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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 9: Prahlāda Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.9.14
tad yaccha manyum asuraś ca hatas tvayādya
modeta sādhur api vriścika-sarpa-hatyā
lokāś ca nirvritim itāh pratiyanti sarve
rūpam nrisimha vibhayāya janāh smaranti
SYNONYMS
tat — therefore; yaccha — kindly give up; manyum — Your anger; asurah — my father, Hiranyakaśipu, the great demon; ca — also; hatah — killed; tvayā — by You; adya — today; modeta — take pleasure; sādhuh api — even a saintly person; vriścika-sarpa-hatyā — by killing a snake or a scorpion; lokāh — all the planets; ca — indeed; nirvritim — pleasure; itāh — have achieved; pratiyanti — are waiting (for pacification of Your anger); sarve — all of them; rūpam — this form; nrisimha — O Lord Nrisimhadeva; vibhayāya — for mitigating their fear; janāh — all the people of the universe; smaranti — will remember.
TRANSLATION
My Lord Nrisimhadeva, please, therefore, cease Your anger now that my father, the great demon Hiranyakaśipu, has been killed. Since even saintly persons take pleasure in the killing of a scorpion or a snake, all the worlds have achieved great satisfaction because of the death of this demon. Now they are confident of their happiness, and they will always remember Your auspicious incarnation in order to be free from fear.
PURPORT
The most important point in this verse is that although saintly persons never desire the killing of any living entity, they take pleasure in the killing of envious living entities like snakes and scorpions. Hiranyakaśipu was killed because he was worse than a snake or a scorpion, and therefore everyone was happy. Now there was no need for the Lord to be angry. The devotees can always remember the form of Nrisimhadeva when they are in danger, and therefore the appearance of Nrisimhadeva was not at all inauspicious. The Lord's appearance is always worshipable and auspicious for all sane persons and devotees.
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