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एष पारे समुद्रस्य हिरण्यपुरमारुजत् । हत्वा षष्टिसहस्राणि निवातकवचान्रणे॥५-४८-१६॥
He crossed to the far shore of the ocean and stormed Hiraṇyapura; in battle he slew sixty thousand Nivātakavacas.
english translation
एष देवान्सहेन्द्रेण जित्वा परपुरंजयः । अतर्पयन्महाबाहुरर्जुनो जातवेदसम् । नारायणस्तथैवात्र भूयसोऽन्याञ्जघान ह॥५-४८-१७॥
Mighty-armed Arjuna, conqueror of hostile strongholds, having prevailed with Indra on behalf of the gods, satisfied Jātavedas (Agni). Likewise here, Nārāyaṇa also subdued many others.
english translation
एवमेतौ महावीर्यौ तौ पश्यत समागतौ । वासुदेवार्जुनौ वीरौ समवेतौ महारथौ॥५-४८-१८॥
Thus behold these two of great power who have arrived together—Vāsudeva and Arjuna, the two heroes, united as great chariot-warriors.
english translation
नरनारायणौ देवौ पूर्वदेवाविति श्रुतिः । अजेयौ मानुषे लोके सेन्द्रैरपि सुरासुरैः॥५-४८-१९॥
Śruti declares that Nara and Nārāyaṇa are primordial divinities. In the human world they are unconquerable—even by gods and asuras together with Indra.
english translation
एष नारायणः कृष्णः फल्गुनस्तु नरः स्मृतः । नारायणो नरश्चैव सत्त्वमेकं द्विधाकृतम्॥५-४८-२०॥
This Kṛṣṇa is Nārāyaṇa, and Phalguna (Arjuna) is remembered as Nara. Nārāyaṇa and Nara are indeed one essential reality expressed in two forms.
english translation