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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.40

दंष्ट्राग्रकोट्या भगवंस्त्वया धृता विराजते भूधर भू: सभूधरा । यथा वनान्नि:सरतो दता धृता मतङ्गजेन्द्रस्य सपत्रपद्मिनी ॥ ४० ॥
daṁṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavaṁs tvayā dhṛtā
[damshtraagra-kotyaa bhagavams tvayaa dhritaa]
virājate bhūdhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharā
[viraajate bhoodhara bhooh sa-bhoodharaa]
yathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtā
[yathaa vanaan nihsarato dataa dhritaa]
mataṅ-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminī
[matan-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminee]
Word-for-word
daṁṣṭra-agra — the tips of the tusks koṭyā — by the edges bhagavan — O Personality of Godhead tvayā — by You dhṛtā — sustained virājate — is so beautifully situated bhū-dhara — O lifter of the earth bhūḥ — the earth sa-bhūdharā — with mountains yathā — as much as vanāt — from the water niḥsarataḥ — coming out datā — by the tusk dhṛtā — captured matam-gajendrasya — infuriated elephant sa-patra — with leaves padminī — the lotus flower.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
daṁṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavaṁs tvayā dhṛtā
daṁṣṭra-agra
the tips of the tusks
koṭyā
by the edges
bhagavan
O Personality of Godhead
tvayā
by You
dhṛtā
sustained
virājate bhūdhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharā
virājate
is so beautifully situated
bhū-dhara
O lifter of the earth
bhūḥ
the earth
sa-bhūdharā
with mountains
yathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtā
yathā
as much as
vanāt
from the water
niḥsarataḥ
coming out
datā
by the tusk
dhṛtā
captured
mataṅ-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminī
matam-gajendrasya
infuriated elephant
sa-patra
with leaves
padminī
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.
Purport

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! O lifter of the earth! The earth with its mountains held by you on the tips of your tusks appears beautiful. It is like a lotus with its leaves held on the tusk of mad elephant rising from the water. This verse expresses the good fortune of the earth. Previously it was described that the boar held up the earth. The earth is now described. O holder of the earth (bhū-dhara)! Along with the mountains (sa-bhū-ḍharā) the earth appears beautiful. The earth appears like a lotus along with its leaves held on the tusk of a mad elephant coming out of the water (vanāt). The high and low mountains on the earth are compared to the tips of lotus buds and stalks.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
The scale of the creation in this verse is not given to overwhelm us but to right-size us. Most of our anxiety shrinks when our self-importance shrinks.
Reflection Questions
  • Where have you been demanding outcomes from a system you did not design?
  • Which 'cosmic' problem are you trying to solve when your actual task is just to play your small part well?
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