visvak sphurantam grahanaturam harir
vyalo yathakhum kulisaksata-tvacam
dvary urum apatya dadara lilaya
nakhair yathahim garudo maha-visam
visvak-all around; sphurantam-moving his limbs; grahana-aturam-afflicted because of being captured; harih-the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nrsimhadeva; vyalah-a snake; yatha-just as; akhum-a mouse; kulisa-aksata-not cut even by the thunderbolt thrown by Indra; tvacam-whose skin; dvari-on the threshold of the door; urum-on His thigh; apatya-placing; dadara-pierced; lilaya-very easily; nakhaih-with the nails; yatha-just as; ahim-a snake; garudah-Garuda, the carrier of Lord Visnu; maha-visam-very venomous.