Nrsimhadeva (the half man, half lion incarnation of Krishna ) resembled a lion that had just killed an elephant
Nrsimhadeva "Lord Nrsimhadeva's mouth and mane were sprinkled with drops of blood, and His fierce eyes, full of anger, were impossible to look at. Licking the edge of His mouth with His tongue, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nrsimhadeva, decorated with a garland of intestines taken from Hiranyakasipu's abdomen, resembled a lion that had just killed an elephant.”
Note: On January 21, 1994 Kash asked Shri Mataji to take him to see
Shri Radha. (Recorded in diary only as: "Kash went to see Goddess
Rada, consort of Lord Krishna.”) However, no detail of this visit was
ever recorded. A number of Kash's earlier spiritual journeys were
never recorded at all, that is, not even jotted down. His father only
remembers Kash narrating a story of how Shri Mataji showed him one of
the Divine Beings turning Himself into a half-man half-lion figure.
It was only after the birth of Lalita and Shri Mataji's Revelation
about their identities that their father began to write down details
of his experiences. By then about 6 months had passed.
"Canto 7, Ch. 8, Text 30
visak sphurantam grahanaturam harir vyalo yathakhum kulisaksata-tvacam
dvary urum apatya dadara lilaya nakhair yathahim garudo maha-visam
Translation
As a snake captures a mouse or Garuda captures a very venomous snake,
Lord Nrsimhadeva captured Hiranyakasipu, who could not be pierced
even by the thunderbolt of King Indra. As Hiranyakasipu moved his
limbs here, there and all around, very much afflicted at being
captured, Lord Nrsimhadeva placed the demon on His lap, supporting
him with His thighs, and in the doorway of the assembly hall the Lord
very easily tore the demon to pieces with the nails of His hands.
Purport
Hiranyakasipu had received from Lord Brahma the benediction that he
would not die on the land or in the sky. Therefore, to keep the
promise of Lord Brahma intact, Nrsimhadeva placed Hiranyakasipu's
body on His lap, which was neither land nor sky. Hiranyakasipu had
received the benediction that he would not die during the day or at
night. Therefore, to keep this promise of Brahma, the Lord killed
Hiranyakasipu in the evening, which is the end of the day and the
beginning of night, but is neither day or night. Hiranyakasipu had
taken a benediction from Lord Brahma that he would not die from any
weapon or be killed by any person, dead or alive. Therefore, just to
keep the word of Lord Brahma, Lord Nrsimhadeva pierced
Hiranyakasipu's body with His nails, which were not weapons and were
neither living nor dead. Indeed, the nails can be called dead, but at
the same time they can be said to be alive. To keep intact all of
Lord Brahma's benedictions, Lord Nrsimhadeva paradoxically but very
easily killed the great demon Hiranyakasipu...
Lord Nrsimhadeva's mouth and mane were sprinkled with drops of blood,
and His fierce eyes, full of anger, were impossible to look at.
Licking the edge of His mouth with His tongue, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Nrsimhadeva, decorated with a garland of
intestines taken from Hiranyakasipu's abdomen, resembled a lion that
had just killed an elephant...
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had many, many arms, first
uprooted Hiranyakasipu's heart and then threw him aside and turned
toward the demon's soldiers. These soldiers had come in thousands to
fight with Him with raised weapons and were very faithful followers
of Hiranyakasipu, but Lord Nrsimhadeva killed all of them merely with
the ends of His nails.
Purport
Since the creation of the material world, there have been two kinds
of men — the devas and the asuras. The devas are always faithful to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas the asuras are always
atheists who defy the supremacy of the Lord. At the present moment,
throughout the entire world, the atheists are extremely numerous.
They are trying to prove that there is no God and that everything
takes place due to combinations and permutations of material
elements. Thus the material world is becoming more and more godless,
and consequently everything is in a disturbed condition. If this
continues, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will certainly take
action... if this godless civilization continues, it will be
destroyed in a second, simply by the movement of one finger of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. The demons should therefore be
careful and curtail their godless civilization.”
Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Ch. 7 Text 38
(A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Srimad Bhagavatam, BBT, 1987, p. 443-45.)
Shri Adi Shakti: The Kingdom Of God, 1999, pages 294-95
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