Text 14] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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TEXT 14
त्रैपिष्टपोरुभयहा स नृसिंहरूपं 
  कृत्वा भ्रमद्भुकुटिदंष्ट्रकरालवक्त्रम् । 
  दैत्येन्द्रमाशु गदयाभिपतन्तमारा- 
  दूरौ नियात्य विददार नखैः स्फुरन्तम्॥१४॥
trai-piṣṭaporu-bhaya-hā sa nṛsiṁha-rūpaṁ 
  kṛtvā bhramad-bhrukuṭi-daṁṣṭra-karāla-vaktram 
  daityendram āśu gadayābhipatantam 
  ārād ūrau nipātya vidadāra nakhaiḥ sphurantam
trai-piṣṭapa —the demigods;  uru-bhaya-hā —one who vanquishes great fears;  saḥ —He, the Personality of Godhead;  nṛsiṁha-rūpam —assuming the incarnation Nṛsiṁha;  kṛtvā —doing so;  bhramat —by rolling;  bhru-kuṭi —eyebrows;  daṁṣṭra —teeth;  karāla —greatly fearful;  vaktram —mouth;  daitya-indram —the king of the demons;  āśu —immediately;  gadayā —with club in hand;  abhipatantam —while falling down;  ārāt —nearby;  ūrau —on the thighs;  nipātya —placing on;  vidadāra —pierced;  nakhaiḥ —by the nails;  sphurantam —while challenging.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead assumed the incarnation of Narasiṁhadeva in order to vanquish the great fears of the demigods. He killed the king of the demons [Hiraṇyakaśipu], who challenged the Lord with a club in his hand, by placing the demon on His thighs and piercing him with His nails, rolling His eyebrows in anger and showing His fearful teeth and mouth.
PURPORT
The history of Hiraṇyakaśipu and his great devotee son Prahlāda Mahārāja is narrated in the Seventh Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . Hiraṇyakaśipu became very powerful by material achievements and thought himself to be immortal by the grace of Brahmājī. Brahmājī declined to award him the benediction of immortality because he himself is not an immortal being. But Hiraṇyakaśipu derived Brahmājī's benediction in a roundabout way, almost equal to becoming an immortal being. Hiraṇyakaśipu was sure that he would not be killed by any man or demigod or by