Text 26] Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender 109
TEXT 26
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Peaartas Aa ToTaISheR at Tey REI
so *hamh visva-srjam visvam
avisvam visva-vedasam
visvatmanam ajam brahma
pranato ’smi pararh padam
sah—that; aham—I (the person desiring release from material life);
visva-srjam—unto He who has created this cosmic manifestation;
visvam—who is Himself the whole cosmic presentation; avisvam—al-
though He is transcendental to the cosmic manifestation; visva-
vedasam—who is the knower or ingredient of this universal manifesta-
tion; visva-dtménam—the soul of the universe; ajam—who is never
born, eternally existing; brahma—the Supreme; pranatah asmi—I offer
my respectful obeisances; param—who is transcendental; padam—the
shelter.
TRANSLATION
Now, fully desiring release from material life, I offer my re-
spectful obeisances unto that Supreme Person who is the creator
of the universe, who is Himself the form of the universe and who
is nonetheless transcendental to this cosmic manifestation. He is
the supreme knower of everything in this world, the Supersoul of
the universe. He is the unborn, supremely situated Lord. I offer
my respectful obeisances unto Him.
PURPORT
Sometimes when bhakti-yoga, Krsna consciousness, is preached to the
common man, people argue, “Where is Krsna? Where is God? Can you
show Him to us?” In this verse the answer is given that if we are suffi-
ciently intelligent, we must know that there is someone who has created
the entire cosmic manifestation, who has supplied and has become the in-
gredients for this cosmic manifestation, who is eternally existing, but
who is not within the cosmic manifestation. Simply on the basis of this
