Text 8] Gajendra Returns to the Spiritual World 127

to the Sastra and the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cer-
tainly becomes purified. Like Gajendra, he assumes a spiritual body and
returns home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 7

a9 ays Tat Weal gaeaaa: |
eaaa eft waa fegmarra: |i 9 Il

sa vai piirvam abhiid raja
pandyo dravida-sattamah

indradyumna iti khyato
visnu-vrata-parayanah

sah—this elephant (Gajendra); vai—indeed; purvam—formerly;
abhiit—was; raja—a king; pandyah—of the country known as Pandya;
dravida-sat-tamah—the best of those born in Dravida-dega, South India;
indradyumnah—by the name Maharaja Indradyumna; iti—thus;
khyatah—celebrated; visnu-vrata-paraéyanah—who was a first-class
Vaisnava, always engaged in the service of the Lord.

TRANSLATION

This Gajendra had formerly been a Vaisnava and the king of the
country known as Pandya, which is in the province of Dravida
[South India]. In his previous life, he was known as Indradyumna
Maharaja.

TEXT 8
ATKNMARS AAA
qéantaaa fat ah |
FAINT «= - A SAs=aqd
ATA «= SHAASAA! |< II

sa ekadaéradhana-kala atmavan
grhita-mauna-vrata isvaram harim
