Verse 2.1.74

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.74:

नायं नरार्ध-सिंहार्ध-रूप-धारी च मत्-प्रभुः ।
न वामनोऽप्य् असौ मीन-कूर्म-कोलादि-रूपवान् ॥ ७४ ॥

nāyaṃ narārdha-siṃhārdha-rūpa-dhārī ca mat-prabhuḥ |
na vāmano'py asau mīna-kūrma-kolādi-rūpavān || 74 ||

na–not; ayam–He; nara-ardha–of half-man; siṃha-ardha–halflion; rūpa-dhārī–possess the form; ca–also; mat-prabhuḥ–my Lord; na–not; vāmanaḥ–a dwarf; api–also; asau–He; mīna–a fish; kūrma–a tortoise; kola–a boar; ādi–and so forth; rūpavān–possessing the form.

(Then he began to reflect,) “My Lord does not possess the half-man–half-lion form, nor does He possess the forms of Vāmana, Mīna, Kūrma, or Varāha.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

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

One might argue, “Your worshipful Lord may be different from Śrī Mādhava, but because He is similar to some Deities the Vaiṣṇavas worship, your Lord is also Jagadīśvara, the Lord of the universe.” The brāhmaṇa replies with the half-verse beginning with nāyam. He says, “The Personality whose lower half resembles a human being and whose upper half resembles a lion–the Supreme Lord who has assumed the form of Nṛsiṃha–is not my worshipable Deity. The other manifestations of the Supreme Lord, such as Vāmana, are also not the Deity whom I worship because Their forms are different from that of my Lord.”