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.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)