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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.26
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 26
- sa āhato viśva-jitā hy avajñayā
- paribhramad-gātra udasta-locanaḥ
- viśīrṇa-bāhv-aṅghri-śiroruho 'patad
- yathā nagendro lulito nabhasvatā
saḥhe — he; āhataḥhaving been struck — having been struck; viśvaby the Supreme Personality of Godhead-jitāby the Supreme Personality of Godhead — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hithough — though; avajñayāindifferently — indifferently; paribhramatwheeling — wheeling; gātraḥbody — body; udastabulged out — bulged out; locanaḥeyes — eyes; viśīrṇabroken — broken; bāhuarms — arms; aṅghrilegs — legs; śiraḥhair-ruhaḥhair — hair; apatatfell down — fell down; yathālike — like; nagaa gigantic tree-indraḥa gigantic tree — a gigantic tree; lulitaḥuprooted — uprooted; nabhasvatāby the wind — by the wind.
Though struck indifferently by the Lord, the conqueror of all, the demon's body began to wheel. His eyeballs bulged out of their sockets. His arms and legs broken and the hair on his head scattered, he fell down dead, like a gigantic tree uprooted by the wind.
It does not take even a moment for the Lord to kill any powerful demon, including Hiraṇyākṣa. The Lord could have killed him long before, but He allowed the demon to display the full extent of his magical feats. One may know that by magical feats, by scientific advancement of knowledge or by material power one cannot become the equal of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His one signal is sufficient to destroy all our attempts. His inconceivable power, as displayed here, is so strong that the demon, despite all his demoniac maneuvers, was killed by the Lord when the Lord desired, simply by one slap.