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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.2

विदुर उवाच तेनैव तु मुनिश्रेष्ठ हरिणा यज्ञमूर्तिना । आदिदैत्यो हिरण्याक्षो हत इत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥ २ ॥
vidura uvāca
[vidura uvaacha]
tenaiva tu muni-śreṣṭha
[tenaiva tu muni-shreshtha]
hariṇā yajña-mūrtinā
[harinaa yajna-moortinaa]
ādi-daityo hiraṇyākṣo
[aadi-daityo hiranyaaksho]
hata ity anuśuśruma
[hata ity anushushruma]
Word-for-word
viduraḥ uvāca — Śrī Vidura said tena — by Him eva — certainly tu — but muni-śreṣṭha — O chief among the sages hariṇā — by the Personality of Godhead yajña-mūrtinā — the form of sacrifices ādi — original daityaḥ — demon hiraṇyākṣaḥ — by the name Hiraṇyākṣa hataḥ — slain iti — thus anuśuśruma — heard in succession.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vidura uvāca
viduraḥ uvāca
Śrī Vidura said
tenaiva tu muni-śreṣṭha
tena
by Him
eva
certainly
tu
but
muni-śreṣṭha
O chief among the sages
hariṇā
by the Personality of Godhead
hariṇā yajña-mūrtinā
yajña-mūrtinā
the form of sacrifices
ādi-daityo hiraṇyākṣo
ādi
original
daityaḥ
demon
hiraṇyākṣaḥ
by the name Hiraṇyākṣa
hata ity anuśuśruma
hataḥ
slain
iti
thus
anuśuśruma
heard in succession.
Śrī Vidura said: O chief amongst the great sages, I have heard by disciplic succession that Hiraṇyākṣa, the original demon, was slain by the same form of sacrifices, the Personality of Godhead [Lord Boar].
Purport

As referred to previously, the boar incarnation was manifested in two millenniums, namely Svāyambhuva and Cākṣuṣa. In both millenniums there was a boar incarnation of the Lord, but in the Svāyambhuva millennium He lifted the earth from within the water of the universe, whereas in the Cākṣuṣa millennium He killed the first demon, Hiraṇyākṣa. In the Svāyambhuva millennium He assumed the color white, and in the Cākṣuṣa millennium He assumed the color red. Vidura had already heard about one of them, and he proposed to hear about the other. The two different boar incarnations described are the one Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Vidura said: O best of the sages! We have heard that Hiranyāksa, the original demon, was killed by Varāha, the form of sacrifice. It should be understood that in Svāyambhuva-manvantara Varāha lifted the earth, and in Cākṣuṣa-manvantara Varāha killed Hiraṇyakṣa.
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Personal Guidance
Hearing about the Lord is treated here as daily medicine, not entertainment. Slowly it rewires what the heart finds attractive, until devotion stops feeling like effort. Its centre of gravity is Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Reflection Questions
  • What podcast or playlist would you have to give up to make room for daily kṛṣṇa-kathā?
  • What input have you been allowing in that quietly undoes your hearing of the Lord?
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