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Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender
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यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चेदं येनेदं य इदं स्वयम् । योऽस्मात् परस्माच्च परस्तं प्रपद्ये स्वयम्भुवम् ॥ ३ ॥
yasminn idam yataś cedam yenedam ya idam svayam yo 'smāt parasmāc ca paras tam prapadye svayambhuvam
yasmin —the basic platform on which;  idam —the universe rests;  yataḥ —the ingredients from which;  ca —and;  idam —the cosmic manifestation is produced;  yena —by whom;  idam —this cosmic manifestation is created and maintained;  yaḥ —He who;  idam —this material world;  svayam —is Himself;  yaḥ —He who;  asmāt —from the effect (this material world);  parasmāt —from the cause;  ca —and;  paraḥ —transcendental or different;  tam —unto Him;  prapadye —I surrender;  svayambhuvam —unto the supreme self-sufficient.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Godhead is the supreme platform on which everything rests, the ingredient by which everything has been produced, and the person who has created and is the only cause of this cosmic manifestation. Nonetheless, He is different from the cause and the result. I surrender unto Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is self-sufficient in everything.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.4) the Lord says,  mayā tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-mūrtinā : “I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but everything rests upon My energy, just as an earthen pot rests on the earth.” The place where an earthen pot rests is also earth. Then again, the earthen pot is manufactured by a potter, whose body is a product of earth. The potter's wheel with which the pot is made is an expansion of earth, and the ingredients from which the pot are made are also earth. As