1010. With a wide, fierce mouth and sharp teeth like swords, He rose as Narasimha, and tore open Hiranyan’s huge chest with His piercing claws. This is the land He chose, where tired beasts fall, the hills lie broken, and only scorched bamboo remains in the fire-swept silence. This is Singaveḷkuṉṟam.
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