Text 44] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons
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तस्योदराभस्वविदीर्णवपाद् य आर्ल्छत्  
 तस्मै नमो नृहरयेऽखिलधर्मगोप्त्रे ॥४४॥
śrī-pitara ūcuḥ 
śrāddhāni no 'dhibubhuje prasabham tanūjair 
dattāni tīrtha-samaye 'py apibat tilāmbu 
tasyodarān nakha-vidīrṇa-vapād ya ārcchat 
tasmai namo nṛharaye 'khila-dharma-goptre
śrī-pitaraḥ ūcuḥ —the inhabitants of Pitṛloka said;  śrāddhāni —the performances of the  śrāddha  ceremony (offering of food grains to dead forefathers by a particular process);  naḥ —our;  adhibubhuje —enjoyed;  prasabham —by force;  tanūjaiḥ —by our sons and grandsons;  dattāni —offered;  tīrtha-samaye —at the time of bathing in the holy places;  api —even;  apibat —drank;  tila-ambu —offerings of water with sesame seeds;  tasya —of the demon;  udarāt —from the abdomen;  nakha-vidīrṇa —pierced by the nails of the hand;  vapāt —the skin of the intestines of which;  yaḥ —He who (the Personality of Godhead);  ārcchat —obtained;  tasmai —unto Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  nṛ-haraye —who has appeared as half lion and half man (Nṛhari);  akhila —universal;  dharma —religious principles;  goptre —who maintains.
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of Pitṛloka prayed: Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Lord Nṛsirinhadeva, the maintainer of the religious principles of the universe. He has killed Hiraṇyakaśipu, the demon who by force enjoyed all the offerings of the śrāddha ceremonies performed by our sons and grandsons on the anniversaries of our death and who drank the water with sesame seeds offered in holy places of pilgrimage. By killing this demon, O Lord, You have taken back all this stolen property from his abdomen by piercing it with Your nails. We therefore wish to offer our respectful obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
It is the duty of all householders to offer food grains to all their departed forefathers, but during the time of Hiraṇyakaśipu this process