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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 18]
the Vedic knowledge, and in due course of time it is again distributed through the medium of Lord Brahmā. Brahmā is the trustworthy representative of the Supreme Lord. Therefore when he again asked for the treasure of Vedic knowledge, the Lord fulfilled his desire.
TEXT 7
हरिवर्षे चापि भगवान्नरहरिरूपेणास्ते। तद्रूपग्रहणनिमित्तमुत्तरत्राभिधास्ये। तद्दयितं रूपं महापुरुषगुणभाजनो महाभागवतो दैत्यदानवकुलतीर्थी-करणशीलाचरितः प्रह्लादोऽव्यवधानानन्यभक्तियोगेन सह तद्वर्षपुरुषैरुपास्ते इदं चोदाहरति ॥७॥
hari-varṣe cāpi bhagavān nara-hari-rūpeṇāste. tad-rūpa-grahaṇa-nimittam uttaratrābhidhāsye. tad dayitam rūpam mahā-puruṣa-guṇa-bhājano mahā-bhāgavato daitya-dānava-kula-tīrthīkaraṇa-śīlā-caritaḥ prahlādo 'vyavadhānānanya-bhakti-yogena saha tad-varṣa-puruṣair upāste idam codāharati.
hari-varṣe —in the tract of land known as Harivarṣa;  ca —also;  api —indeed;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  nara-hari-rūpeṇa —His form of Nṛsiṁhadeva;  āste —is situated;  tat-rūpa-grahaṇa-nimittam —the reason why Lord Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) assumed the form of Nṛsiṁha;  uttaratra —in later chapters;  abhidhāsye —I shall describe;  tat —that;  dayitam —most pleasing;  rūpam —form of the Lord;  mahā-puruṣa-guṇa-bhājanaḥ —Prahlāda Mahārāja, who is the abode of all the good qualities of great personalities;  mahā-bhāgavataḥ —the top-most devotee;  daitya-dānava-kula-tīrthī-karaṇa-śīlā-caritaḥ —whose activities and character were so exalted that he delivered all the  daityas  (demons) born in his family;  prahlādaḥ —Mahārāja Prahlāda;  avyavadhāna-ananya-bhakti-yogena —by uninterrupted and unflinching devotional service;  saha —with;  tat-varṣa-puruṣaiḥ —the inhabitants of Hari-varṣa;  upāste —offers obeisances to and worships;  idam —this;  ca —and;  udāharati —chants.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva resides in the tract of land known as Hari-varṣa. In the Seventh