श्रीइन्द्र उवाच प्रत्यानीता: परम भवता त्रायता न: स्वभागा दैत्याक्रान्तं हृदयकमलं तद्गृहं प्रत्यबोधि । कालग्रस्तं कियदिदमहो नाथ शुश्रूषतां ते मुक्तिस्तेषां न हि बहुमता नारसिंहापरै: किम् ॥ ४२ ॥
sri-indra uvaca pratyanitah parama bhavata trayata nah sva-bhaga daityakrantam hrdaya-kamalam tad-grham pratyabodhi kala-grastam kiyad idam aho natha susrusatam te muktis tesam na hi bahumata narasimhaparaih kim
- sri-indrah uvaca
- Indra, the King of heaven, said
- pratyanitah
- recovered
- parama
- O Supreme
- bhavata
- by Your Lordship
- trayata
- who are protecting
- nah
- us
- sva-bhagah
- shares in the sacrifices
- daitya-akrantam
- afflicted by the demon
- hrdaya-kamalam
- the lotuslike cores of our hearts
- tat-grham
- which is actually Your residence
- pratyabodhi
- it has been illuminated
- kala-grastam
- devoured by time
- kiyat
- insignificant
- idam
- this (world)
- aho
- alas
- natha
- O Lord
- susrusatam
- for those who are always engaged in the service
- te
- of You
- muktih
- liberation from material bondage
- tesam
- of them (the pure devotees)
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- bahumata
- thought very important
- nara-simha
- O Lord Nrsimhadeva, half lion and half human being
- aparaih kim
- then what is the use of other possessions
King Indra said: O Supreme Lord, You are our deliverer and protector. Our shares of sacrifices, which are actually Yours, have been recovered from the demon by You. Because the demoniac king Hiranyakasipu was most fearsome, our hearts, which are Your permanent abode, were all overtaken by him. Now, by Your presence, the gloom and darkness in our hearts have been dissipated. O Lord, for those who always engage in Your service, which is more exalted than liberation, all material opulence is insignificant. They do not even care for liberation, not to speak of the benefits of kama, artha and dharma.