698 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 17
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Saft et aeaMe SAT 113.211
tam viram drad abhipadya vismayah
Sayisyase vira-saye Svabhir urtah
yas tvad-vidhandm asatam prasantaye
rupani dhatte sad-anugrahecchaya
tam—Him; viram—the great hero; drat—quickly ; abhipadya—on reaching;
vismayah—rid of pride; saysyase—you will lie down; vira-Saye—on the
battlefield; svuabhih—by dogs; vrtah—surrounded; yah—HWe who; tvat-
vidhanam—like you; asatam—of wicked persons; prasdntaye—for the ex-
termination; riépani—forms; dhatte—He assumes; sat—to the virtuous;
anugraha—to show His grace; iechayd—with a desire.
TRANSLATION
Varuna continued: On reaching Him you will be rid of your pride at
once and will lie down on the field of battle, surrounded by dogs, for
eternal sleep. It is in order to exterminate wicked fellows like you and to
show His grace to the virtuous that He assumes His various incarnations
like Varaha.
PURPORT
Asuras do not know that their bodies consist of the five elements of
material nature and that when they fall they become objects of pastimes
for dogs and vultures. Varuna advised Hiranyaksa to meet Visnu in [is
boar incarnation so that his hankering for aggressive war would be satis-
fied and his powerful body would be vanquished.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Seventeenth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, “Victory of Hiranyaksa
Over All the Directions of the Universe.”
