Shloka 53

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

हिरण्यकशिपुं हत्वा करजैर्निशितैः स्वयम् दैत्येन्द्रैर्बहुभिः सार्धं हितार्थं जगतां प्रभुः

Transliteration

hiraṇyakaśipuṃ hatvā karajairniśitaiḥ svayam daityendrairbahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ hitārthaṃ jagatāṃ prabhuḥ

Translation

జగత్ప్రభువు స్వయంగా పదునైన గోళ్లతో హిరణ్యకశిపువును సంహరించి, అనేక దైత్యేంద్రులతో కూడ—లోకహితార్థం చేసెను.

Word by Word

• हिरण्यकशिपुम्: Hiraṇyakaśipu

• हत्वा: having slain

• करजैः: with claws/nails

• निशितैः: sharpened, keen

• स्वयम्: Himself

• दैत्येन्द्रैः: with the chief Daityas (lords among demons)

• बहुभिः: many

• सार्धम्: together with

• हितार्थम्: for the sake of benefit/welfare

• जगताम्: of the worlds/of all beings

• प्रभुः: the Lord, sovereign (Pati).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages, recounting the Lord’s world-protecting deeds)