Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.30

samrambha-dushprekshya-karāla-locano

vyāttānanāntam vilihan sva-jihvayā

asrig-lavāktāruna-keśarānano

yathāntra-mālī dvipa-hatyayā harih

SYNONYMS

samrambha — because of great anger; dushprekshya — very difficult to look at; karāla — very fearful; locanah — eyes; vyātta — expanded; ānana-antam — the edge of the mouth; vilihan — licking; sva-jihvayā — with His tongue; asrik-lava — with spots of blood; ākta — smeared; aruna — reddish; keśara — mane; ānanah — and face; yathā — just as; antra-mālī — decorated with a garland of intestines; dvipa-hatyayā — by the killing of an elephant; harih — the lion.

TRANSLATION

Lord Nrisimhadeva's mouth and mane were sprinkled with drops of blood, and His fierce eyes, full of anger, were impossible to look at. Licking the edge of His mouth with His tongue, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nrisimhadeva, decorated with a garland of intestines taken from Hiranyakaśipu's abdomen, resembled a lion that has just killed an elephant.

PURPORT

The hair on Lord Nrisimhadeva's face, being sprinkled with drops of blood, was reddish and looked very beautiful. Lord Nrisimhadeva pierced Hiranyakaśipu's abdomen with His nails, pulled out the demon's intestines and wore them as a garland, which enhanced His beauty. Thus the Lord became very fearsome, like a lion engaged in fighting an elephant.

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