126 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 4
gajendro bhagavat-sparsad
vimukto jndna-bandhandat
prapto bhagavato riipam
pita-vasas catur-bhujah

gajendrah—the King of the elephants, Gajendra; bhagavat-sparsat—
because of being touched by the hand of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; vimuktah—was immediately freed; ajfidna-bandhanat—from
all kinds of ignorance, especially the bodily concept of life; praptah—
achieved; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
ripam—the same bodily features; pita-vdsah—wearing yellow gar-
ments; catuh-bhujah—and four-handed, with conchshell, disc, club and
lotus.

TRANSLATION

Because Gajendra, King of the elephants, had been touched
directly by the hands of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he
was immediately freed of all material ignorance and bondage. Thus
he received the salvation of saripya-mukti, in which he achieved
the same bodily features as the Lord, being dressed in yellow gar-
ments and possessing four hands.

PURPORT

If one is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead by having his
gross body touched by the Lord, his body turns into a spiritual body, and
he can go back home, back to Godhead. Gajendra assumed a spiritual
body when his body was touched by the Lord. Similarly, Dhruva
Maharaja assumed his spiritual body in this way. Arcand-paddhati, daily
worship of the Deity, provides an opportunity to touch the body of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus it enables one to be fortunate
enough to get a spiritual body and go back to Godhead. Not only by
touching the body of the Supreme Lord, but simply by hearing about His
pastimes, chanting His glories, touching His feet and offering worship—
in other words, by serving the Lord somehow or other—one is purified of
material contamination. This is the result of touching the Supreme Lord.
One who is a pure devotee (anyabhilasita-siinyam), who acts according
