Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.27

tam manyamāno nija-vīrya-śańkitam

yad dhasta-mukto nriharim mahāsurah

punas tam āsajjata khadga-carmanī

pragrihya vegena gata-śramo mridhe

SYNONYMS

tam — Him (Lord Nrisimhadeva); manyamānah — thinking; nija-vīrya-śańkitam — afraid of his prowess; yat — because; hasta-muktah — freed from the clutches of the Lord; nri-harim — Lord Nrisimhadeva; mahā-asurah — the great demon; punah — again; tam — Him; āsajjata — attacked; khadga-carmanī — his sword and shield; pragrihya — taking up; vegena — with great force; gata-śramah — his fatigue having gone; mridhe — in the battle.

TRANSLATION

When Hiranyakaśipu was freed from the hands of Nrisimhadeva, he falsely thought that the Lord was afraid of his prowess. Therefore, after taking a little rest from the fight, he took up his sword and shield and again attacked the Lord with great force.

PURPORT

When a sinful man enjoys material facilities, foolish people sometimes think, "How is it that this sinful man is enjoying whereas a pious man is suffering?" By the will of the Supreme, a sinful man is sometimes given the chance to enjoy the material world as if he were not under the clutches of material nature, just so that he may be fooled. A sinful man who acts against the laws of nature must be punished, but sometimes he is given a chance to play, exactly like Hiranyakaśipu when he was released from the hands of Nrisimhadeva. Hiranyakaśipu was destined to be ultimately killed by Nrisimhadeva, but just to see the fun, the Lord gave him a chance to slip from His hands.

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