विष्वक्स्फुरन्तं ग्रहणातुरं हरि- र्व्यालो यथाखुं कुलिशाक्षतत्वचम् । द्वार्यूरुमापत्य ददार लीलया नखैर्यथाहिं गरुडो महाविषम् ॥ २९ ॥
visvak sphurantam grahanaturam harir vyalo yathakhum kulisaksata-tvacam dvary urum apatya dadara lilaya nakhair yathahim garudo maha-visam
- visvak
- all around
- sphurantam
- moving his limbs
- grahana-aturam
- afflicted because of being captured
- harih
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nrsimhadeva
- vyalah
- a snake
- yatha
- just as
- akhum
- a mouse
- kulisa-aksata
- not cut even by the thunderbolt thrown by Indra
- tvacam
- whose skin
- dvari
- on the threshold of the door
- urum
- on His thigh
- apatya
- placing
- dadara
- pierced
- lilaya
- very easily
- nakhaih
- with the nails
- yatha
- just as
- ahim
- a snake
- garudah
- Garuda, the carrier of Lord Visnu
- maha-visam
- very venomous
As a snake captures a mouse or Garuda captures a very venomous snake, Lord Nrsimhadeva captured Hiranyakasipu, who could not be pierced even by the thunderbolt of King Indra. As Hiranyakasipu moved his limbs here, there and all around, very much afflicted at being captured, Lord Nrsimhadeva placed the demon on His lap, supporting him with His thighs, and in the doorway of the assembly hall the Lord very easily tore the demon to pieces with the nails of His hand.