118 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 3

considered Gajendra’s prayer to be directed toward the Lord, they felt
offended, and this in itself was offensive. Consequently, when the Lord
went there, they also went and offered prayers to the Lord so that their
offense might be excused.

TEXT 32

MSHA AIMSA Weld Aa
CH TVA al ATT |
Shaq arearrar firate Fz-
ANTAMPAIT ATI] AACA 1132)|

so ’ntah-sarasy urubalena grhita arto
drstva garutmati harim kha upatta-cakram
utksipya sambuja-karam giram aha krechran
narayanakhila-guro bhagavan namas te

sah—he (Gajendra) ; antah-sarasi—in the water; uru-balena—with
great force; grhitah—who had been captured by the crocodile; artah—
and severely suffering; drstva—upon seeing; garutmati—on the back of
Garuda; harim—the Lord; khe—in the sky; updtta-cakram—wielding
His disc; utksipya—raising; sa-ambuja-karam—his trunk, along with a
lotus flower; giram dha—uttered the words; krcchrat—with great dif-
ficulty (because of his precarious position); naraéyana—O my Lord
Narayana; akhila-guro—O universal Lord; bhagavan—O Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; namah te—I offer my respectful obeisances unto
You.

TRANSLATION

Gajendra had been forcefully captured by the crocodile in the
water and was feeling acute pain, but when he saw that Narayana,
wielding His disc, was coming in the sky on the back of Garuda, he
immediately took a lotus flower in his trunk, and with great dif-
ficulty due to his painful condition, he uttered the following
words: “‘O my Lord, Narayana, master of the universe, O Supreme

Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto
You.”
