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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- taṁ vīram ārād abhipadya vismayaḥ
- śayiṣyase vīra-śaye śvabhir vṛtaḥ
- yas tvad-vidhānām asatāṁ praśāntaye
- rūpāṇi dhatte sad-anugrahecchayā
tamHim — Him; vīramthe great hero — the great hero; ārātquickly — quickly; abhipadyaon reaching — on reaching; vismayaḥrid of pride — rid of pride; śayiṣyaseyou will lie down — you will lie down; vīraśayeon the battlefield — on the battlefield; śvabhiḥby dogs — by dogs; vṛtaḥsurrounded — surrounded; yaḥHe who — He who; tvatlike you-vidhānāmlike you — like you; asatāmof wicked persons — of wicked persons; praśāntayefor the extermination — for the extermination; rūpāṇiforms — forms; dhatteHe assumes — He assumes; satto the virtuous — to the virtuous; anugrahato show His grace — to show His grace; icchayāwith a desire — with a desire.
Varuṇa continued: On reaching Him you will be rid of your pride at once and will lie down on the field of battle, surrounded by dogs, for eternal sleep. It is in order to exterminate wicked fellows like you and to show His grace to the virtuous that He assumes His various incarnations like Varāha.
Asuras do not know that their bodies consist of the five elements of material nature and that when they fall they become objects of pastimes for dogs and vultures. Varuṇa advised Hiraṇyākṣa to meet Viṣṇu in His boar incarnation so that his hankering for aggressive war would be satisfied and his powerful body would be vanquished.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Seventeenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe."