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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.18
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- caturdaśaṁ nārasiṁhaṁ
- bibhrad daityendram ūrjitam
- dadāra karajair ūrāv
- erakāṁ kaṭa-kṛd yathā
caturdaśamthe fourteenth in the line — the fourteenth in the line; nārathe incarnation of the Lord as half-man and half-lion-siṁhamthe incarnation of the Lord as half-man and half-lion — the incarnation of the Lord as half-man and half-lion; bibhratadvented — advented; daityathe king of the atheists-indramthe king of the atheists — the king of the atheists; ūrjitamstrongly built — strongly built; dadārabifurcated — bifurcated; karajaiḥby the nails — by the nails; ūrauon the lap — on the lap; erakāmcanes — canes; kaṭacarpenter-kṛtcarpenter — carpenter; yathājust like — just like.
In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.