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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 19]
TEXT 6
यं विनिर्जित्य कृच्छ्रेण विष्णुः क्ष्मोद्धार आगतम् । 
  आत्मानं जयिनं मेने तद्वीर्य भूर्यनुसरन् ॥ ६ ॥
yam vinirjitya kṛcchreṇa 
  viṣṇuḥ kṣmoddhāra āgatam 
  ātmānam jayinam mene 
  tad-vīryam bhūry anusmaran
yam—whom; vinirjitya—after conquering; kṛcchreṇa—with great difficulty; viṣṇuḥ—Lord Viṣṇu in His incarnation as a boar; kṣmā-uddhāre—at the time when the earth was delivered; āgatam—appeared before Him; ātmānam—personally, Himself; jayinam—victorious; mene—considered; tat-vīryam—the prowess of Hiraṇyākṣa; bhūri—constantly, or more and more; anusmaran—thinking about.
TRANSLATION
When delivering the earth from the Garbhodaka Sea, Lord Viṣṇu, in His incarnation as a boar, killed Hiraṇyākṣa, who had appeared before Him. The fight was severe, and the Lord killed Hiraṇyākṣa with great difficulty. Later, as the Lord thought about the uncommon prowess of Hiraṇyākṣa, He felt Himself victorious indeed.
TEXT 7
निशम्य तद्वथं भ्राता हिरण्यकशिपुः पुरा । 
  हन्तुं भ्रातृहणं क्रुद्धो जगाम निलयं हरेः ॥ ७ ॥
niśāmya tad-vadham bhrātā 
  hiraṇyakaśipuḥ purā 
  hantum bhrātṛ-haṇam kruddho 
  jagāma nilayam hareḥ
niśāmya—after hearing; tat-vadham—the killing of Hiraṇyākṣa; bhrātā—the brother; hiraṇyakaśipuḥ—Hiraṇyakaśipu; purā—formerly; hantum—just to kill; bhrātṛ-haṇam—the killer of his brother;