Shloka 17
The Slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa and the Triumph of Varāha
अथोरुधासृजन्मायां योगमायेश्वरे हरौ । यां विलोक्य प्रजास्त्रस्ता मेनिरेऽस्योपसंयमम् ॥ १७ ॥
athorudhāsṛjan māyāṁ yoga-māyeśvare harau yāṁ vilokya prajās trastā menire ’syopasaṁyamam
Gayunpaman, ang demonyo ay gumamit ng maraming salamangka laban sa Personalidad ng Diyos, na siyang Panginoon ng yoga-māyā. Sa pagkakita nito, ang mga tao ay napuno ng takot at inisip na ang paggunaw ng uniberso ay malapit na.
The fighting enjoyment of the Supreme Lord with His devotee, who had been converted into a demon, appeared severe enough to bring about the dissolution of the universe. This is the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; even the wavering of His little finger appears to be a great and very dangerous movement in the eyes of the inhabitants of the universe.
FAQs
This verse calls Hari the controller of Yogamāyā, indicating that His forms and actions are deliberate divine displays, not material transformations, and that He governs how beings perceive reality.
Seeing the Lord’s intensely fearsome, blood-streaked manifestation, the prajāḥ assumed it signaled cosmic withdrawal (upasaṁyama), since such overwhelming divine power resembles the mood of dissolution.
It reminds a devotee not to panic at overwhelming events: the Supreme Lord remains the master of all energies, and apparent “chaos” can still be within divine control—encouraging steadiness and faith.