Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.18
చతుర్దశం నారసింహం బిభ్రద్దైత్యేన్ద్రమూర్జితమ్ ।
దదార కరజైరూరావేరకాం కటకృద్యథా ॥ ౧౮ ॥
caturdaśaṁ nārasiṁhaṁ
[chaturdasham naarasimham]
bibhrad daityendram ūrjitam
[bibhrad daityendram oorjitam]
dadāra karajair ūrāv
[dadaara karajair ooraav]
erakāṁ kaṭa-kṛd yathā
[erakaam kata-krid yathaa]
Word-for-word
caturdaśam
—
the fourteenth in the line
nāra-siṁham
—
the incarnation of the Lord as half-man and half-lion
bibhrat
—
advented
daitya-indram
—
the king of the atheists
ūrjitam
—
strongly built
dadāra
—
bifurcated
karajaiḥ
—
by the nails
ūrau
—
on the lap
erakām
—
canes
kaṭa-kṛt
—
carpenter
yathā
—
just like.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
caturdaśaṁ nārasiṁhaṁ
caturdaśam
the fourteenth in the line
nāra-siṁham
the incarnation of the Lord as half-man and half-lion
bibhrad daityendram ūrjitam
bibhrat
advented
daitya-indram
the king of the atheists
ūrjitam
strongly built
dadāra karajair ūrāv
dadāra
bifurcated
karajaiḥ
by the nails
ūrau
on the lap
erakāṁ kaṭa-kṛd yathā
erakām
canes
kaṭa-kṛt
carpenter
yathā
just like.
In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Taking the form of Narasiṁha as the fourteenth avatāra, he pierced the chest of the strong king of the demons with his nails just as a wood cutter breaks erakā grass.
Commentary
Erakā is a type of grass without joints.
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