PLATE FIVE

After He had killed the great demon Hiranyakasipu, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead Lord Nrsirnhadeva, who had many, many arms,
threw the demon’s body aside and turned toward his soldiers. These
soldiers had come in thousands to battle Lord Nrsimhadeva with raised
weapons and were very faithful followers of Hiranyakasipu, but the Lord
killed all of them merely with the ends of His nails. The hair on
Nrsimmhadeva’s head shook the clouds and scattered them here and there,
His glaring eyes stole the effulgence of the luminaries of the sky, and His
breathing agitated the seas and oceans. Because of His roaring, all the
elephants in the world began to cry in fear. Airplanes were thrown into
outer space and the upper planetary system by the hair on
Nrsirnhadeva’s head. Because of the pressure of the Lord’s lotus feet, the
earth appeared to slip from its position, and all the hills and mountains
sprang up because of His intolerable force. Because of the Lord’s bodily
effulgence, both the sky and all directions diminished in their natural il-
lumination. Manifesting a full effulgence and a fearsome countenance,
Lord Nrsitnhadeva exhibited His great anger, power and opulence.
(pp. 151-154)
