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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- tamāla-nīlaṁ sita-danta-koṭyā
- kṣmām utkṣipantaṁ gaja-līlayāṅga
- prajñāya baddhāñjalayo 'nuvākair
- viriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam
tamālaa blue tree named the tamāla — a blue tree named the tamāla; nīlambluish — bluish; sitawhite — white; dantatusks — tusks; koṭyāwith the curved edge — with the curved edge; kṣmāmthe earth — the earth; utkṣipantamwhile suspending — while suspending; gajaplaying like an elephant-līlayāplaying like an elephant — playing like an elephant; aṅgaO Vidura — O Vidura; prajñāyaafter knowing it well — after knowing it well; baddhafolded — folded; añjalayaḥhands — hands; anuvākaiḥby Vedic hymns — by Vedic hymns; viriñciBrahmā — Brahmā; mukhyāḥheaded by — headed by; upatasthuḥoffered prayers — offered prayers; īśamunto the Supreme Lord — unto the Supreme Lord.
Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that of a tamāla tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahmā, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.