Text 26] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons
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tam vikramantam sagadam gadādharo mahoragam tārkṣya-suto yathāgrahīt
tataḥ—thereafter; abhipadya—attacking; abhyahanat—struck; mahā-asuraḥ—the great demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu); ruṣā—with anger; nṛsimham—Lord Nṛsimhadeva; gadayā—by his club; uru-vegayā—moving with great force; tam—him (Hiraṇyakaśipu); vikramantam—showing his prowess; sa-gadam—with his club; gadā-dharaḥ—Lord Nṛsimhadeva, who also holds a club in His hand; mahā-uragam—a great snake; tārkṣya-sutaḥ—Garuḍa, the son of Tārkṣya; yathā—just as; agrahīt—captured.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was extremely angry, swiftly attacked Nṛsimhadeva with his club and began to beat Him. Lord Nṛsimhadeva, however, captured the great demon, along with his club, just as Garuḍa might capture a great snake.
TEXT 26
स तस्य हस्तोत्कत्तितस्तदासुरो विक्रीडतो यद्वदहिर्गरुत्मतः । असाध्वमन्यन्त हृतौक्सोऽमरा घनच्छदा भारत सर्वधिष्ण्यपाः ॥२६॥
sa tasya hastotkalitas tadāsuro vikrīḍato yadvad ahir garutmataḥ asādhv amanyanta hṛtaukaso 'marā ghana-cchadā bhārata sarva-dhiṣṇya-pāḥ
saḥ—he (Hiraṇyakaśipu); tasya—of Him (Lord Nṛsimhadeva); hasta—from the hands; utkalitaḥ—slipped; tadā—at that time; asuraḥ—the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu; vikrīḍataḥ—playing; yadvat—exactly like; ahiḥ—a snake; garutmataḥ—of Garuḍa; asādhu—not very good; amanyanta—considered; hṛta-okasaḥ—whose abodes were taken by Hiraṇyakaśipu; amarāḥ—the demigods;