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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 19]
ing;  gātraḥ —body;  udasta —bulged out;  locanaḥ —eyes;  viśīrṇa —broken;  bāhu —arms;  aṅghri —legs;  śiras-ruhaḥ —hair;  apatat —fell down;  yathā —like;  naga-indraḥ —a gigantic tree;  lulitaḥ —uprooted;  nabhasvatā —by the wind.
TRANSLATION
Though struck indifferently by the Lord, the conquerer 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.
PURPORT
It does not take even a moment for the Lord to kill any powerful demon, including Hiraṇyākṣa. He could have killed him long before, but He allowed him 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.
TEXT 27
श्वितौ शयानं तमकुण्ठवर्चसं 
    करालदंष्ट्रं परिदष्टदच्छदम् । 
    अजादयो वीक्ष्य शशंसुरागता 
    अहो इमां को नु लभेत संस्थितिम् ॥२७॥
kṣitau śayānam tam akuṇṭha-varcasam 
    karāla-daṁṣṭraṁ paridaṣṭa-dacchadam 
    ajādayo vīkṣya śaśaṁsur āgatā 
    aho imāṁ ko nu labheta saṁsthitim
kṣitau —on the ground;  śayānam —lying;  tam —Hiraṇyākṣa;  akuṇṭha —unfaded;  varcasam —glow;  karāla —fearful;  daṁṣṭram —teeth;  paridaṣṭa —bitten;  dat-chadam —lip;  aja-ādayaḥ —Brahmā and others;  vīkṣya —having seen;  śaśaṁsuḥ —admiringly said;  āgatāḥ —arrived;  aho —O;  imām —this;  kaḥ —who;  nu —indeed;  labheta —could meet;  saṁsthitim —death.