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Gajendra Returns to the Spiritual World
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to the  śāstra  and the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, certainly becomes purified. Like Gajendra, he assumes a spiritual body and returns home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 7
स वै पूर्वमभूद् राजा पाण्ड्यो द्रविडसत्तमः ।
इन्द्रद्युम्न इति ख्यातो विष्णुव्रतपरायणः ॥ ७ ॥
sa vai pūrvam abhūd rājā pāṇḍyo draviḍa-sattamaḥ indradyumna iti khyāto viṣṇu-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ
saḥ —this elephant (Gajendra);  vai —indeed;  pūrvam —formerly;  abhūt —was;  rājā —a king;  pāṇḍyaḥ —of the country known as Pāṇḍya;  draviḍa-sat-tamaḥ —the best of those born in Draviḍa-deśa, South India;  indradyumnaḥ —by the name Mahārāja Indradyumna;  iti —thus;  khyātaḥ —celebrated;  viṣṇu-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ —who was a first-class Vaiṣṇava, always engaged in the service of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
This Gajendra had formerly been a Vaiṣṇava and the king of the country known as Pāṇḍya, which is in the province of Draviḍa [South India]. In his previous life, he was known as Indradyumna Mahārāja.
TEXT 8
स एकदाराधनकाल आत्मवान्
गृहीतमौनव्रत ईश्वरं हरिम् ।
जटाधरस्तापस आप्लुतोऽच्युतं
समर्चयामास कुलाचलाश्रमः ॥ ८ ॥
sa ekadārādhana-kāla ātmavān
gṛhīta-mauna-vrata īśvaraṁ harim