Text 19]
The Battle Between Lord Boar and Hiraṇyākṣa
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evam gadābhyām gurvībhyām haryakṣo harir eva ca jigīṣayā susamrabdhāv anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ
evam—in this way; gadābhyām—with their maces; gurvībhyām—huge; haryakṣaḥ—the demon Haryakṣa (Hiraṇyākṣa); hariḥ—Lord Hari; eva—certainly; ca—and; jigīṣayā—with a desire for victory; susamrabdhau—enraged; anyonyam—each other; abhijaghnatuḥ—they struck.
TRANSLATION
In this way, the demon Haryakṣa and the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, struck each other with their huge maces, each enraged and seeking his own victory.
PURPORT
Haryakṣa is another name for Hiraṇyākṣa, the demon.
TEXT 19
तयोः स्पृधोस्तिग्मगदाहताङ्गयोः क्षतास्रवघ्राणविवृद्धमन्य्योः । विचित्रमार्गाश्चरतोर्जिगीषया अभादितायामिव शुष्मिणोर्मृधः ॥१९॥
tayoḥ spṛdhos tigma-gadāhatāṅgayoḥ kṣatāsrava-ghrāṇa-vivṛddha-manyvoḥ vicitra-mārgāmś carator jigīṣayā vyabhād ilāyām iva śuṣmiṇor mṛdhaḥ
tayoḥ—them; spṛdhoḥ—the two combatants; tigma—pointed; gadā—by the maces; āhata—injured; aṅgayoḥ—their bodies; kṣata-āsrava—blood coming out from the injuries; ghrāṇa—smell; vivṛddha—increased; manyvoḥ—anger; vicitra—of various kinds; mārgān—maneuvers; caratoḥ—performing; jigīṣayā—with a desire to win; vyabhāt—it looked like; ilāyām—for the sake of a cow (or the earth); iva—like; śuṣmiṇoḥ—of two bulls; mṛdhaḥ—an encounter.