Verse 1.4.8

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.4.8:

वित्रस्तेन ब्रह्मणा प्रार्थितो यः श्रीमत्-पादाम्भोज-मूले निपत्य ।
तिष्ठन्न् उत्थाप्योत्तमाङ्गे कराब्जं धृत्वाङ्गेषु श्री-नृसिंहेन लीढः ॥ ८ ॥

vitrastena brahmaṇā prārthito yaḥ śrīmat-pādāmbhoja-mūle nipatya |
tiṣṭhann utthāpyottamāṅge karābjaṃ dhṛtvāṅgeṣu śrī-nṛsiṃhena līḍhaḥ || 8 ||

As Śrī Brahmā stood aghast after prayer, you fell down at the divine lotus feet of your Prabhu, then Śrī Nṛsiṃhadeva, raising you personally, put His lotus hand on your head and began licking all your limbs.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The honor displayed by Śrī Bhagavān towards Śrī Prahlāda is expounded upon in the ślokas beginning with vitrastena (with ghastliness).

Due to the hostility at the feet of His devotee and seeing Śrī Nṛsiṃhadeva’s readiness to destroy the entire universe by His great anger, Brahmā became excessively timid and to pacify the anger of Śrī Nṛsiṃha, began to beseech Prahlāda. For example, in the Seventh Canto Śrī Brahmā says to the nearby Prahlāda (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 7.9.3), tāta praśamayopehi sva-pitre kupitaṃ prabhum: “My child, our Lord, Śrī Nṛsiṃhadeva, is furious with your father, therefore go and appease Him of such anger.”

Then you gradually proceeded towards our Prabhu. Falling at His lotus feet, you offered your dandavats. Śrī Nṛsiṃhadeva personally raised you up with His divine lotus hands and began licking all your limbs.

The Seventh Canto (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 7.9.5) states:

स्व-पाद-मूले पतितं तम् अर्भकं विलोक्य देवः कृपया परिप्लुतः
उत्थाप्य तच्-छीर्ष्ण्य् अदधात् कराम्बुजं कालाहि-वितस्त-धियां कृताभयम्

sva-pāda-mūle patitaṃ tam arbhakaṃ vilokya devaḥ kṛpayā pariplutaḥ
utthāpya tac-chīrṣṇy adadhāt karāmbujaṃ kālāhi-vitasta-dhiyāṃ kṛtābhayam

Seeing Prahlāda at the base of His feet, Bhagavān Śrī Nṛsiṃhadeva, whose lotus hands grant fearlessness to all people who fear the venomous factor of time, became overwhelmed by compassion and placed those same lotus hands on the head of Prahlāda.

In addition, the Śrī Bṛhan Narasiṃha Purāṇa describes, lilihe tasya gātrāṇi sva-potasyeva keśarī: “Just as a lioness licks the body of her own cubs, Śrī Nṛsimhadeva began to lick Prahlāda’s body.”