तुर्ये धर्मकलासर्गे नरनारायणावृषी । भूत्वात्मोपशमोपेतमकरोद्दुश्चरं तप: ॥ ९ ॥
turye dharma-kala-sarge nara-narayanav rsi bhutvatmopasamopetam akarod duscaram tapah
- turye
- in the fourth of the line
- dharma-kala
- wife of Dharmaraja
- sarge
- being born of
- nara-narayanau
- named Nara and Narayana
- rsi
- sages
- bhutva
- becoming
- atma-upasama
- controlling the senses
- upetam
- for achievement of
- akarot
- undertook
- duscaram
- very strenuous
- tapah
- penance.
In the fourth incarnation, the Lord became Nara and Narayana, the twin sons of the wife of King Dharma. Thus He undertook severe and exemplary penances to control the senses.