अलक्षितोऽग्नौ पतित: पतङ्गमो यथा नृसिंहौजसि सोऽसुरस्तदा । न तद्विचित्रं खलु सत्त्वधामनि स्वतेजसा यो नु पुरापिबत् तम: ॥ २४ ॥
alaksito ’gnau patitah patangamo yatha nrsimhaujasi so ’suras tada na tad vicitram khalu sattva-dhamani sva-tejasa yo nu purapibat tamah
- alaksitah
- invisible
- agnau
- in the fire
- patitah
- fallen
- patangamah
- an insect
- yatha
- just as
- nrsimha
- of Lord Nrsimhadeva
- ojasi
- in the effulgence
- sah
- he
- asurah
- Hiranyakasipu
- tada
- at that time
- na
- not
- tat
- that
- vicitram
- wonderful
- khalu
- indeed
- sattva-dhamani
- in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in pure goodness
- sva-tejasa
- by His own effulgence
- yah
- He who (the Lord)
- nu
- indeed
- pura
- formerly
- apibat
- swallowed up
- tamah
- the darkness within the material creation
Just as a small insect falls forcefully into a fire and the insignificant creature becomes invisible, when Hiranyakasipu attacked the Lord, who was full of effulgence, Hiranyakasipu became invisible. This is not at all astonishing, for the Lord is always situated in pure goodness. Formerly, during creation, He entered the dark universe and illuminated it by His spiritual effulgence.