Text 40]
The Appearance of Lord Varāha
519
being situated in everyone's heart, instructs the devotee regarding pure devotional service so that he may ultimately achieve the association of the Lord. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  as follows:
teṣām satata-yuktānām bhajatām prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogam tam yena mām upayānti te
“To one who constantly engages in the devotional service of the Lord with faith and love, the Lord certainly gives the intelligence to achieve Him at the ultimate end.” (Bg.10.10)
One has to conquer the mind, and one may do it by following the Vedic rituals and by performing different types of sacrifice. The ultimate end of all those performances is to attain  bhakti , or the devotional service of the Lord. Without  bhakti  one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The original Personality of Godhead or His innumerable expansions of Viṣṇu are the only objects of worship by all the Vedic rituals and sacrificial performances.
TEXT 40
दंष्ट्राग्रकोट्या भगवंस्त्वया धृता
विराजते भूधर भूः सभूधरा ।
यथा वनानिःसरतो दत्ता धृता
मतङ्गजेन्द्रस्य सपत्रपद्मिनी ॥४०॥
damṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavamṣ tvayā dhṛtā virājate bhū-dhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharā yathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtā mataṅgajendrasya sa-patra-padminī
damṣṭra-agra —the tips of the tusks;  koṭyā —by the edges;  bhagavan —O Personality of Godhead;  tvayā —by You;  dhṛtā —sustained;  virājate —is so beautifully situated;  bhū-dhara —O lifter of the earth;  bhūḥ —the earth;  sa-bhūdharā —with mountains;  yathā —as much as;  vanāt —from the water;  niḥsarataḥ —coming out;  datā —by the tusk;  dhṛtā —captured;  mataṅgajendrasya —infuriated elephant;  sa-patra —with leaves;  padminī —the lotus flower.
TRANSLATION
O lifter of the earth, the earth with its mountains, which You have lifted with Your tusks, is situated as beautifully as a lotus flower with leaves sustained by an infuriated elephant just coming out of the water.