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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.19.10

ఏవం స నిశ్చిత్య రిపో: శరీర- మాధావతో నిర్వివిశేఽసురేన్ద్ర । శ్వాసానిలాన్తర్హితసూక్ష్మదేహ- స్తత్ప్రాణరన్ధ్రేణ వివిగ్నచేతా: ॥ ౧౦ ॥
evaṁ sa niścitya ripoḥ śarīram
[evam sa nishchitya ripoh shareeram]
ādhāvato nirviviśe ’surendra
[aadhaavato nirvivishe ’surendra]
śvāsānilāntarhita-sūkṣma-dehas
[shvaasaanilaantarhita-sookshma-dehas]
tat-prāṇa-randhreṇa vivigna-cetāḥ
[tat-praana-randhrena vivigna-chetaah]
evam — in this way saḥ — He (Lord Viṣṇu) niścitya — deciding ripoḥ — of the enemy śarīram — the body ādhāvataḥ — who was running after Him with great force nirviviśe — entered asura-indra — O King of the demons (Mahārāja Bali) śvāsa-anila — through the breathing antarhita — invisible sūkṣma-dehaḥ — in his finer body tat-prāṇa-randhreṇa — through the hole of the nostril vivigna-cetāḥ — being very anxious.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ sa niścitya ripoḥ śarīram
evam
in this way
saḥ
He (Lord Viṣṇu)
niścitya
deciding
ripoḥ
of the enemy
śarīram
the body
ādhāvato nirviviśe ’surendra
ādhāvataḥ
who was running after Him with great force
nirviviśe
entered
śvāsānilāntarhita-sūkṣma-dehas
asura-indra
O King of the demons (Mahārāja Bali)
śvāsa-anila
through the breathing
antarhita
invisible
sūkṣma-dehaḥ
in his finer body
tat-prāṇa-randhreṇa vivigna-cetāḥ
tat-prāṇa-randhreṇa
through the hole of the nostril
vivigna-cetāḥ
being very anxious.
Lord Vāmanadeva continued: O King of the demons, after Lord Viṣṇu made this decision, He entered the body of His enemy Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was running after Him with great force. In a subtle body inconceivable to Hiraṇyakaśipu, Lord Viṣṇu, who was in great anxiety, entered Hiraṇyakaśipu’s nostril along with his breath.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is already in the core of everyone’s heart. īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati ( Bg. 18.61 ). Logically, therefore, it was not at all difficult for Lord Viṣṇu to enter Hiraṇyakaśipu’s body. The word vivigna-cetāḥ, “very anxious,” is significant. It is not that Lord Viṣṇu was afraid of Hiraṇyakaśipu; rather, because of compassion, Lord Viṣṇu was in anxiety about how to act for his welfare.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King of the demons! After Lord Viṣṇu made this decision with fearful mind, disappearing and taking a subtle form, he entered the body of his enemy through his nostril when his enemy breathed when the enemy pursued him. Viṣṇu disappeared and took a very subtle form. Vivigna-cetāḥ means “in great fear.” False statements by the Lord can also be true as in the case of nāhaṁ bhakṣitavān amba sarve mithyābhiśaṁsinaḥ: My dear mother, I have never eaten dirt: all my friends complaining against me are liars. (SB 10.8.32) Lying, fear, greed, lust and anger are not desirable qualities in the jīva but become great qualities in the Lord for nourishing rasa and the Lord’s affection for the devotee. These qualities provide a method of attaining the Lord by meditation on them, and give pleasure even to the ātmārāmas.
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