Solicitous of slaying the son of Bharadvaja, O king, his appearance then resembled that of Hari when, in days of yore, he was going to slay the Daitya king Hiranyakasipu.
तस्य रूपं बभौ राजन् भारद्वाजं जिघांसतः। यथा रूपं पुरा विष्णोर्हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधे॥