चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् । ददार करजैरूरावेरकां कटकृद्यथा ॥ १८ ॥
caturdasam narasimham bibhrad daityendram urjitam dadara karajair urav erakam kata-krd yatha
- caturdasam
- the fourteenth in the line
- nara-simham
- the incarnation of the Lord as half-man and half-lion
- bibhrat
- advented
- daitya-indram
- the king of the atheists
- urjitam
- strongly built
- dadara
- bifurcated
- karajaih
- by the nails
- urau
- on the lap
- erakam
- canes
- kata-krt
- carpenter
- yatha
- just like.
In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nrsimha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiranyakasipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.