Text 25] Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender 107

emanate from the Lord and again merge into Him. He is neither
demigod nor demon, neither human nor bird or beast. He is not
woman, man, or neuter, nor is He an animal. He is not a material
quality, a fruitive activity, a manifestation or nonmanifestation. He
is the last word in the discrimination of ‘‘not this, not this,’ and
He is unlimited. All glories to the Supreme Personality of God-
head!

PURPORT

This is a summary description of the Supreme Personality of God-
head’s unlimited potency. That supreme one is acting in different phases
by manifesting His parts and parcels, which are all simultaneously dif-
ferently situated by His different potencies (pardsya Saktir vividhaiva
Srixyate). Each and every potency is acting quite naturally (svabhaviki
jftana-bala-kriya ca). Therefore the Lord is unlimited. Na tat-samas
cdbhyadhikas ca drsyate: nothing is equal to Him, nor is anything
greater than Him. Although He manifests Himself in so many ways, per-
sonally He has nothing to do (na tasya karyarn karanam ca vidyate), for
everything is done by expansions of His unlimited energies.

TEXT 25

fasitas areftergar—f-
WTA eaTaa |
roa nea a ae faga-
MARAMHATTA «ALT RI

Jijivise naham ihamuya kim
antar bahis cadvrtayebha-yonya
icchami kalena na yasya viplavas
tasyatma-lokavaranasya moksam

jijivise—wish to live long; na—not; aham—I; iha—in this life;
amuyd—or in the next life (I do not wish to live upon being saved from
this dangerous position); kim—what is the value; antah—internally;
bahih—externally; ca—and; dvrtaya—covered by ignorance; ibha-
yonya—in this birth as an elephant; icchami—I desire; kalena—
