dṛṣṭvā taṁ mahad adbhutam
sākṣāt śrīḥ preṣitā devair
dṛṣṭvā taṁ mahad adbhutam
adṛṣṭāśruta-pūrvatvāt
sā nopeyāya śaṅkitā
Lakṣmī, though requested by all the devatās, after seeing him in an astonishing form never seen or heard of before, did not approach the Lord out of fear.
Though she had seen Narasiṁha in a previous kalpa, and though Narasiṁha is always present in Vaikuṇṭha, the impression of not having previously seen or heard about this form was produced by the līlā-śakti, in order to make everyone taste adbhuta-rasa, the mood of astonishment.
|| 7.9.3 ||
prahrādaṁ preṣayām āsa
brahmāvasthitam antike
tāta praśamayopehi
sva-pitre kupitaṁ prabhum
Brahmā requested Prahlāda, who was standing nearby. “My dear son, please go forward and appease the Lord who is angry at your father.”
|| 7.9.4 ||
tatheti śanakai rājan
mahā-bhāgavato 'rbhakaḥ
upetya bhuvi kāyena
nanāma vidhṛtāñjaliḥ
O King! The child, a great devotee, accepting Brahmā's request, gently approached Nṛsiṁhadeva with folded hands and offered his respects on the ground.
|| 7.9.5 ||
sva-pāda-mūle patitaṁ tam arbhakaṁ
vilokya devaḥ kṛpayā pariplutaḥ
utthāpya tac-chīrṣṇy adadhāt karāmbujaṁ
kālāhi-vitrasta-dhiyāṁ kṛtābhayam
When Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva saw the small boy prostrated at the soles of his feet, overcome with affection, he raised Prahlāda and placed upon the boy's head his lotus hand, which destroys fear in the minds of persons afraid of the snake of time.
Kṛtābhayam means “his hand which creates fearlessness.”
|| 7.9.6 ||
sa tat-kara-sparśa-dhutākhilāśubhaḥ
sapady abhivyakta-parātma-darśanaḥ
tat-pāda-padmaṁ hṛdi nirvṛto dadhau
hṛṣyat-tanuḥ klinna-hṛd-aśru-locanaḥ
By the touch of Nṛsiṁhadeva's hand on Prahlāda’s head, Prahlāda, who was already completely freed of all material contaminations, developed full realization of Paramātmā. Becoming blissful, with melted heart, with tears in his eyes and hairs standing on end he held the Lord’s lotus feet in his heart.
Prahlāda had already been purified of the inauspiciousness created by being born in a demonic family. That impurity would have made the Lord’s touching his head impossible. What was already accomplished became fully manifest by the power of the Lord’s touch. Prahlāda had realization of Paramātmā.
|| 7.9.7 ||
astauṣīd dharim ekāgra-
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