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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.40
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 40
- daṁṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavaṁs tvayā dhṛtā
- virājate bhūdhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharā
- yathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtā
- mataṅ-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminī
daṁṣṭrathe tips of the tusks-agrathe tips of the tusks — the tips of the tusks; koṭyāby the edges — by the edges; bhagavanO Personality of Godhead — O Personality of Godhead; tvayāby You — by You; dhṛtāsustained — sustained; virājateis so beautifully situated — is so beautifully situated; bhūO lifter of the earth-dharaO lifter of the earth — O lifter of the earth; bhūḥthe earth — the earth; sawith mountains-bhūdharāwith mountains — with mountains; yathāas much as — as much as; vanātfrom the water — from the water; niḥsarataḥcoming out — coming out; datāby the tusk — by the tusk; dhṛtācaptured — captured; mataminfuriated elephant-gajendrasyainfuriated elephant — infuriated elephant; sawith leaves-patrawith leaves — with leaves; padminīthe lotus flower — the lotus flower.
O lifter of the earth, the earth with its mountains, which You have lifted with Your tusks, is situated as beautifully as a lotus flower with leaves sustained by an infuriated elephant just coming out of the water.
The fortune of the earth planet is praised because of its being specifically sustained by the Lord; its beauty is appreciated and compared to that of a lotus flower situated on the trunk of an elephant. As a lotus flower with leaves is very beautifully situated, so the world, with its many beautiful mountains, appeared on the tusks of the Lord Boar.