alaksito 'gnau patitah pataṅgamo
yatha nrsimhaujasi so 'suras tada
na tad vicitram khalu sattva-dhamani
sva-tejasa yo nu purapibat tamah
alaksitah-invisible; agnau-in the fire; patitah-fallen; pataṅgamah-an insect; yatha-just as; nrsimha-of Lord Nrsimhadeva; ojasi-in the effulgence; sah-he; asurah-Hiranyakasipu; tada-at that time; na-not; tat-that; vicitram-wonderful; khalu-indeed; sattva-dhamani-in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in pure goodness; sva-tejasa-by His own effulgence; yah-He who (the Lord); nu-indeed; pura-formerly; apibat-swallowed up; tamah-the darkness within the material creation.