512 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 13

TRH ENETTS TSI
TMH Tat aad RTT NII

Jaghana rundhanam asah ya-vikramam
sa lilayebham mrgarad ivambhasi

tadrakta-pankankita-ganda-tundo
yatha gajendro jagatim vibhindan

Jaghana—killed ;rundhanam—the obstructive enemy ;asah ya—unbearable;
vikramam—prowess; sah—He; lilaya—easily ; ibham—the elephant; mrgarat—
the lion; iva—like; ambhasi—in the water; tat-rakta—of his blood; panka-
ankita—smeared by the pool; ganda—cheeks; tundah—tongue; yatha—as if;
gajendrah—the elephant; jagatim—earth; vibhindan—digging.

TRANSLATION

Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion
kills an elephant. The cheeks and tongue of the Lord became smeared with
the blood of the demon, just as an elephant becomes reddish from digging
in the purple earth.

TEXT 33
Teds  Macaraten
TTT TAIT ATH |
WTI Wal STeraISqaTe-
faRRagen | syaTA TTT 12311

tamala-nilam sita-danta-kotya
ksmam utksipantam gaja-lilayanga

prajiiaya baddhaijalayo ’nuvakair
virifici-mukhya upatasthur tgam

tamala—a blue tree named the tamala; nilam—bluish;sita— white; danta—
tusks; kofya—with the curved edge; ksmam—the earth; utksipantam— while
suspending; gaja-lilaya—playing like an elephant; anga—O Vidura; prajiidya—
after knowing it well; baddha—folded; afjalayah—hands; anuvakaih—by
Vedic hymns; virifici— Brahma; mukhyah—headed by; upatasthuh—offered
prayers; ifam—unto the Supreme Lord.

TRANSLATION

Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the
edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that
