CHAPTER SEVEN
Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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ब्रह्मोवाच
यत्रोद्यतः क्षितितलोद्धरणाय विभ्रत् क्रौडीं तनुं सकलयज्ञमयीमनन्तः । अन्तर्महार्णव उपागतमादिदैत्यं तं दंष्ट्रयाद्रिमिव वज्रधरो ददार ॥ १ ॥
brahmovāca yatrodyataḥ kṣiti-taloddharaṇāya bibhrat krauḍīm tanum sakala-yajña-mayīm anantaḥ antar-mahārṇava upāgatam ādi-daityam tam damṣṭrayādrim iva vajra-dharo dadāra
brahmā uvāca —Lord Brahmā said;  yatra —at that time (when);  udyataḥ —attempted;  kṣiti-tala —the earthly planet;  uddharaṇāya —for the matter of lifting;  bibhrat —assumed;  krauḍīm —pastimes;  tanum —form;  sakala —total;  yajña-mayīm —all-inclusive sacrifices;  anantaḥ —the Unlimited;  antar —within the universe;  mahā-arṇave —the great Garbha Ocean;  upāgatam —having arrived at;  ādi —the first;  daityam —demon;  tam —him;  damṣṭrayā —by the tusk;  adrim —the flying mountains;  iva —like;  vajra-dharaḥ —the controller of the thunderbolts;  dadāra —pierced.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā said: At the time when the unlimitedly powerful Lord assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift up the earthly planet, which was drowned in the great ocean of the universe called the Garbhodaka, the first demon [Hiraṇyākṣa] appeared, and the Lord pierced him with His tusk.
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