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r-bdaryair uvca
eva vyavasito buddhy
samdhya mano hdi
jajpa parama jpya
prg-janmany anuikitam

r ukadeva Gosvm continued: Thereafter, the King of the elephants, Gajendra,

fixed his mind in his heart with perfect intelligence and chanted a mantra which he
had learned in his previous birth as Indradyumna and which he remembered by the
grace of Ka.
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r-gajendra uvca
o namo bhagavate tasmai
yata etac cid-tmakam
puruydi-bjya
pareybhidhmahi
The King of the elephants, Gajendra, said: I offer my respectful obeisances unto the
Supreme Person, Vsudeva [o namo bhagavate vsudevya]. Because of Him this
material body acts due to the presence of spirit, and He is therefore the root cause of
everyone. He is worshipable for such exalted persons as Brahm and iva, and He has
entered the heart of every living being. Let me meditate upon Him.
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yasminn ida yata ceda
yeneda ya ida svayam
yo smt parasmc ca paras
ta prapadye svayambhuvam
The Supreme Godhead is the supreme platform on which everything rests, the
ingredient by which everything has been produced, and the person who has created
and is the only cause of this cosmic manifestation. Nonetheless, He is different from
the cause and the result. I surrender unto Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who is self-sufficient in everything.

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ya svtmanda nija-myayrpita
kvacid vibhta kva ca tat tirohitam
aviddha-dk sky ubhaya tad kate
sa tma-mlo vatu m part-para
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His own energy, keeps this
cosmic manifestation visible and again sometimes renders it invisible. He is both the
supreme cause and the supreme result, the observer and the witness, in all
circumstances. Thus He is transcendental to everything. May that Supreme
Personality of Godhead give me protection.
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klena pacatvam iteu ktsnao
lokeu pleu ca sarva-hetuu
tamas tadsd gahana gabhra
yas tasya pre bhivirjate vibhu
In due course of time, when all the causative and effective manifestations of the
universe, including the planets and their directors and maintainers, are annihilated,
there is a situation of dense darkness. Above this darkness, however, is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. I take shelter of His lotus feet.
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na yasya dev aya pada vidur
jantu puna ko rhati gantum ritum

yath naasyktibhir viceato

duratyaynukramaa sa mvatu
An artist onstage, being covered by attractive dresses and dancing with different
movements, is not understood by his audience; similarly, the activities and features of
the supreme artist cannot be understood even by the demigods or great sages, and
certainly not by those who are unintelligent like animals. Neither the demigods and
sages nor the unintelligent can understand the features of the Lord, nor can they
express in words His actual position. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give
me protection.
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didkavo yasya pada sumagala
vimukta-sag munaya susdhava
caranty aloka-vratam avraa vane
bhttma-bht suhda sa me gati
Renunciants and great sages who see all living beings equally, who are friendly to
everyone and who flawlessly practice in the forest the vows of brahmacarya,
vnaprastha and sannysa desire to see the all-auspicious lotus feet of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. May that same Supreme Personality of Godhead be my
destination.
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na vidyate yasya ca janma karma v
na nma-rpe gua-doa eva v

tathpi lokpyaya-sambhavya ya
sva-myay tny anuklam cchati
tasmai nama pareya
brahmae nanta-aktaye
arpyoru-rpya
nama carya-karmae
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no material birth, activities, name, form,
qualities or faults. To fulfill the purpose for which this material world is created and
destroyed, He comes in the form of a human being like Lord Rma or Lord Ka by
His original internal potency. He has immense potency, and in various forms, all free
from material contamination, He acts wonderfully. He is therefore the Supreme
Brahman. I offer my respects to Him.
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nama tma-pradpya
skie paramtmane
namo gir vidrya
manasa cetasm api
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the selfeffulgent Supersoul, who is the witness in everyones heart, who enlightens the
individual soul and who cannot be reached by exercises of the mind, words or
consciousness.
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sattvena pratilabhyya
naikarmyea vipacit
nama kaivalya-nthya
nirva-sukha-savide

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is realized by pure devotees who act in the
transcendental existence of bhakti-yoga. He is the bestower of uncontaminated
happiness and is the master of the transcendental world. Therefore I offer my respect
unto Him.
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nama ntya ghorya
mhya gua-dharmie
nirvieya smyya
namo jna-ghanya ca
I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Vsudeva, who is all-pervading, to the Lords
fierce form as Lord Nsihadeva, to the Lords form as an animal [Lord Varhadeva],
to Lord Datttreya, who preached impersonalism, to Lord Buddha, and to all the
other incarnations. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has no
material qualities but who accepts the three qualities goodness, passion and
ignorance within this material world. I also offer my respectful obeisances unto the
impersonal Brahman effulgence.
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ketra-jya namas tubhya
sarvdhyakya skie
puruytma-mlya
mla-praktaye nama
I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are the Supersoul, the
superintendent of everything, and the witness of all that occurs. You are the Supreme
Person, the origin of material nature and of the total material energy. You are also the
owner of the material body. Therefore, You are the supreme complete. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto You.

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sarvendriya-gua-drare
sarva-pratyaya-hetave
asat cchyayoktya
sad-bhsya te nama
My Lord, You are the observer of all the objectives of the senses. Without Your mercy,
there is no possibility of solving the problem of doubts. The material world is just like
a shadow resembling You. Indeed, one accepts this material world as real because it
gives a glimpse of Your existence.
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namo namas te khila-kraya
nikraydbhuta-kraya
sarvgammnya-mahravya
namo pavargya paryaya
My Lord, You are the cause of all causes, but You Yourself have no cause. Therefore
You are the wonderful cause of everything. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You,
who are the shelter of the Vedic knowledge contained in the stras like the
Pacartras and Vednta-stra, which are Your representations, and who are the
source of the parampar system. Because it is You who can give liberation, You are
the only shelter for all transcendentalists. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto
You.
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gurai-cchanna-cid-umapya
tat-kobha-visphrjita-mnasya
naikarmya-bhvena vivarjitgamasvaya-prakya namas karomi
My Lord, as the fire in arai wood is covered, You and Your unlimited knowledge are
covered by the material modes of nature. Your mind, however, is not attentive to the
activities of the modes of nature. Those who are advanced in spiritual knowledge are
not subject to the regulative principles directed in the Vedic literatures. Because such
advanced souls are transcendental, You personally appear in their pure minds.
Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
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mdk prapanna-pau-pa-vimokaya
muktya bhri-karuya namo layya
svena sarva-tanu-bhn-manasi prattapratyag-de bhagavate bhate namas te
Since an animal such as I has surrendered unto You, who are supremely liberated,
certainly You will release me from this dangerous position. Indeed, being extremely
merciful, You incessantly try to deliver me. By your partial feature as Paramtm, You
are situated in the hearts of all embodied beings. You are celebrated as direct
transcendental knowledge, and You are unlimited. I offer my respectful obeisances
unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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tmtma-jpta-gha-vitta-janeu saktair
duprpaya gua-saga-vivarjitya
mukttmabhi sva-hdaye paribhvitya
jntmane bhagavate nama varya
My Lord, those who are completely freed from material contamination always
meditate upon You within the cores of their hearts. You are extremely difficult to

attain for those like me who are too attached to mental concoction, home, relatives,
friends, money, servants and assistants. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
uncontaminated by the modes of nature. You are the reservoir of all enlightenment,
the supreme controller. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
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ya dharma-kmrtha-vimukti-km
bhajanta i gatim pnuvanti
ki cio rty api deham avyaya
karotu me dabhra-dayo vimokaam
After worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, those who are interested in
the four principles of religion, economic development, sense gratification and
liberation obtain from Him what they desire. What then is to be said of other
benedictions? Indeed, sometimes the Lord gives a spiritual body to such ambitious
worshipers. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is unlimitedly merciful,
bestow upon me the benediction of liberation from this present danger and from the
materialistic way of life.
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ekntino yasya na kacanrtha
vchanti ye vai bhagavat-prapann
aty-adbhuta tac-carita sumagala
gyanta nanda-samudra-magn

tam akara brahma para paream

avyaktam dhytmika-yoga-gamyam
atndriya skmam ivtidram
anantam dya paripram e
Unalloyed devotees, who have no desire other than to serve the Lord, worship Him in
full surrender and always hear and chant about His activities, which are most
wonderful and auspicious. Thus they always merge in an ocean of transcendental
bliss. Such devotees never ask the Lord for any benediction. I, however, am in danger.
Thus I pray to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is eternally existing, who is
invisible, who is the Lord of all great personalities, such as Brahm, and who is
available only by transcendental bhakti-yoga. Being extremely subtle, He is beyond
the reach of my senses and transcendental to all external realization. He is unlimited,
He is the original cause, and He is completely full in everything. I offer my obeisances
unto Him.
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yasya brahmdayo dev
ved lok carcar
nma-rpa-vibhedena
phalgvy ca kalay kt
yathrcio gne savitur gabhastayo
nirynti saynty asakt sva-rocia
tath yato ya gua-sampravho
buddhir mana khni arra-sarg

sa vai na devsura-martya-tirya
na str na aho na pumn na jantu
nya gua karma na san na csan
niedha-eo jayatd aea
The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates His minor parts and parcels, the jvatattva, beginning with Lord Brahm, the demigods and the expansions of Vedic
knowledge [Sma, g, Yajur and Atharva] and including all other living entities,
moving and nonmoving, with their different names and characteristics. As the sparks
of a fire or the shining rays of the sun emanate from their source and merge into it
again and again, the mind, the intelligence, the senses, the gross and subtle material
bodies, and the continuous transformations of the different modes of nature all
emanate from the Lord and again merge into Him. He is neither demigod nor demon,
neither human nor bird or beast. He is not woman, man, or neuter, nor is He an
animal. He is not a material quality, a fruitive activity, a manifestation or nonmanifestation. He is the last word in the discrimination of not this, not this, and He
is unlimited. All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead!
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jijvie nham ihmuy kim
antar bahi cvtayebha-yony
icchmi klena na yasya viplavas
tasytma-lokvaraasya mokam
I do not wish to live anymore after I am released from the attack of the crocodile.
What is the use of an elephants body covered externally and internally by ignorance?
I simply desire eternal liberation from the covering of ignorance. That covering is not
destroyed by the influence of time.
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so ha viva-sja vivam
aviva viva-vedasam

vivtmnam aja brahma

praato smi para padam
Now, fully desiring release from material life, I offer my respectful obeisances unto
that Supreme Person who is the creator of the universe, who is Himself the form of
the universe and who is nonetheless transcendental to this cosmic manifestation. He
is the supreme knower of everything in this world, the Supersoul of the universe. He
is the unborn, supremely situated Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.
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yoga-randhita-karmo
hdi yoga-vibhvite
yogino ya prapayanti
yogea ta nato smy aham
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme, the Supersoul, the master of all
mystic yoga, who is seen in the core of the heart by perfect mystics when they are
completely purified and freed from the reactions of fruitive activity by practicing
bhakti-yoga.
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namo namas tubhyam asahya-vegaakti-trayykhila-dh-guya
prapanna-plya duranta-aktaye
kad-indriym anavpya-vartmane
My Lord, You are the controller of formidable strength in three kinds of energy. You
appear as the reservoir of all sense pleasure and the protector of the surrendered
souls. You possess unlimited energy, but You are unapproachable by those who are
unable to control their senses. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You again and
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nya veda svam tmna
yac-chaktyha-dhiy hatam
ta duratyaya-mhtmya
bhagavantam ito smy aham
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whose
illusory energy the jva, who is part and parcel of God, forgets his real identity
because of the bodily concept of life. I take shelter of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, whose glories are difficult to understand.
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The Results of hearing/ chanting these prayers
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[The Lord now replies to Gajendra]

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ye m stuvanty anenga
pratibudhya nityaye
te prtyaye cha
dadmi vipul gatim
"My dear devotee, unto those who rise from bed at the end of night and offer Me the
prayers offered by you, I give an eternal residence in the spiritual world at the end of
their lives." (SB 8.4.25)
Gajendra-moka Mantra is one of the very powerful Mantra's in the world and
gives the chanter of this mantra power to face difficulties and come out of
unwanted situations.