaśipu’s body with His nails, which were not weapons and were neither living nor dead. Indeed, the nails can be called dead, but at the same time they can be said to be alive. To keep intact all of Lord Brahmā’s benedictions, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva paradoxically but very easily killed the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.
FAQs
This verse describes how Lord Hari (Nṛsiṁha) seized the struggling Hiraṇyakaśipu at the doorway, placed him on His thighs, and effortlessly tore him apart with His nails—like Garuḍa destroying a deadly serpent.
The narration highlights the precise, divinely arranged moment and setting—at the threshold and on the thighs—showing how the Lord’s action fulfilled cosmic justice while overturning the demon’s sense of invincibility.
It teaches that divine protection is real and decisive: arrogance and cruelty eventually collapse, while sincere devotion is safeguarded by the Lord in ways beyond ordinary calculation.