Text 6] Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender 79

na yasya deva rsayah padam vidur
Jantuh punah ko ’rhati gantum iritum

yatha natasyakrtibhir vicestato
duratyaydénukramanah sa mdévatu

na—neither; yasya—He of whom; devah—the demigods; rsayah—
great sages; padam—position; viduh—can understand; jantuh—unin-
telligent living beings like animals; punah—again; kah—who; arhati—
is able; gantum—to enter into the knowledge; iritum—or to express by
words; yathé—as; natasya—of the artist; dkrtibhih—by bodily
features; vicestatah—dancing in different ways; duratyaya—very dif-
ficult; anukramanah—His movements; sah—that Supreme Personality
of Godhead; ma—unto me; avatu—may give His protection.

TRANSLATION

An artist onstage, being covered by attractive dresses and danc-
ing with different movements, is not understood by his audience;
similarly, the activities and features of the supreme artist cannot
be understood even by the demigods or great sages, and certainly
not by those who are unintelligent like animals. Neither the
demigods and sages nor the unintelligent can understand the
features of the Lord, nor can they express in words His actual posi-
tion. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protec-
tion.

PURPORT

A similar understanding was expressed by Kuntidevi. The Supreme
Lord exists everywhere, within and without. He even exists within the
heart. Sarvasya caharm hrdi sannivisto. Isvarah sarva-bhiitanar hrd-
dese ’rjuna tisthati. Thus it is indicated that one can find the Supreme
Lord within one’s heart. There are many, many yogis trying to find Him.
Dhyandavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginah. Nonethe-
less, even great yogis, demigods, saints and sages have been unable to
understand the bodily features of that great artist, nor could they under-
stand the meaning of His movements. What then is to be said of ordinary
speculators like the so-called philosophers of this material world? For
them He is impossible to understand. Therefore we must accept the
