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Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender
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na yasya devā ṛṣayaḥ padam vidur jantuḥ punaḥ ko 'rhati gantum īritum yathā naṭasyākṛtibhir viceṣtato duratyayānukramaṇaḥ sa māvatu
na —neither;  yasya —He of whom;  devāḥ —the demigods;  ṛṣayaḥ —great sages;  padam —position;  viduḥ —can understand;  jantuḥ —unintelligent living beings like animals;  punaḥ —again;  kaḥ —who;  arhati —is able;  gantum —to enter into the knowledge;  īritum —or to express by words;  yathā —as;  naṭasya —of the artist;  ākṛtibhiḥ —by bodily features;  viceṣtataḥ —dancing in different ways;  duratyaya —very difficult;  anukramaṇaḥ —His movements;  saḥ —that Supreme Personality of Godhead;  mā —unto me;  avatu —may give His protection.
TRANSLATION
An artist onstage, being covered by attractive dresses and dancing with different movements, is not understood by his audience; similarly, the activities and features of the supreme artist cannot be understood even by the demigods or great sages, and certainly not by those who are unintelligent like animals. Neither the demigods and sages nor the unintelligent can understand the features of the Lord, nor can they express in words His actual position. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protection.
PURPORT
A similar understanding was expressed by Kuntīdevī. The Supreme Lord exists everywhere, within and without. He even exists within the heart.  Sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭo. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānām hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati.  Thus it is indicated that one can find the Supreme Lord within one's heart. There are many, many  yogīs  trying to find Him.  Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yam yoginaḥ.  Nonetheless, even great  yogīs , demigods, saints and sages have been unable to understand the bodily features of that great artist, nor could they understand the meaning of His movements. What then is to be said of ordinary speculators like the so-called philosophers of this material world? For them He is impossible to understand. Therefore we must accept the