# SB 8.19.8 > तमायान्तं समालोक्य शूलपाणिं कृतान्तवत > चिन्तयामास कालज्ञओ विष्णुर्मायाविनां वरः ॥८॥ ## Text > tam āyāntaṁ samālokya > śūla-pāṇiṁ kṛtāntavat > cintayām āsa kāla-jño > viṣṇur māyāvināṁ varaḥ ## Synonyms *tam*—him (Hiraṇyakaśipu); *āyāntam*—coming forward; *samālokya*—observing minutely; *śūla-pāṇim*—with a trident in his hand; *kṛtānta-vat*—just like death personified; *cintayām āsa*—thought; *kāla-jñaḥ*—who knows the progress of time; *viṣṇuḥ*—Lord Viṣṇu; *māyāvinām*—of all kinds of mystics; *varaḥ*—the chief. ## Translation **Seeing Hiraṇyakaśipu coming forward bearing a trident in his hand like personified death, Lord Viṣṇu, the best of all mystics and the knower of the progress of time, thought as follows.**