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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- vidura uvāca
- tenaiva tu muni-śreṣṭha
- hariṇā yajña-mūrtinā
- ādi-daityo hiraṇyākṣo
- hata ity anuśuśruma
viduraḥŚrī Vidura said uvācaŚrī Vidura said — Śrī Vidura said; tenaby Him — by Him; evacertainly — certainly; tubut — but; muniO chief among the sages-śreṣṭhaO chief among the sages — O chief among the sages; hariṇāby the Personality of Godhead — by the Personality of Godhead; yajñathe form of sacrifices-mūrtināthe form of sacrifices — the form of sacrifices; ādioriginal — original; daityaḥdemon — demon; hiraṇyākṣaḥby the name Hiraṇyākṣa — by the name Hiraṇyākṣa; hataḥslain — slain; itithus — thus; anuśuśrumaheard in succession — heard in succession.
Śrī Vidura said: O chief amongst the great sages, I have heard by disciplic succession that Hiraṇyākṣa, the original demon, was slain by the same form of sacrifices, the Personality of Godhead [Lord Boar].
As referred to previously, the boar incarnation was manifested in two millenniums—namely Svāyambhuva and Cākṣuṣa. In both millenniums there was a boar incarnation of the Lord, but in the Svāyambhuva millennium He lifted the earth from within the water of the universe, whereas in the Cākṣuṣa millennium He killed the first demon, Hiraṇyākṣa. In the Svāyambhuva millennium He assumed the color white, and in the Cākṣuṣa millennium He assumed the color red. Vidura had already heard about one of them, and he proposed to hear about the other. The two different boar incarnations described are the one Supreme Personality of Godhead.