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चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं बिभ्रद्दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् ।
ददार करजैरूराव् एरकां कटकृद्यथा ॥ १८ ॥

In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nrsimha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiranyakasipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.

caturdasam narasimham

bibhrad daityendram urjitam

dadara karajair urav

erakam kata-krd yatha

caturdasam-the fourteenth in the line; narasimham-the incarnation of the Lord as half man and half lion; bibhrat-advented; daityendram-the king of the atheists; urjitam-strongly built; dadara-bifurcated; karajaih-by the nails; urau-on the lap; erakam-canes; kata-krt-carpenter; yatha-just like.