PLATE THREE

“The Supreme Lord in His boar incarnation, who accepts all sacrificial
offerings, lives in the northern part of Jambiadvipa. There, in the tract of
land known as Uttarakuru-varsa, mother earth and all the other inhabi-
tants worship Him with unfailing devotional service by repeatedly chant-
ing the following Upanisad mantra: ‘O Lord, we offer our respectful
obeisances unto You as the gigantic person. Simply by chanting mantras,
we shall be able to understand You fully. You are yajra (sacrifice), and
You are the kratu (ritual). Therefore all the ritualistic ceremonies of
sacrifice are part of Your transcendental body, and You are the only en-
joyer of all sacrifices. My Lord, as the original boar within this universe,
You fought and killed the great demon Hiranyaksa. Then You lifted me
(the earth) from the Garbhodaka Ocean on the end of Your tusk, exactly
as a sporting elephant plucks a lotus flower from the water. 1 bow down
before You.’ ” (pp.212-220)
