124 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 4

moe faa MARAT TT |
MTA TA sAeTQoACHTT | 2 IN

yo ’sau grahah sa vai sadyah
paraméscarya-riipa-dhrk
mukto devala-sapena
hithir gandharva-sattamah

pranamya Sirasddhisam
uttama-slokam avyayam

agayata yaso-dhama
kirtanya-guna-sat-katham

yah—he who; asau—that; grahah—became a crocodile; sah—he;
vai—indeed; sadyah—immediately; parama—very nice; dscarya—
wonderful; riijpa-dhrk—possessing the form (of his original Gandharva
position); muktah—was delivered; devala-sépena—by the cursing of
Devala Rsi; hiihih—whose name was formerly Haha; gandharva-sat-
tamah—the best of Gandharvaloka; pranamya—offering his obei-
sances; sirasa—by the head; adhisam—unto the supreme master; ut-
tama-slokam—who is worshiped by the choicest verses; avyayam—who
is the supreme eternal; agdyata—he began to chant; yasah-dhama—the
glories of the Lord; kirtanya-guna-sat-katham—whose transcendental
pastimes and qualities are glorious.

TRANSLATION

The best of the Gandharvas, King Haha, having been cursed by
Devala Muni, had become a crocodile. Now, having been delivered
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he assumed a very
beautiful form as a Gandharva. Understanding by whose mercy
this had happened, he immediately offered his respectful obei-
sances with his head and began chanting prayers just suitable for
the transcendental Lord, the supreme eternal, who is worshiped by
the choicest verses.

PURPORT

The story of how the Gandharva had become a crocodile will be de-
scribed later. The curse by which the Gandharva took this position was
