Lord Narasimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons

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Kindly note that the text below is direct from Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7:8 PS

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Nanda Gopal dasa

 

Lord Nåsiàhadeva Slays the King of the Demons

 

Hiraëyakaçipu was ready to kill his own son Prahläda Mahäräja, but the Supreme

Personality of Godhead appeared in front of the demon as Çré Nåkeçaré, half

lion and half man, and killed him. Following the instructions of Prahläda

Mahäräja, all the sons of the demons became attached to Lord Viñëu, the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. When this attachment became pronounced, their teachers,

Ñaëòa and Amarka, were very much afraid that the boys would become more and

more devoted to the Lord. In a helpless condition, they approached

Hiraëyakaçipu and described in detail the effect of Prahläda's preaching. After

hearing of this, Hiraëyakaçipu decided to kill his son Prahläda. Hiraëyakaçipu

was so angry that Prahläda Mahäräja fell down at his feet and said many things

just to pacify him, but he was unsuccessful in satisfying his demoniac father.

Hiraëyakaçipu, as a typical demon, began to advertise himself as being greater

than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but Prahläda Mahäräja challenged him,

saying that Hiraëyakaçipu was not God, and began to glorify the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, declaring that the Lord is all-pervading, that

everything is under Him, and that no one is equal to or greater than Him. Thus

he requested his father to be submissive to the omnipotent Supreme Lord.

 

The more Prahläda Mahäräja glorified the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the

more angry and agitated the demon became. Hiraëyakaçipu asked his Vaiñëava son

whether his God existed within the columns of the palace, and Prahläda Mahäräja

immediately accepted that since the Lord is present everywhere, He was also

present within the columns. When Hiraëyakaçipu heard this philosophy from his

young son, he derided the boy's statement as just the talk of a child and

forcefully struck the pillar with his fist.

As soon as Hiraëyakaçipu struck the column, there issued forth a tumultuous

sound. At first Hiraëyakaçipu, the King of the demons, could not see anything

but the pillar, but to substantiate Prahläda's statements, the Lord came out of

the pillar in His wonderful incarnation as Narasiàha, half lion and half man.

Hiraëyakaçipu could immediately understand that the extraordinarily wonderful

form of the Lord was surely meant for his death, and thus he prepared to fight

with the form of half lion and half man. The Lord performed His pastimes by

fighting with the demon for some time, and in the evening, on the border

between day and night, the Lord captured the demon, threw him on His lap, and

killed him by piercing his abdomen with His nails. The Lord not only killed

Hiraëyakaçipu, the King of the demons, but also killed many of his followers.

When there was no one else to fight, the Lord, roaring with anger, sat down on

Hiraëyakaçipu's throne.

 

The entire universe was thus relieved of the rule of Hiraëyakaçipu, and

everyone was jubilant in transcendental bliss. Then all the demigods, headed by

Lord Brahmä, approached the Lord. These included the great saintly persons, the

Pitäs, the Siddhas, the Vidyädharas, the Nägas, the Manus, the prajäpatis, the

Gandharvas, the Cäraëas, the Yakñas, the Kimpuruñas, the Vaitälikas, the

Kinnaras and also many other varieties of beings in human form. All of them

stood not far from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and began offering their

prayers unto the Lord, whose spiritual effulgence was brilliant as He sat on

the throne.