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Gajendra Returns to the Spiritual World
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such a personality, however, is in fact a benediction. Both the crocodile, who had been a Gandharva in his previous life, and Gajendra, who had been a king named Indradyumna, were cursed, but both of them benefited. Indradyumna, in his birth as an elephant, attained salvation and became a personal associate of the Lord in Vaikuṇṭha, and the crocodile regained his status as a Gandharva. We find evidence in many places that the curse of a great saint or devotee is not a curse but a benediction.
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नेदुर्दुन्दुभयो दिव्या गन्धर्वा ननृतुर्जगुः ।
ऋषयश्चारणाः सिद्धास्तुष्टुवुः पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥ २ ॥
nedur dundubhayo divyā gandharvā nanṛtur jaguḥ ṛṣayaś cāraṇāḥ siddhās tuṣṭuvuḥ puruṣottamam
neduḥ —vibrated;  dundubhayaḥ —kettledrums;  divyāḥ —in the sky of the higher planetary system;  gandharvāḥ —residents of Gandharvaloka;  nanṛtuḥ —danced;  jaguḥ —and sang;  ṛṣayaḥ —all the saintly sages;  cāraṇāḥ —the inhabitants of the Cāraṇa planet;  siddhāḥ —the inhabitants of the Siddha planet;  tuṣṭuvuḥ —offered prayers;  puruṣottamam —to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Puruṣottama, the best of males.
TRANSLATION
There was a beating of kettledrums in the heavenly planets, the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka began to dance and sing, while great sages and the inhabitants of Cāraṇaloka and Siddhaloka offered prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Puruṣottama.
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योऽसौ ग्राहः स वै सद्यः परमाश्चर्यरूपधृक् ।
मुक्तो देवलशापेन हूर्दूर्गन्धर्वसत्तमः ॥ ३ ॥