Mantra Raja Pada Stotram - Shloka 1

Mantra Raja Pada Stotram
Ahirbudhnya Samhita

Sri Isvara uvacha (Thus Lord Isvara says)

vruttOtphulla visAlAksham vipaksha-kshaya-dIkshitam |

ninAda-trasta-viSvANDam vishNum ugram namAmyaham ||

vRtta – round, circular, complete

utphulla – puffed up, swollen, flourished, wide open – can be interpreted as fully blossomed

visAlAksham – broad, large eyes

round, fully blossomed, broad eyed

vipaksha- those opposed, enemies

kshaya- destroying, annihilating

dIkshitam – prepared, ready for

ready to annihilate enemies

ninAda- loud roar

trasta- trembling

viSvANDam – world-egg, universe

whose deafening roar shakes the universe

vishNum – O Vishnu

ugram – fierce, frightening

namAmyaham – I hail

I hail that fierce, frightening Vishnu

Possessing round, fully blossomed, broad eyes, who is ready to annihilate enemies

Whose deafening roar shakes the universe, I hail That fierce, frightening Vishnu.

Comments from Sri Sathakopan's beautiful translation (Sadagopan.org)
Comments:
He is vrutta utphulla visAlAkshan; His benevolent and broad eyes stretches all
the way to His ears and are like a fully blossomed lotus.
He is vipaksha kshaya dIkshitan and as such is very much adept and skilled in
destroying Vipakshans (VirOdis of the BhaagavatAs), who try to harm His
sapakshALs (BhagavatALs). He is bhakta jana arthi haran (PraNatArthi-hara
Prabhu).
He shook the world with His ear shattering garjanam (viSvaaNDam ninAda
trasta:). aNDam, BrahmaaNDam shook from that rare and loud roar.
10 sadagopan.org
When HiraNya Kasipu hit the stambham and asked his son if his Lord was there,
Lord Narasimhan jumped out of that pillar with a rare scream that shattered
the ears of HiraNya Kasipu (karNau samAcUrNayan gOra: tava rava: abhut).
This sound was never heard before by anyone and shook the heart of HiraNyan
with an indescribable shaking and made Brahma Devan shudder at His Aasanam
at Satya lOkam (daitya hrdayE kaScana kampa: sampapAta;
ambhOjabhUrvishTarAt calita:)
ugram vishNum aham namAmi - To that ugra Narasimhan jumping out of the
ugra stambham at Ahobilam, adiyEn's salutations!