tvaṁ nas tapaḥ paramam āttha yad ātma-tejo
śrī-ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
tvaṁ nas tapaḥ paramam āttha yad ātma-tejo
yenedam ādi-puruṣātma-gataṁ sasarktha
tad vipraluptam amunādya śaraṇya pāla
rakṣā-gṛhīta-vapuṣā punar anvamaṁsthāḥ
The sages said: O original person! O protector! O shelter! You have taught us about the supreme austerity, which is your power alone, by which you create this universe which was merged in you. Today again, you have approved of this power of austerity which was covered by the demon, by taking the form of Nṛsiṁha to protect it.
Until today we have not been performing austerities. You have taught us about the supreme austerity, which is meditation on your powerful form. By that power of austerity you created (sasarktha or sasarja) the universe merged in you. It is said sṛjāmi tapasāivedam: I create this universe by austerity. (SB 2.9.24) That austerity, power, was covered (vipraluptam) by the demon, just as Rāhu covers the sun. Now you have approved of austerity as the process we should follow, by taking the form of Nṛsiṁha to protect that austerity.
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śrī-pitara ūcuḥ
śrāddhāni no 'dhibubhuje prasabhaṁ tanūjair
dattāni tīrtha-samaye 'py apibat tilāmbu
tasyodarān nakha-vidīrṇa-vapād ya ārcchat
tasmai namo nṛharaye 'khila-dharma-goptre
The Pitṛs said: The demon enjoyed by force the śrāddha offerings which were offered by our sons when visiting holy places. He drank the water with sesame seeds. We offer respects to Nṛhari, protector of all dharma, who obtained those offerings from the stomach of the demon, whose fat was torn by your nails.
Until today we have been fasting. Śrāddhāni means the offerings of rice balls to the departed. He drank the offering of water and sesame which people offered while bathing in sacred water. You have taken this offering from his stomach, whose fat was torn apart by your nails. Medinī says vapā means a hole or fat.[111] You showed us the rice balls and water when you torn him open.
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