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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- tenettham āhataḥ kṣattar
- bhagavān ādi-sūkaraḥ
- nākampata manāk kvāpi
- srajā hata iva dvipaḥ
tenaby Hiraṇyākṣa — by Hiraṇyākṣa; itthamthus — thus; āhataḥstruck — struck; kṣattaḥO Vidura — O Vidura; bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādithe first boar-sūkaraḥthe first boar — the first boar; nadid not feel quaking akampatadid not feel quaking — did not feel quaking; manākeven slightly — even slightly; kvaanywhere apianywhere — anywhere; srajāby a garland of flowers — by a garland of flowers; hataḥstruck — struck; ivaas — as; dvipaḥan elephant — an elephant.
Hit in this manner by the demon, O Vidura, the Lord, who had appeared as the first boar, did not feel the least quaking in any part of His body, any more than an elephant would when struck with a wreath of flowers.
As previously explained, the demon was originally a servitor of the Lord in Vaikuṇṭha, but somehow or other he fell as a demon. His fight with the Supreme Lord was meant for his liberation. The Lord enjoyed the striking on His transcendental body, just like a fully grown-up father fighting with his child. Sometimes a father takes pleasure in having a mock fight with his small child, and similarly the Lord felt Hiraṇyākṣa's striking on His body to be like flowers offered for worship. In other words, the Lord desired to fight in order to enjoy His transcendental bliss; therefore He enjoyed the attack.