Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.26

sa tasya hastotkalitas tadāsuro

vikrīdato yadvad ahir garutmatah

asādhv amanyanta hritaukaso 'marā

ghana-cchadā bhārata sarva-dhishnya-pāh

SYNONYMS

sah — he (Hiranyakaśipu); tasya — of Him (Lord Nrisimhadeva); hasta — from the hands; utkalitah — slipped; tadā — at that time; asurah — the King of the demons, Hiranyakaśipu; vikrīdatah — playing; yadvat — exactly like; ahih — a snake; garutmatah — of Garuda; asādhu — not very good; amanyanta — considered; hrita-okasah — whose abodes were taken by Hiranyakaśipu; amarāh — the demigods; ghana-cchadāh — situated behind a cover of clouds; bhārata — O great son of Bhārata; sarva-dhishnya-pāh — the rulers of the heavenly planets.

TRANSLATION

O Yudhishthira, O great son of Bhārata, when Lord Nrisimhadeva gave Hiranyakaśipu a chance to slip from His hand, just as Garuda sometimes plays with a snake and lets it slip from his mouth, the demigods, who had lost their abodes and who were hiding behind the clouds for fear of the demon, did not consider that incident very good. Indeed, they were perturbed.

PURPORT

When Hiranyakaśipu was in the process of being killed by Lord Nrisimhadeva, the Lord gave the demon a chance to slip from His clutches. This incident was not very much appreciated by the demigods, for they were greatly afraid of Hiranyakaśipu. They knew that if somehow or other Hiranyakaśipu escaped from Nrisimhadeva's hands and saw that the demigods were looking forward to his death with great pleasure, he would take great revenge upon them. Therefore they were very much afraid.

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