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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 8: Lord Nrisimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.56
adyaitad dhari-nara-rūpam adbhutam te
drishtam nah śaranada sarva-loka-śarma
so 'yam te vidhikara īśa vipra-śaptas
tasyedam nidhanam anugrahāya vidmah
SYNONYMS
śrī-vishnu-pārshadāh ūcuh — the associates of Lord Vishnu in Vaikunthaloka said; adya — today; etat — this; hari-nara — of half lion and half human being; rūpam — form; adbhutam — very wonderful; te — Your; drishtam — seen; nah — of us; śarana-da — the everlasting bestower of shelter; sarva-loka-śarma — which brings good fortune to all the various planets; sah — he; ayam — this; te — of Your Lordship; vidhikarah — order carrier (servant); īśa — O Lord; vipra-śaptah — being cursed by the brāhmanas; tasya — of him; idam — this; nidhanam — killing; anugrahāya — for the special favor; vidmah — we understand.
TRANSLATION
The associates of Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha offered this prayer: O Lord, our supreme giver of shelter, today we have seen Your wonderful form as Lord Nrisimhadeva, meant for the good fortune of all the world. O Lord, we can understand that Hiranyakaśipu was the same Jaya who engaged in Your service but was cursed by brāhmanas and who thus received the body of a demon. We understand that his having now been killed is Your special mercy upon him.
PURPORT
Hiranyakaśipu's coming to this earth and acting as the Lord's enemy was prearranged. Jaya and Vijaya were cursed by the brāhmanas Sanaka, Sanat-kumāra, Sanandana and Sanātana because Jaya and Vijaya checked these four Kumāras. The Lord accepted this cursing of His servants and agreed that they would have to go to the material world and would then return to Vaikuntha after serving the term of the curse. Jaya and Vijaya were very much perturbed, but the Lord advised them to act as enemies, for then they would return after three births; otherwise, ordinarily, they would have to take seven births. With this authority, Jaya and Vijaya acted as the Lord's enemies, and now that these two were dead, all the Vishnudūtas understood that the Lord's killing of Hiranyakaśipu was special mercy bestowed upon them.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Seventh Canto, Eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Lord Nrisimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons."
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness