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
aS ~
a 9 TANS Ua Wet sacra: |
Sea sft Sa gaa: | 9 II
sa vai piirvam abhiid raja
pandyo dravida-sattamah
indradyumna iti khyato
visnu-vrata-pardyanah
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
ATHENS ACA
qéantaaa fat ah |
FANT «A Gasead
ARITA «= FAAS! | < I
sa ekadaéradhana-kala atmavan
grhita-mauna-vrata isvaram harim
