(i) The Lord, who emerged as Narasiṃha, the effulgent Man-Lion, split into two, the powerful Hiraṇyā’s broad chest and rejoiced that He had destroyed the enemy of Prahlāda, His great devotee. The only weapons, He then used, were His sharp nails. The boons which had fortified the demon, virtually served as the feed for his gigantic strength of formidable proportions and
In this seventh pāsuram of the chapter, Āzhvār, in the state of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, continues her profound lament. She questions the very purpose of her existence and adornments, asking, "For whom is my decoration with these beautiful bangles, if He, who rushed to the aid of the child Prahlāda when the boy became an enemy to his own father, is not now coming to help me,