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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.26

तेषां सतां वेदवितानमूर्ति- र्ब्रह्मावधार्यात्मगुणानुवादम् । विनद्य भूयो विबुधोदयाय गजेन्द्रलीलो जलमाविवेश ॥ २६ ॥
teṣāṁ satāṁ veda-vitāna-mūrtir
[teshaam sataam veda-vitaana-moortir]
brahmāvadhāryātma-guṇānuvādam
[brahmaavadhaaryaatma-gunaanuvaadam]
vinadya bhūyo vibudhodayāya
[vinadya bhooyo vibudhodayaaya]
gajendra-līlo jalam āviveśa
[gajendra-leelo jalam aavivesha]
Word-for-word
teṣām — of them satām — of the great devotees veda — all knowledge vitāna-mūrtiḥ — the form of expansion brahma — Vedic sound avadhārya — knowing it well ātma — of Himself guṇa-anuvādam — transcendental glorification vinadya — resounding bhūyaḥ — again vibudha — of the transcendentally learned udayāya — for the elevation or benefit gajendra-līlaḥ — playing like an elephant jalam — the water āviveśa — entered.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
teṣāṁ satāṁ veda-vitāna-mūrtir
teṣām
of them
satām
of the great devotees
veda
all knowledge
vitāna-mūrtiḥ
the form of expansion
brahmāvadhāryātma-guṇānuvādam
brahma
Vedic sound
avadhārya
knowing it well
ātma
of Himself
guṇa-anuvādam
transcendental glorification
vinadya bhūyo vibudhodayāya
vinadya
resounding
bhūyaḥ
again
vibudha
of the transcendentally learned
udayāya
for the elevation or benefit
gajendra-līlo jalam āviveśa
gajendra-līlaḥ
playing like an elephant
jalam
the water
āviveśa
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.
Purport

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The boar, the personification of the Vedas, understanding that the sages’ chanting of the Vedas was a praise of his qualities, roared again and entered the water like a playful elephant in order to give benefit to the wise. The boar is described as the personification of the Vedas (veda-vitāna-mūrtiḥ), since the Vedas arise from his breathing. He does not have a material form. As matter of play on having the Vedas appear from his nostril, the Lord then appeared from the nostril of Brahmā as a boar. Knowing the Vedas (brahma) recited by the sages to be descriptions of his qualities (ātma-gunānuvadam), he entered the water.
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Personal Guidance
The Lord's pastimes are not mythology but invitations to relationship. The verse describes them so the reader stops treating them as ancient news and starts hearing them as personally addressed.
Reflection Questions
  • Which form of the Lord is the right doorway for the heart you actually have, not the one you wish you had?
  • What would change in your day if you held a particular pastime in mind from morning to evening?
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