202 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9

tad yaccha manyum asuras ca hatas tvayadya
modeta sadhur api vrscika-sarpa-hatya
lokas ca nirurtim itah pratiyanti sarve
ripam nrsimha vibhayaya janah smaranti

tat—therefore; yaccha—kindly give up; manyum—Your anger;
asurah—my father, Hiranyakasipu, the great demon; ca—also; hatah—
killed; tuaya—by You; adya—today; modeta—take pleasure; sadhuh
api—even a saintly person; vrscika-sarpa-hatya—by killing a snake or a
scorpion; lokah—all the planets; ca—indeed; nirvrtim—pleasure;
itah—have achieved; pratiyanti—are waiting (for pacification of Your
anger); sarve—all of them; ripam—this form; nrsimha—O Lord
Nrsimmhadeva; vibhayaya—for mitigating their fear; janadh—all the
people of the universe; smaranti—will remember.

TRANSLATION

My Lord Nrsimbhadeva, please, therefore, cease Your anger now
that my father, the great demon Hiranyakasipu, has been killed.
Since even saintly persons take pleasure in the killing of a scor-
pion or a snake, all the worlds have achieved great satisfaction be-
cause of the death of this demon. Now they are confident of their
happiness, and they will always remember Your auspicious incar-
nation in order to be free from fear.

PURPORT

The most important point in this verse is that although saintly persons
never desire the killing of any living entity, they take pleasure in the
killing of envious living entities like snakes and scorpions.
Hiranyakasipu was killed because he was worse than a snake or a scor-
pion, and therefore everyone was happy. Now there was no need for the
Lord to be angry. The devotees can always remember the form of
Nrsirnhadeva when they are in danger, and therefore the appearance of
Nrsitnhadeva was not at all inauspicious. The Lord’s appearance is al-
ways worshipable and auspicious for all sane persons and devotees.
