Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31


Sanskrit:

तं वीरमारादभिपद्य विस्मय:शयिष्यसे वीरशये श्वभिर्वृत: ।यस्त्वद्विधानामसतां प्रशान्तयेरूपाणि धत्ते सदनुग्रहेच्छया ॥ ३१ ॥

ITRANS:

taṁ vīram ārād abhipadya vismayaḥśayiṣyase vīra-śaye śvabhir vṛtaḥyas tvad-vidhānām asatāṁ praśāntayerūpāṇi dhatte sad-anugrahecchayā

Translation:

Varuṇa continued: On reaching Him you will be rid of your pride at once and will lie down on the field of battle, surrounded by dogs, for eternal sleep. It is in order to exterminate wicked fellows like you and to show His grace to the virtuous that He assumes His various incarnations like Varāha.

Purport:

Asuras do not know that their bodies consist of the five elements of material nature and that when they fall they become objects of pastimes for dogs and vultures. Varuṇa advised Hiraṇyākṣa to meet Viṣṇu in His boar incarnation so that his hankering for aggressive war would be satisfied and his powerful body would be vanquished.