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Chapter NineteenVaräha Kills Hiraëyäkña

|| 3.19.1||maitreya uväca

avadhärya viricasyanirvyal!käm"ta# vaca$

prahasya prema%&ar'heëatad apä(&ena s) *&rah!t

Hearin& the sincere+ s,eet ,)rds )- rahmä+ the /)rdsmiled and accepted th)se ,)rds ,ith a l)vin& &lance.

 The Nineteenth Chapter describes how, after the demon could notkill him by using his illusory powers, the Lord withdrew his weaponand killed him with his hands.

Brahmä’s words were truthful nirvyaléka!, since he said that he hadgi"en a boon to the demon. #B $.%&.''! (is words were )lled withlo"e amåtam! since he told the Lord to kill the demon before thetwilight. #B $.%&.'*! This indicates that those words were relishedby the Lord. The Lord smiled. +ut of  prema for me, one can lose allmemory, since Brahmä teaches me, the personi)cation of time, tochoose the correct time to kill the demon. The Lord accepted thosewords with a glance )lled with lo"e. By this the Lord indicates -es,what you say is true. /ust as you instruct, 0 will kill the demon now.

(owe"er, 0 will kill him in the e"ening today, since 0 will fully satisfymyself with )ghting him.1

|| 3.19.0||tata$ sapatna# mukhatacarantam akut)%'hayam 2a&hän)tpatya &adayähanäv asuram akña2a$

he /)rd leaped up and ,ith his clu' struck the dem)n )nhis l),er cheek as the dem)n m)ved in -r)nt )- him

-earlessly

Mukhataù means -in front of.1 (e struck him on the lower cheekhanau!.  Akñajaù means -he who appeared from Brahmä’s nose.1

|| 3.19.3||tata$ sapatna# mukhatacarantam akut)%'hayam 2a&hän)tpatya &adayä

hanäv asuram akña2a$

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he clu' )- the /)rd+ l))sened -r)m his hand 'ecause )- a'l), -r)m the dem)n*s clu'+ r)lled a')ut+ -ell )n the&r)und+ and &l),ed. his acti)n ,as m)st ast)nishin&.

 The club of the Lord sä! struck by the club of the demon, fell from

the hand of the Lord and rolling about, fell to the earth and glowed. This falling of the Lord’s club tat ! was most astonishing.

|| 3.19.4||sa tadä la'dha%t!rth) *pina 'a'ädhe niräyudham

mänayan sa m"dhe dharma#viñvaksena# prak)payan

h)u&h the dem)n n), had the )pp)rtunity+ he did n)tstrike the /)rd ,h) ,as ,ith)ut a ,eap)n. He respected therules )- 5&htin& and made the /)rd an&ry 'y this.

 Though the demon had the opportunity he did not strike the Lord. The reason is gi"en. (e accepted the rules of )ghting. (e made theLord angry by this. -Because you know that 0 am in trouble, bymaking my club fall by the strength of your arms, you display yoursense of dharma, and do not strike me. #ee2 0n a moment’s time, 0will take the club along with your life21

|| 3.19.6||&adäyäm apaviddhäyä#hähä%käre vinir&ate

mänayäm äsa tad%dharma#sunä'ha# cäsmarad vi'hu$

7hen the clu' -ell -r)m his hand and the devatäs cried )utin distress+ the /)rd respected the pr)per 'ehavi)ur )- thedem)n and remem'ered his cakra as ,ell as his clu'.

3hen the club fell for his hand, it is not the same as his bow falling

from his hand in the )ght with 4äl"a, where other moti"es areinferred. Because (irayäk5a was actually an associate of the Lord,and thus e6ual to the Lord, they had e6ual strength. Thus, it waspossible for the club to fall from the hand of the Lord. 3ithout e6ualstrength, there would be no pleasure in )ghting. Thus this actionincreased the enthusiasm of the Lord to )ght. 0t is thus an ornamentof the Lord, not a fault, since the Lord, )lled with lo"e for hisde"otee, many times accepts defeat at the hands of the de"otee.

 This is indicated in the ne7t "erse, which e7plains that the Lordrecogni8ed his de"otee. The Lord remembered his cakra  and

pre"ious to that, he remembered his club. That is indicated by theword ca.

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|| 3.19.8||ta# vya&ra%cakra# diti%puträdhamenasva%pärñada%mukhyena viña22amänam

citrä väc) *tad%vidä# khe%caräëä#

tatra smäsan svasti te *mu# 2ah!ti

eein& the /)rd ,ith his :eal)us cakra en&a&ed in play ,iththe l), s)n )- ;iti+ ,h) ,as actually the /)rd*s ass)ciate+the devatäs, ,h) did n)t kn), this+ uttered vari)us ,)rds.

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präharad väta%ra#hasam

F Vidura= he ')ar+ the -)rm )- sacri5ce+ easily deGected theclu' ,hich had the speed )- the ,ind usin& his le-t -))t+,hile the enemy ,atched.

#äta-ra!hasam means -with the speed of the wind.1

|| 3.19.1||äha cäyudham ädhatsva&haBasva tva# 2i&!ñasi

ity ukta$ sa tadä 'hEyastäIayan vyanadad 'h"am

he /)rd said+ Jddressed thus+ the dem)n a&ainattempted t) strike the /)rd ,ith his clu'+ makin& a l)udn)ise.

|| 3.19.11||tä# sa äpatat!# v!kñya

'ha&avän samavasthita$ 2a&räha l!layä präptä#&arutmän iva panna&!m

eein& the enemy*s clu' appr)achin&+ the /)rd play-ullycau&ht as it arrived+ 2ust as aruIa catches a -emale snake.

$äm refers to the club.|| 3.19.10||

sva%pauruñe pratihatehata%män) mahäsura$

naicchad &adä# d!yamänä#hariëä vi&ata%pra'ha$

His pr),ess th,arted+ his pride deGated+ the &reat dem)n

did n)t desire t) receive that clu' )Lered 'ack t) him 'y the/)rd.

|| 3.19.13|| 2a&räha tri%ikha# Ela# 2vala2%2valana%l)lupamya2äya dh"ta%rEpäya

vipräyä'hicaran yathä

he dem)n thre, a lance ,ith three p)ints+ ,hich+ like a

'la:in& 5re+ ,as ea&er t) dev)ur the /)rd in the -)rm )- a')ar+ 2ust as a pers)n per-)rms sacri5ce t) kill a brähmaëa.

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 (e threw a lance which was eager to de"our e"erything, like abla8ing )re with ;ames, at the Lord who was the form of sacri)ce.:n e7ample is gi"en to show how this act was improper. 

|| 3.19.14||tad )2asä daitya%mahä%'haBärpita#cakäsad anta$%kha ud!rëa%d!dhiticakreëa ciccheda niäta%neminä

harir yathä tärkñya%patatram u22hitam

 Must as ndra cut )L the ,in& that aruIa a'and)ned+ the/)rd+ usin& the sharp 'lade )- his cakr a+ cut the tridentthr),n 'y the &reatest am)n& dem)ns ,ith -)rce+ ,h)se'rilliance lit up the sky.

 The Lord cut up the trident which, radiating great light within itself,e"en lit up the sky, or which radiated light which spread in the sky,with the sharp blade of his cakra, aru?a had already rearu?a, who was carryingthe pot of nectar, ga"e up one of his wings in order to protect theinfallibility of the thunderbolt employed by 0ndra. The tridentappeared like the already cut wing of >aru?a, lighting up the sky.

|| 3.19.16||v"këe sva%Ele 'ahudhäriëä hare$

pratyetya vist!rëam ur) vi'hEtimatprav"ddha%r)ña$ sa kaBh)ra%muñBinänadan prah"tyäntaradh!yatäsura$

7hen the trident ,as split int) many pieces 'y the cakra+Hiraëyäkña r)ared l)udly+ appr)ached the /)rd+ struck the/)rd*s 'r)ad chest+ the residence )- /akñm!+ ,ith his hard5st+ and disappeared.

#åkne  means split. #triking the Lord on the chest andunderstanding that it was impossible to gain "ictory by direct

)ghting, he utili8ed his illusory powers and disappeared.

|| 3.19.18||tenettham ähata$ kñattar

'ha&avän ädi%sEkara$näkampata manäk kväpi

sra2ä hata iva dvipa$

F Vidura= he ')ar -)rm )- the /)rd+ struck 'y the dem)n in

this ,ay+ did n)t trem'le at all. He ,as like an elephantstruck 'y a &arland.

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Manäk  means -not e"en a little.1

|| 3.19.1?||ath)rudhäs"2an mäyä#

y)&a%mäyevare harauyä# vil)kya pra2äs trastämenire *sy)pasa#yamam

hen the dem)n empl)yed many illusi)ns a&ainst the /)rd+master )- all illusi)ns+ seein& ,hich the terri5ed inha'itants)- the planets th)u&ht that the universe ,as 'ein&destr)yed.

 Asåjat  means -he created.1 They thought the uni"erse asya! wasbeing destroyed upasa!yamam!.

|| 3.19.1A||pravavur väyava caëIästama$ pä#savam airayandi&'hy) nipetur &räväëa$

kñepaëai$ prahitä iva

J terri'le ,ind 'e&an t) 'l),+ pr)ducin& darkness 'ecause)- the dust. Oellets 5red -r)m &uns -ell in all directi)ns.

%ñepa"aiù means -by dispersion weapons.1

|| 3.19.19||dyaur nañBa%'ha&aëä'hrau&hai$

sa%vidyut%stanayitnu'hi$varñad'hi$ pEya%keäs"&%vië%mEträsth!ni cäsak"t

he sky 'ecame dev)id )- c)nstellati)ns 'ecause )- themass )- cl)uds 5lled ,ith thunder and li&htnin& and ,hichrained puss+ hair+ 'l))d st))l and urine c)ntinu)usly.

9rom this description it is understood that the Lord, absorbed in thepleasure of )ghting, went beyond the auspicious time indicated byBrahmä.

|| 3.19.0||&iraya$ pratyad"yantanänäyudha%muc) *na&hadi&%väsas) yätudhänya$Eliny) mukta%mErdha2ä$

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F sinless Vidura= t seemed that the m)untains ,erereleasin& vari)us ,eap)ns. Pany naked ,itches+ ,ith ,ildhair+ h)ldin& tridents+ appeared.

 The "erb  pratyadå&yanta applies to both the mountains and the

witches.

|| 3.19.01||'ahu'hir yakña%rakñ)'hi$patty%ava%ratha%ku2arai$

ätatäyi'hir uts"ñBähi#srä väc) *tivaiasä$

Purder)us akñas and Qäkñañas+ ,ith s)ldiers+ h)rses+chari)ts and elephants+ uttered 5erce+ vi)lent ,)rds+ suchas

 Ativai&asä means "ery )erce. 'tsåñtäù means -produced.1

|| 3.1 9.00||präduñk"tänä# mäyänäm

äsur!ëä# vinäayatsudaranästra# 'ha&avänpräyu(kta dayita# tri%pät

) destr)y the illusi)ns created 'y the dem)n+ the /)rd+ the-)rm )- dharma, used his dear cakra.

 There are three "ariations here vinä&ana!, vinä&aka!, andvinä&ayan. The ob

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|| 3.19.04||vinañBäsu sva%mäyäsu

'hEya cävra2ya keavamruñ)pa&Ehamän) *mu#

dad"e *vasthita# 'ahi$

7hen his illusi)ns ,ere destr)yed+ the dem)n a&ain rushedt),ards the /)rd+ and 'e&an sRuee:in& him in his arms. Hesa, h),ever that the /)rd ,as )utside )- his &rasp.

 Though the demon put the Lord between his arms and s6uee8edupaghamänaù!, he saw that the Lord was situated beyond hisgrasp.

|| 3.19.06||ta# muñBi'hir vini&hnanta#

va2ra%särair adh)kña2a$kareëa karëa%mEle *han

yathä tväñBra# marut%pati$

7hen the dem)n 'e&an hittin& the /)rd ,ith 5sts hard asthunder')lts+ the /)rd hit him 'el), the ear ,ith his hand+

 2ust as ndra struck V"träsura.

$am  refers the demon. #rästram  is Aträsura and marutpati  is

0ndra.

|| 3.19.08||sa ähat) viva%2itä hy ava2ayä

pari'hramad%&ätra udasta%l)cana$vi!rëa%'ähv%a(&hri%ir)ruh) *patadyathä na&endr) lulit) na'hasvatä

7hen the /)rd hit the dem)n n)nchalantly+ the dem)n'e&an t) sta&&er ar)und. His eyes p)pped )ut+ and hishands+ -eet and hair scattered a')ut. /ike a tree upr))ted

'y a str)n& ,ind+ he -ell t) the &r)und.

agendraù means a large tree. ulitaù means uprooted.

|| 3.19.0?||kñitau ayäna# tam akuëBha%varcasa#karäla%da#ñBra# paridañBa%dacchadam

a2äday) v!kñya aa#sur ä&atäah) ima# k) nu la'heta sa#sthitim

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eein& the dem)n+ ,ith terri'le -an&s 'itin& his lips+&l),in& 'ri&htly+ rahmä and the devatäs  praised him+sayin&+

a!sthitim means death.

|| 3.19.0A||ya# y)&in) y)&a%samädhinä rah)

dhyäyanti li(&äd asat) mumukñayätasyaiña daitya%"ña'ha$ padähat)

mukha# prapaya#s tanum utsasar2a ha

truck 'y the -))t )- the /)rd up)n ,h)m yogés meditate insamädhi  in s)litary places ,ith a desire t) 'ec)me -ree -r)mthe su'tle ')dy+ a pr)duct )- matter+ the 'est )- dem)ns&ave up his ')dy ,hile seein& the l)tus -ace )- the /)rd.

0n this "erse it mentions that the Lord’s foot struck the demon. 0n"erse '@ it mentions that the hand of the Lord struck the demon.#ince the two front feet of the boar are also his hands there is nocontradiction.

|| 3.19.09||etau tau pärñadäv asyaäpäd yätäv asad%&atim

puna$ katipayai$ sthäna#

prapatsyete ha 2anma'hi$

he t,) dem)ns ,ere ass)ciates )- the /)rd+ 'ut 'ecause )- a curse+ they ,ere ')rn as dem)ns. hey ,ill a&ain attaintheir p)siti)n in the spiritual ,)rld a-ter s)me 'irths.

/a indicates -this is clearly because of the sages’ curse.1

|| 3.19.3||devä Ecu$

nam) namas te *khila%ya2a%tantave

sthitau &"h!tämala%sattva%mErtayediñByä hat) *ya# 2a&atäm aruntudas

tvat%päda%'haktyä vayam !a nirv"tä$

he devatäs  saidT 7e )Ler repeated respects t) y)u+ thedistri'ut)r )- all sacri5ces+ ,h) have accepted a -)rm )- pure sattva -)r pr)tectin& the ,)rld. y &))d -)rtune+ y)uhave killed this t)rmentin& dem)n.

$antave means -unto the distributor or cause.1  Aruntudaù means

-one who pierces the organs.1

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|| 3.19.31||maitreya uväca

eva# hiraëyäkñam asahya%vikrama#sa sädayitvä harir ädi%sEkara$

 2a&äma l)ka# svam akhaëIit)tsava#sam!Iita$ puñkara%viñBarädi'hi

Paitreya saidT F Vidura= Havin& killed the kin& )- thedem)ns ,h) had int)lera'le pr),ess+ the /)rd+ the )ri&inal')ar+ praised 'y rahmä and the devatäs+ ,ent t) his )nplanet )- uninterrupted 'liss.

0uñkara-viñ1ara means Brahmä, whose seat is a lotus.

|| 3.19.30||mayä yathänEktam avädi te hare$k"tävatärasya sumitra ceñBitamyathä hiraëyäkña udära%vikram)

mahä%m"dhe kr!Ianavan niräk"ta$

have recited t) y)u the st)ry )- the /)rd as the ')aravatära in ,hich Hiraëyäkña ,as killed 'y the /)rd in 'attlelike a play thin&+ 2ust as have heard -r)m the guru. 

2athänktam  means -0 ha"e said what the guru has said, and did

not go beyond that.1 +r it can mean -0 ha"e gained the meaning of what the guru said uktam!, and then anu!, 0 ha"e spoken avädi! itto you.1 + Aidura2 (ow are the acti"ities recogni8ed 0n thatacti"ity, the demon was killed by the Lord in battle.

|| 3.19.33||sEta uväca

iti kauñäraväkhyätämärutya 'ha&avat%kathämkñattänanda# para# le'he

mahä%'hä&avat) dvi2a

Eta saidT F Uaunaka= Hearin& the st)ry )- the /)rd recited'y Paitreya in this manner+ the eDalted dev)tee Vidura'ecame m)st deli&hted.

|| 3.19.34||anyeñä# puëya%l)känämuddäma%yaasä# satäm

uparutya 'haven m)da$r!vatsä(kasya ki# puna$

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7hen )ne attains such 'liss )n hearin& the st)ries )- the-am)us dev)tees such as udhiñBhira+ ,hat d)u't is therethat )ne ,ill derive 'liss -r)m st)ries )- the /)rd marked,ith the Ur!vatsaS

0u"ya&l)känäm means udhi5Dhira and others. (e is famous by thename EuFyaGloka.

|| 3.19.36%38||y) &a2endra# 2haña%&rasta#dhyäyanta# caraëäm'u2am

kr)ant!nä# kareëEnä#k"cchrat) *m)cayad drutam

ta# sukhärädhyam "2u'hirananya%araëair n"'hi$k"ta2a$ k) na seveta

durärädhyam asädhu'hi$

7hat &rate-ul pers)n ,)uld n)t ,)rship the upreme /)rd,h) Ruickly rescued the kin& )- the elephants -r)m thematerial ,)rld ,hen he ,as cau&ht 'y the cr)c)dile ,hilehis ,ives lamented+ as he meditated )n the l)tus -eet )- the/)rd+ and ,h) is ,illin&ly ,)rshipped 'y the sincerelysurrendered s)uls ,hile n)t ,)rshiped 'y the cr))kedS

 The Lord deli"ers humans

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 This "erse encourages e"en those with material desires to listen tothis pastime.

|| 3.19.3A||etan mahä%puëyam ala# pavitra#

dhanya# yaasya# padam äyur%äiñämpräëendriyäëä# yudhi aurya%vardhana#

näräyaë) *nte &atir a(&a "ëvatäm

F Uaunaka= he upreme /)rd ,ill 'e the shelter at thetime )- death -)r th)se pers)ns ,h) hear this st)ry+ ,hichelevates )ne t) var&a+ puri5es the heart+ 'rin&s ,ealth+-ame+ p)siti)n+ 'lessin&s )- l)n& li-e+ and pr),ess )- thesenses and li-e airs durin& 'attle.

 Thus ends the commentary on Nineteenth Chapter of the ThirdCanto of the 5hägavatam for the pleasure of the de"otees, inaccordance with the pre"ious äcäryas.