142 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 8

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prayena me ’yam harinorumayina
vadhah smrto ’nena samudyatena kim

evam bruvams tv abhyapatad gaddyudho
nadan nrsimham prati daitya-kunjarah

prayena—probably; me—of me; ayam—this; harind—by the
Supreme Lord; uru-mayinad—who possesses the great mystic power;
vadhah—the death; smrtah—planned; anena—with _ this;
samudyatena—endeavor; kim—what use; evam—in this way;
bruvan—murmuring; tu—indeed; abhyapatat—attacked; gada-
dyudhah—armed with his weapon, the club; nadan—loudly roaring;
nr-simham—the Lord, appearing in the form of half lion and half man;
prati—toward; daitya-kujjarah—Hiranyakasipu, who was like an
elephant.

TRANSLATION

Hiranyakasipu murmured to himself, ‘‘Lord Visnu, who
possesses great mystic power, has made this plan to kill me, but
what is the use of such an attempt? Who can fight with me?”
Thinking like this and taking up his club, Hiranyakasipu attacked
the Lord like an elephant.

PURPORT

In the jungle there are sometimes fights between lions and elephants.
Here the Lord appeared like a lion, and Hiranyakasipu, unafraid of the
Lord, attacked Him like an elephant. Generally the elephant is defeated
by the lion, and therefore the comparison in this verse is appropriate.

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