The Lord’s teasing words agitated the Asura and he started exploding with anger. He took his mace and struck the Lord, which He cleverly avoided. Thus began the fierce fight between the Asura and Lord Varaha, which we had seen earlier. All Devas became concerned to see the seemingly unending fight and Lord Brahma prayed to the Lord to kill the demon before sunset – the time when Asurik power increases.

Now the story gets into an interesting turn here. When Hiranyaksha struck back, Bhagavan’s mace fell down and He stood weapon-less. Surprisingly the Asura stood still keeping the “Yudha Dharma”, by not attacking the weapon-less enemy. This in fact pleased the Lord. However, as He took His “Sudarshana Chakram” in His hand, the Asura lost his control and attacked Him with his mace. The Lord darted it away and gave it back to the Asura which he did not accept. As a final attempt, Hiranyaksha attacked the Lord with a Trishool, but in vain. It was time to end the Asura and Lord Varaha killed him – the true blessing in disguise for Hiranyaksha!