700 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 18

PURPORT

Materialistic warmongers are noteven afraid to fight with their mightiest
enemy, the Personality of Godhead. The demon was very encouraged to
learn from Varuna that there was one fighter who could actually combat
him, and he was very enthusiastic to search out the Supreme Personality
of Godhead just to give Him a fight, even though it was predicted by
Varuna that by fighting with Visnu he would become prey for dogs,
jackals and vultures. Since demoniac persons are less intelligent, they dare
to fight with Visnu, who is known as Ajita, or one who has never been
conquered.

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dadarsa tatrabhijitam dhara-dharam
pronniyamanavanim agra-damstraya

musnantam aksgna sva-ruco ‘runa-sriya
Jahasa caho vana-gocaro mrgah

dadarsa—he saw; tatra—there; abhijitam—the victorious; dhara—the earth;
dharam—bearing; pronniyamana—being raised upwards; avanim—the earth;
agra-damstraya—by the tip of His tusk; musnantam—who was diminishing;
aksna—with His eyes; sva-rucah— Hiranyaksa’s own splendor; aruna—reddish;
Sriya—radiant; jahdsa—he laughed; ca—and ; aho—O; vana-gocarah—amphib-
ious; mrgah—beast.

TRANSLATION

He saw there the all-powerful Personality of Godhead in His boar
incarnation bearing the earth upwards on the ends of His tusks and
robbing him of his splendor with His reddish eyes. The demon laughed:
O, an amphibious beast!

PURPORT

In a previous chapter we have discussed the incarnation of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead as Varaha, the boar. While Varaha, with His tusks,
