प्रायेण मेऽयं हरिणोरुमायिना वध: स्मृतोऽनेन समुद्यतेन किम् । एवं ब्रुवंस्त्वभ्यपतद् गदायुधो नदन् नृसिंहं प्रति दैत्यकुञ्जर: ॥ २३ ॥
prayena me ’yam harinorumayina vadhah smrto ’nena samudyatena kim evam bruvams tv abhyapatad gadayudho nadan nrsimham prati daitya-kunjarah
- prayena
- probably
- me
- of me
- ayam
- this
- harina
- by the Supreme Lord
- uru-mayina
- who possesses the great mystic power
- vadhah
- the death
- smrtah
- planned
- anena
- with this
- samudyatena
- endeavor
- kim
- what use
- evam
- in this way
- bruvan
- murmuring
- tu
- indeed
- abhyapatat
- attacked
- gada-ayudhah
- armed with his weapon, the club
- nadan
- loudly roaring
- nr-simham
- the Lord, appearing in the form of half lion and half man
- prati
- toward
- daitya-kunjarah
- Hiranyakasipu, who was like an elephant
Hiranyakasipu murmured to himself, Lord Visnu, who possesses great mystic power, has made this plan to kill me, but what is the use of such an attempt? Who can fight with me Thinking like this and taking up his club, Hiranyakasipu attacked the Lord like an elephant.