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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 8: Lord Nrisimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.34
tatah sabhāyām upavishtam uttame
nripāsane sambhrita-tejasam vibhum
alakshita-dvairatham atyamarshanam
pracanda-vaktram na babhāja kaścana
SYNONYMS
tatah — thereafter; sabhāyām — in the assembly house; upavishtam — seated; uttame — on the best; nripa-āsane — throne (upon which King Hiranyakaśipu used to sit); sambhrita-tejasam — in full effulgence; vibhum — the Supreme Lord; alakshita-dvairatham — whose challenger or enemy was not seen; ati — very much; amarshanam — fearsome (due to His anger); pracanda — terrible; vaktram — face; na — not; babhāja — worshiped; kaścana — anyone.
TRANSLATION
Manifesting a full effulgence and a fearsome countenance, Lord Nrisimha, being very angry and finding no contestant to face His power and opulence, then sat down in the assembly hall on the excellent throne of the king. Because of fear and obedience, no one could come forward to serve the Lord directly.
PURPORT
When the Lord sat on the throne of Hiranyakaśipu, there was no one to protest; no enemy came forward on behalf of Hiranyakaśipu to fight with the Lord. This means that His supremacy was immediately accepted by the demons. Another point is that although Hiranyakaśipu treated the Lord as his bitterest enemy, he was the Lord's faithful servant in Vaikuntha, and therefore the Lord had no hesitation in sitting on the throne that Hiranyakaśipu had so laboriously created. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura remarks in this connection that sometimes, with great care and attention, great saintly persons and rishis offer the Lord valuable seats dedicated with Vedic mantras and tantras, but still the Lord does not sit upon those thrones. Hiranyakaśipu, however, had formerly been Jaya, the doorkeeper at the Vaikuntha gate, and although he had fallen because of the curse of the brāhmanas and had gotten the nature of a demon, and although he had never offered anything to the Lord as Hiranyakaśipu, the Lord is so affectionate to His devotee and servant that He nonetheless took pleasure in sitting on the throne that Hiranyakaśipu had created. In this regard it is to be understood that a devotee is fortunate in any condition of his life.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness