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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.8

సూత ఉవాచ హరేర్ధృతక్రోడతనో: స్వమాయయా నిశమ్య గోరుద్ధరణం రసాతలాత్ । లీలాం హిరణ్యాక్షమవజ్ఞయా హతం సఞ్జాతహర్షో మునిమాహ భారత: ॥ ౮ ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
harer dhṛta-kroḍa-tanoḥ sva-māyayā
[harer dhrita-kroda-tanoh sva-maayayaa]
niśamya gor uddharaṇaṁ rasātalāt
[nishamya gor uddharanam rasaatalaat]
līlāṁ hiraṇyākṣam avajṣayā hataṁ
[leelaam hiranyaaksham avajshayaa hatam]
saṣjāta-harṣo munim āha bhārataḥ
[sashjaata-harsho munim aaha bhaaratah]
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta said hareḥ — of the Lord dhṛta — who had assumed kroḍa — of a boar tanoḥ — body sva-māyayā — by His divine potency niśamya — having heard goḥ — of the earth uddharaṇam — uplifting rasātalāt — from the bottom of the ocean līlām — sport hiraṇyākṣam — the demon Hiraṇyākṣa avajṣayā — neglectfully hatam — killed saṣjāta-harṣaḥ — being overjoyed munim — to the sage (Maitreya) āha — said bhārataḥ — Vidura.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Sūta said
harer dhṛta-kroḍa-tanoḥ sva-māyayā
hareḥ
of the Lord
dhṛta
who had assumed
kroḍa
of a boar
tanoḥ
body
sva-māyayā
by His divine potency
niśamya gor uddharaṇaṁ rasātalāt
niśamya
having heard
goḥ
of the earth
uddharaṇam
uplifting
rasātalāt
from the bottom of the ocean
līlāṁ hiraṇyākṣam avajṣayā hataṁ
līlām
sport
hiraṇyākṣam
the demon Hiraṇyākṣa
avajṣayā
neglectfully
hatam
killed
saṣjāta-harṣo munim āha bhārataḥ
saṣjāta-harṣaḥ
being overjoyed
munim
to the sage (Maitreya)
āha
said
bhārataḥ
Vidura.
Sūta Gosvāmī continued: Vidura, the descendant of Bharata, was delighted to hear the story of the Lord, who, having assumed by His own divine potency the form of a boar, had enacted the sport of lifting the earth from the bottom of the ocean and indifferently killing the demon Hiraṇyākṣa. Vidura then spoke to the sage as follows.

It is stated here that the Lord assumed the form of a boar by His own potency. His form is not actually the form of a conditioned soul. A conditioned soul is forced to accept a particular type of body by the higher authority of material laws, but here it is clearly said that the Lord was not forced to accept the form of a boar by the external power. In Bhagavad-gītā the same fact is confirmed: when the Lord descends to this earth, He assumes a form by His own internal potency. The form of the Lord, therefore, can never consist of material energy. The Māyāvāda version that when Brahman assumes a form the form is accepted from māyā is not acceptable, because although māyā is superior to the conditioned soul, she is not superior to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; she is under the control of the Supreme Godhead, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā. Māyā is under His superintendence; māyā cannot overcome the Lord. The Māyāvāda idea that the living entity is the Supreme Absolute Truth but has become covered by māyā is invalid, because māyā cannot be so great that it can cover the Supreme. The covering capacity can be employed on the part and parcel of Brahman, not on the Supreme Brahman.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta said: O sages! Hearing how Varāha lifted the earth from the Garbhodaka Ocean with complete sincerity and casually killed Hiraṇyākṣa, Vidura, with hairs standing on end, inquired from Maitreya. Sv-amāyayā means “with no deceit at all.” The Lord eternally is situated (dhṛta) in the form of the boar. Dhṛta belongs to the tud-ādi class of verbs and means “situated.” Go means “of the earth.” Bhārataḥ means Vidura.
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