Shloka 74

Devanagari script

पिज्लेक्षणसटं यस्य रूपं दंष्टानखायुधम्‌ । दानवेन्द्रान्तकरणं तस्मै दृप्तात्मने नमः:,जिनका नरसिंहरूप दानवराज हिरण्यकशिपुका अन्त करनेवाला था, उस समय जिनके नेत्र और कंधेके बाल पीले दिखायी पड़ते थे, बड़ी-बड़ी दाढ़ें और नख ही जिनके आयुध थे, उन दर्परूपधारी भगवान्‌ नरसिंहको प्रणाम है

Transliteration

piṅgekṣaṇaśaṭaṃ yasya rūpaṃ daṃṣṭā-nakhāyudham | dānavendrāntakaraṇaṃ tasmai dṛptātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระนรสิงห์ผู้ทรงเดชอันน่าเกรงขาม ผู้มีเนตรสีทองและมุ่นผมเป็นชฎา ผู้มีเขี้ยวและกรงเล็บเป็นอาวุธ และผู้ทรงทำลายราชาแห่งทานวะ คือหิรัณยกศิปุ

Word by Word

पिञ्जलेक्षणसटम्him whose eyes and mane are tawny/yellowish

यस्यwhose

रूपम्form

दंष्टानखायुधम्whose weapons are fangs and nails

दानवेन्द्रान्तकरणम्bringing about the end of the lord of the Dānavas

तस्मैto him

दृप्तात्मनेto the proud/dauntless-souled one

नमःsalutation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Narasimha (Nṛsiṃha)

Hiraṇyakaśipu

Dānavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverent devotion to the divine as protector of dharma: when arrogance and oppression rise, the Lord manifests powerfully to end tyranny and restore moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma offers a hymn of salutation to Lord Narasiṃha, vividly describing His tawny-eyed, fearsome form with fangs and claws, and recalling His killing of the demon-king Hiraṇyakaśipu.