स सत्त्वमेनं परितो विपश्यन् स्तम्भस्य मध्यादनुनिर्जिहानम् । नायं मृगो नापि नरो विचित्र- महो किमेतन्नृमृगेन्द्ररूपम् ॥ १८ ॥
sa sattvam enam parito vipasyan stambhasya madhyad anunirjihanam nayam mrgo napi naro vicitram aho kim etan nr-mrgendra-rupam
- sah
- he (Hiranyakasipu, the King of the Daityas)
- sattvam
- living being
- enam
- that
- paritah
- all around
- vipasyan
- looking
- stambhasya
- of the pillar
- madhyat
- from the midst
- anunirjihanam
- having come out
- na
- not
- ayam
- this
- mrgah
- animal
- na
- not
- api
- indeed
- narah
- human being
- vicitram
- very wonderful
- aho
- alas
- kim
- what
- etat
- this
- nr-mrga-indra-rupam
- the form of both a man and the king of the beasts, the lion
While Hiranyakasipu looked all around to find the source of the sound, that wonderful form of the Lord, which could not be ascertained to be either a man or a lion, emerged from the pillar. In amazement, Hiranyakasipu wondered, What is this creature that is half man and half lion