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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 13]
तद्वक्तपङ्काङ्क्षितगच्छतुष्ठो
यथा गजेन्द्रो जगतीं विभिन्दन् ॥३२॥
jaghāna rundhānam asahya-vikramam sa līlayebhaṁ mṛgarāḍ ivāmbhasi tadrakta-paṅkāṅkita-gaṇḍa-tuṇḍo yathā gajendro jagatīm vibhindan
jaghāna—killed; rundhānam—the obstructive enemy; asahya—unbearable; vikramam—prowess; saḥ—He; līlayā—easily; ibham—the elephant; mṛgarāṭ—the lion; iva—like; ambhasi—in the water; tat-rakta—of his blood; paṅka-aṅkita—smeared by the pool; gaṇḍa—cheeks; tuṇḍaḥ—tongue; yathā—as if; gajendraḥ—the elephant; jagatīm—earth; vibhindan—digging.
TRANSLATION
Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion kills an elephant. The cheeks and tongue of the Lord became smeared with the blood of the demon, just as an elephant becomes reddish from digging in the purple earth.
TEXT 33
तमालनीलं सितदन्तकोट्या स्मामुत्क्षिपन्तं गजलीलयाङ्ग । प्रज्ञाय बद्धाञ्जलयोऽनुवाकै- विरिञ्चिमुख्या उपतस्थुरीशम् ॥३३॥
tamāla-nīlaṁ sita-danta-koṭyā kṣmām utkṣipantaṁ gaja-līlayāṅga prajñāya baddhāñjalayo 'nuvākair viriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam
tamāla—a blue tree named the tamāla; nīlam—bluish; sita—white; danta—tusks; koṭyā—with the curved edge; kṣmām—the earth; utkṣipantam—while suspending; gaja-līlayā—playing like an elephant; aṅga—O Vidura; prajñāya—after knowing it well; baddha—folded; añjalayaḥ—hands; anuvākaiḥ—by Vedic hymns; viriñci—Brahmā; mukhyāḥ—headed by; upatasthuḥ—offered prayers; īśam—unto the Supreme Lord.
TRANSLATION
Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that