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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.26
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 26
- teṣāṁ satāṁ veda-vitāna-mūrtir
- brahmāvadhāryātma-guṇānuvādam
- vinadya bhūyo vibudhodayāya
- gajendra-līlo jalam āviveśa
teṣāmof them — of them; satāmof the great devotees — of the great devotees; vedaall knowledge — all knowledge; vitānathe form of expansion-mūrtiḥthe form of expansion — the form of expansion; brahmaVedic sound — Vedic sound; avadhāryaknowing it well — knowing it well; ātmaof Himself — of Himself; guṇatranscendental glorification-anuvādamtranscendental glorification — transcendental glorification; vinadyaresounding — resounding; bhūyaḥagain — again; vibudhaof the transcendentally learned — of the transcendentally learned; udayāyafor the elevation or benefit — for the elevation or benefit; gajendraplaying like an elephant-līlaḥplaying like an elephant — playing like an elephant; jalamthe water — the water; āviveśaentered — entered.
Playing like an elephant, He entered into the water after roaring again in reply to the Vedic prayers by the great devotees. The Lord is the object of the Vedic prayers, and thus He understood that the devotees' prayers were meant for Him.
The form of the Lord in any shape is always transcendental and full of knowledge and mercy. The Lord is the destroyer of all material contamination because His form is personified Vedic knowledge. All the Vedas worship the transcendental form of the Lord. In the Vedic mantras the devotees request the Lord to remove the glaring effulgence because it covers His real face. That is the version of the Īśopaniṣad. The Lord has no material form, but His form is always understood in terms of the Vedas. The Vedas are said to be the breath of the Lord, and that breath was inhaled by Brahmā, the original student of the Vedas. The breathing from the nostril of Brahmā caused the appearance of Lord Boar, and therefore the boar incarnation of the Lord is the personified Vedas. The glorification of the incarnation by the sages on the higher planets consisted of factual Vedic hymns. Whenever there is glorification of the Lord, it is to be understood that Vedic mantras are being rightly vibrated. The Lord was therefore pleased when such Vedic mantras were chanted, and to encourage His pure devotees, He roared once more and entered the water to rescue the submerged earth.