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    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Canto 8, Chapter Three

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    Page |1

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
    By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
    Canto 8, Chapter Three

    Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender

    TEXT 1

    śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca

    evaṁ vyavasito buddhyā


    samādhāya mano hṛdi
    jajāpa paramaṁ jāpyaṁ
    prāg-janmany anuśikṣitam

    TEXT 2

    śrī-gajendra uvāca

    oṁ namo bhagavate tasmai


    yata etac cid-ātmakam
    puruṣāyādi-bījāya
    pareśāyābhidhīmahi

    TEXT 3

    yasminn idaṁ yataś cedaṁ


    yenedaṁ ya idaṁ svayam
    yo ’smāt parasmāc ca paras
    taṁ prapadye svayambhuvam

    TEXT 4

    yaḥ svātmanīdaṁ nija-māyayārpitaṁ


    kvacid vibhātaṁ kva ca tat tirohitam
    aviddha-dṛk sākṣy ubhayaṁ tad īkṣate
    sa ātma-mūlo ’vatu māṁ parāt-paraḥ

    TEXT 5

    kālena pañcatvam iteṣu kṛtsnaśo


    lokeṣu pāleṣu ca sarva-hetuṣu
    tamas tadāsīd gahanaṁ gabhīraṁ
    yas tasya pāre ’bhivirājate vibhuḥ
    Page |2

    TEXT 6

    na yasya devā ṛṣayaḥ padaṁ vidur


    jantuḥ punaḥ ko ’rhati gantum īritum
    yathā naṭasyākṛtibhir viceṣṭato
    duratyayānukramaṇaḥ sa māvatu

    TEXT 7

    didṛkṣavo yasya padaṁ sumaṅgalaṁ


    vimukta-saṅgā munayaḥ susādhavaḥ
    caranty aloka-vratam avraṇaṁ vane
    bhūtātma-bhūtāḥ suhṛdaḥ sa me gatiḥ

    TEXTS 8–9

    na vidyate yasya ca janma karma vā


    na nāma-rūpe guṇa-doṣa eva vā
    tathāpi lokāpyaya-sambhavāya yaḥ
    sva-māyayā tāny anukālam ṛcchati

    tasmai namaḥ pareśāya


    brahmaṇe ’nanta-śaktaye
    arūpāyoru-rūpāya
    nama āścarya-karmaṇe

    TEXT 10

    nama ātma-pradīpāya
    sākṣiṇe paramātmane
    namo girāṁ vidūrāya
    manasaś cetasām api

    TEXT 11

    sattvena pratilabhyāya
    naiṣkarmyeṇa vipaścitā
    namaḥ kaivalya-nāthāya
    nirvāṇa-sukha-saṁvide
    Page |3

    TEXT 12

    namaḥ śāntāya ghorāya


    mūḍhāya guṇa-dharmiṇe
    nirviśeṣāya sāmyāya
    namo jñāna-ghanāya ca

    TEXT 13

    kṣetra-jñāya namas tubhyaṁ


    sarvādhyakṣāya sākṣiṇe
    puruṣāyātma-mūlāya
    mūla-prakṛtaye namaḥ

    TEXT 14

    sarvendriya-guṇa-draṣṭre
    sarva-pratyaya-hetave
    asatā cchāyayoktāya
    sad-ābhāsāya te namaḥ

    TEXT 15

    namo namas te ’khila-kāraṇāya


    niṣkāraṇāyādbhuta-kāraṇāya
    sarvāgamāmnāya-mahārṇavāya
    namo ’pavargāya parāyaṇāya

    TEXT 16

    guṇāraṇi-cchanna-cid-uṣmapāya
    tat-kṣobha-visphūrjita-mānasāya
    naiṣkarmya-bhāvena vivarjitāgama-
    svayaṁ-prakāśāya namas karomi

    TEXT 17

    mādṛk prapanna-paśu-pāśa-vimokṣaṇāya
    muktāya bhūri-karuṇāya namo ’layāya
    svāṁśena sarva-tanu-bhṛn-manasi pratīta-
    pratyag-dṛśe bhagavate bṛhate namas te
    Page |4

    TEXT 18

    ātmātma-jāpta-gṛha-vitta-janeṣu saktair
    duṣprāpaṇāya guṇa-saṅga-vivarjitāya
    muktātmabhiḥ sva-hṛdaye paribhāvitāya
    jñānātmane bhagavate nama īśvarāya

    TEXT 19

    yaṁ dharma-kāmārtha-vimukti-kāmā
    bhajanta iṣṭāṁ gatim āpnuvanti
    kiṁ cāśiṣo rāty api deham avyayaṁ
    karotu me ’dabhra-dayo vimokṣaṇam

    TEXTS 20–21

    ekāntino yasya na kañcanārthaṁ


    vāñchanti ye vai bhagavat-prapannāḥ
    aty-adbhutaṁ tac-caritaṁ sumaṅgalaṁ
    gāyanta ānanda-samudra-magnāḥ

    tam akṣaraṁ brahma paraṁ pareśam


    avyaktam ādhyātmika-yoga-gamyam
    atīndriyaṁ sūkṣmam ivātidūram
    anantam ādyaṁ paripūrṇam īḍe

    TEXTS 22–24

    yasya brahmādayo devā


    vedā lokāś carācarāḥ
    nāma-rūpa-vibhedena
    phalgvyā ca kalayā kṛtāḥ

    yathārciṣo ’gneḥ savitur gabhastayo


    niryānti saṁyānty asakṛt sva-rociṣaḥ
    tathā yato ’yaṁ guṇa-sampravāho
    buddhir manaḥ khāni śarīra-sargāḥ

    sa vai na devāsura-martya-tiryaṅ
    na strī na ṣaṇḍho na pumān na jantuḥ
    nāyaṁ guṇaḥ karma na san na cāsan
    niṣedha-śeṣo jayatād aśeṣaḥ
    Page |5

    TEXT 25

    jijīviṣe nāham ihāmuyā kim


    antar bahiś cāvṛtayebha-yonyā
    icchāmi kālena na yasya viplavas
    tasyātma-lokāvaraṇasya mokṣam

    TEXT 26

    so ’haṁ viśva-sṛjaṁ viśvam


    aviśvaṁ viśva-vedasam
    viśvātmānam ajaṁ brahma
    praṇato ’smi paraṁ padam

    TEXT 27

    yoga-randhita-karmāṇo
    hṛdi yoga-vibhāvite
    yogino yaṁ prapaśyanti
    yogeśaṁ taṁ nato ’smy aham

    TEXT 28

    namo namas tubhyam asahya-vega-


    śakti-trayāyākhila-dhī-guṇāya
    prapanna-pālāya duranta-śaktaye
    kad-indriyāṇām anavāpya-vartmane

    TEXT 29

    nāyaṁ veda svam ātmānaṁ


    yac-chaktyāhaṁ-dhiyā hatam
    taṁ duratyaya-māhātmyaṁ
    bhagavantam ito ’smy aham

    TEXT 30

    śrī-śuka uvāca
    evaṁ gajendram upavarṇita-nirviśeṣaṁ
    brahmādayo vividha-liṅga-bhidābhimānāḥ
    naite yadopasasṛpur nikhilātmakatvāt
    tatrākhilāmara-mayo harir āvirāsīt
    Page |6

    TEXT 31

    taṁ tadvad ārtam upalabhya jagan-nivāsaḥ


    stotraṁ niśamya divijaiḥ saha saṁstuvadbhiḥ
    chandomayena garuḍena samuhyamānaś
    cakrāyudho ’bhyagamad āśu yato gajendraḥ

    TEXT 32

    so ’ntaḥ-sarasy urubalena gṛhīta ārto


    dṛṣṭvā garutmati hariṁ kha upātta-cakram
    utkṣipya sāmbuja-karaṁ giramāha kṛcchrān
    nārāyaṇākhila-guro bhagavan namas te

    TEXT 33

    taṁ vīkṣya pīḍitam ajaḥ sahasāvatīrya


    sa-grāham āśu sarasaḥ kṛpayojjahāra
    grāhād vipāṭita-mukhād ariṇā gajendraṁ
    saṁpaśyatāṁ harir amūmucad ucchriyāṇām

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