Narasimha Avatar Painting | Dasavataram Series : 4

Dasavatharam Series Continue… No. 4.

tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-s’rîngam
dalita-hiranyakas’ipu-tanu-bhrîngam
kes’ava dhrita-narahari-rûpa
jaya jagadîs’a hare
          – Sri Dasavatara Stotra (Jayadeva Goswami, Gita Govinda)

Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one’s fingernails,
the same way the body of the wasplike demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.
O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You!