118 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 8

As soon as Hiranyakasipu struck the column, there issued forth a
tumultuous sound. At first Hiranyakasipu, the King of the demons, could
not see anything but the pillar, but to substantiate Prahlada’s statements,
the Lord came out of the pillar in His wonderful incarnation as
Narasimha, half lion and half man. Hiranyakasipu could immediately
understand that the extraordinarily wonderful form of the Lord was
surely meant for his death, and thus he prepared to fight with the form
of half lion and half man. The Lord performed His pastimes by fighting
with the demon for some time, and in the evening, on the border be-
tween day and night, the Lord captured the demon, threw him on His
lap, and killed him by piercing his abdomen with His nails. The Lord not
only killed Hiranyakasipu, the King of the demons, but also killed many
of his followers. When there was no one else to fight, the Lord, roaring
with anger, sat down on Hiranyakasipu’s throne.

The entire universe was thus relieved of the rule of Hiranyakasipu,
and everyone was jubilant in transcendental bliss. Then all the demigods,
headed by Lord Brahma, approached the Lord. These included the great
saintly persons, the Pitas, the Siddhas, the Vidyadharas, the Nagas, the
Manus, the prajdpatis, the Gandharvas, the Caranas, the Yaksas, the
Kimpurusas, the Vaitalikas, the Kinnaras and also many other varieties
of beings in human form. All of them stood not far from the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and began offering their prayers unto the Lord,
whose spiritual effulgence was brilliant as He sat on the throne.

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Sri-na@rada uvdca
atha daitya-sutah sarve
Srutva tad-anuvarnitam
Jagrhur niravadyatvan
naiva gurv-anusiksitam

Sri-néradah uvaca—Sri Narada Muni said; atha—thereupon; daitya-

sutah—the sons of the demons (the class friends of Prahlada Maharaja);
