hari-varse capi bhagavan nara-hari-rupenaste. tad-rupa-grahana-
nimittam uttaratrabhidhasye. tad dayitam rupam maha-purusa-guna-
bhajano maha-bhagavato daitya-danava-kula-tirthikarana-sila-caritah
prahlado 'vyavadhanananya-bhakti-yogena saha tad-varsa-purusair
upaste idam codaharati.
hari-varse-in the tract of land known as Harivarsa; ca-also; api-indeed; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nara-hari-rupena-His form of Nrsimhadeva; aste-is situated; tat-rupa-grahana-nimittam-the reason why Lord Krsna (Kesava) assumed the form of Nrsimha; uttaratra-in later chapters; abhidhasye-I shall describe; tat-that; dayitam-most pleasing; rupam-form of the Lord; maha-purusa-guna-bhajanah-Prahlada Maharaja, who is the abode of all the good qualities of great personalities; maha-bhagavatah-the topmost devotee; daitya-danava-kula-tirthi-karana-sila-caritah-whose activities and character were so exalted that he delivered all the daityas (demons) born in his family; prahladah-Maharaja Prahlada; avyavadhana-ananya-bhakti-yogena-by uninterrupted and unflinching devotional service; saha-with; tat-varsa-purusaih-the inhabitants of Hari-varsa; upaste-offers obeisances to and worships; idam-this; ca-and; udaharati-chants.