Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01, Chapter 03, Text 18

SB 1.3.18

caturdasam narasimham
bibhrad daityendram urjitam
dadara karajair urav
erakam kata-krd yatha
 
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nrsimha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiranyakasipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.

 

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