🪷 ŚB 3.13.40

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

दंष्ट्राग्रकोट्या भगवंस्त्वया धृता विराजते भूधर भू: सभूधरा । यथा वनान्नि:सरतो दता धृता मतङ्गजेन्द्रस्य सपत्रपद्मिनी ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

daṁṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavaṁs tvayā dhṛtā virājate bhūdhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharā yathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtā mataṅ-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminī
Synonyms
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.

Translation

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.

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