Text 3] Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender 75

TEXT 3

afeafat qaat at a BAT |
TSA TEA TT HI ATFATT 1 3 1

yasminn idam yatas cedam
yenedam ya idam svayam

yo ’smat parasmac ca paras
tarn prapadye svayambhuvam

yasmin—the basic platform on which; idam—the universe rests;
yatah—the ingredients from which; ca—and; idam—the cosmic
manifestation is produced; yena—by whom; idam—this cosmic
manifestation is created and maintained; yah—He who; idam—this ma-
terial world; suayam—is Himself; yah—He who; asmdét—from the
effect (this material world); parasmat—from the cause; ca—and;
parah—transcendental or different; tam—unto Him; prapadye—I sur-
render; svayambhuvam—unto the supreme self-sufficient.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Godhead is the supreme platform on which every-
thing rests, the ingredient by which everything has been pro-
duced, and the person who has created and is the only cause of this
cosmic manifestation. Nonetheless, He is different from the cause
and the result. I surrender unto Him, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, who is self-sufficient in everything.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita (9.4) the Lord says, mayd tatam idam sarvam jagad
avyakta-mirtina: “I] am the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but
everything rests upon My energy, just as an earthen pot rests on the
earth.” The place where an earthen pot rests is also earth. Then again,
the earthen pot is manufactured by a potter, whose body is a product of
earth. The potter’s wheel with which the pot is made is an expansion of
earth, and the ingredients from which the pot are made are also earth. As
