Madhya-līlāChapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 8.6

ugro 'py anugra evāyaḿ

sva-bhaktānāḿ nṛ-keśarī

keśarīva sva-potānām

anyeṣāḿ ugra-vikramaḥ

SYNONYMS

ugraḥ — ferocious; api — although; anugraḥ — not ferocious; eva — certainly; ayam — this; sva-bhaktānāmto His pure devotees; nṛ-keśarī — having the body of a human being and a lion; keśarī iva — like a lioness; sva-potānāmto her young cubs; anyeṣāmto others; ugra — ferocious; vikramaḥ — whose strength.

TRANSLATION

"'Although very ferocious, the lioness is very kind to her cubs. Similarly, although very ferocious to nondevotees like Hiraṇyakaśipu, Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva is very, very soft and kind to devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja.'"

PURPORT

This verse was composed by Śrīdhara Svāmī in his commentary on the Seventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.9.1).

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