Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.171, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 171 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.171
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.171:
শ্রী-বরাহ-রূপে কর পৃথিবী উদ্ধার নরসিংহ-রূপে কর হিরণ্য-বিদার ॥ ১৭১ ॥
श्री-वराह-रूपे कर पृथिवी उद्धार नरसिंह-रूपे कर हिरण्य-विदार ॥ १७१ ॥
śrī-varāha-rūpe kara pṛthivī uddhāra narasiṃha-rūpe kara hiraṇya-vidāra || 171 ||
sri-varaha-rupe kara prthivi uddhara narasimha-rupe kara hiranya-vidara (171)
English translation:
(171) “In the form of Varāha, You delivered the earth, and in the form of Nṛsiṃha, You tore apart the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
As stated in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.3.7): “The supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices accepted the incarnation of a boar [the second incarnation], and for the welfare of the earth He lifted the earth from the nether regions of the universe.” The description of Nṛsiṃha-deva’s incarnation is found in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.3.18) as follows: “In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nṛsiṃha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.”
The phrase kara hiraṇya-vidāra indicate that Lord Nṛsiṃha-deva tore apart Hiraṇyakaśipu.