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Song Name: Om

Namo

Bhagavate

Tasmai

Official Name: Gajendra

Moksana ; Canto 8 Chapter 3 Verses 2 - 29

Author: Vyasadeva

Book Name: Bhagavata

Purana

( Srimad

Bhagavatam )

Language: Sanskrit

 

LYRICS:

(1)

om ́ namo

bhagavate

tasmai

yata

etac cid- ātmakam

puruṣāyādi-bījāya

pareśāyābhidhīmahi

 

(2)

yasminn

idam ́ yataś

cedam ́

yenedam ́ ya

idam ́ svayam

yo ' smāt

parasmāc ca paras

taḿ prapadye

svayambhuvam

 

(3)

yaḥ svātmanīdam ́ nija-māyayārpitam ́

kvacid

vibhātam ́ kva ca tat tirohitam

aviddha-dṛk

sākṣy

ubhayam ́ tad īkṣate

sa

ātma-mūlo ‘vatu

mām ́ parāt-parah ̣

 

(4)

kālena

pañcatvam

iteṣu

kṛtsnaśo

lokeṣu

pāleṣu ca sarva-hetuṣu

tamas

tadāsīd

gahanam ́ gabhīram ́

yas

tasya

pāre

' bhivirājate

vibhuh ̣

 

(5)

na

yasya

devā

ṛṣayah ̣ padam ́

vidur

jantuh ̣ punah ̣ ko ' rhati

gantum

īritum

yathā

naṭasyākṛtibhir

viceṣṭato

duratyayānukramaṇah ̣ sa

māvatu

 

(6)

didṛkṣavo

yasya

padam ́

sumańgalam ́

vimukta-sańgā

munayah ̣ susādhavah ̣

caranty

aloka-vratam

avraṇam ́ vane

bhūtātma-bhūtāh ̣ suhṛdah ̣

sa me gatih ̣

 

(7)

na

vidyate

yasya ca janma karma vā

na

nāma-rūpe

guṇa-doṣa

eva

vā

tathāpi

lokāpyaya-sambhavāya

yaḥ

sva-māyayā

tāny

anukālam

ṛcchati

 

(8)

tasmai

namah ̣ pareśāya

brahmaṇe ' nanta-śaktaye

arūpāyoru-rūpāya

nama

āścarya-karmaṇe

 

(9)

nama

ātma-pradīpāya

sākṣiṇe

paramātmane

namo

girām ́ vidūrāya

manasaś

cetasām

api

 

(10)

sattvena

pratilabhyāya

naiṣkarmyeṇa

vipaścitā

namah ̣ kaivalya-nāthāya

nirvāṇa-sukha-saḿvide

 

(11)

namah ̣ śāntāya

ghorāya

mūḍhāya

guṇa-dharmiṇe

nirviśeṣāya

sāmyāya

namo

jñāna-ghanāya

ca

 

(12)

kṣetra-jñāya

namas

tubhyam ́

sarvādhyakṣāya

sākṣiṇe

puruṣāyātma-mūlāya

mūla-prakṛtaye

namah ̣

 

(13)

sarvendriya-guṇa-draṣṭre

sarva-pratyaya-hetave

asatā

cchāyayoktāya

sad- ābhāsāya

te

namah ̣

 

(14)

namo

namas

te

' khila-kāraṇāya

niṣkāraṇāyādbhuta-kāraṇāya

sarvāgamāmnāya-mahārṇavāya

namo ' pavargāya

parāyaṇāya

 

(15)

guṇāraṇi-cchanna-cid-uṣmapāya

tat- kṣobha-visphūrjita-mānasāya

naiṣkarmya-bhāvena

vivarjitāgama

#

svayaḿ-prakāśāya

namas

karomi

 

(16)

mādṛk

prapanna-paśu-pāśa-vimokṣaṇāya

muktāya

bhūri-karuṇāya

namo ' layāya

svāḿśena

sarva-tanu-bhṛn-manasi

pratīta

#

pratyag-dṛśe

bhagavate

bṛhate

namas

te

 

(17)

ātmātma-jāpta-gṛha-vitta-janeṣu

saktair

duṣprāpaṇāya

guṇa-sańga-vivarjitāya

muktātmabhih ̣ sva-hṛdaye

paribhāvitāya

jñānātmane

bhagavate

nama

īśvarāya

 

(18)

yaḿ dharma- kāmārtha-vimukti-kāmā

bhajanta

iṣṭām ́

gatim

āpnuvanti

kim ́ cāśiṣo

rāty

api

deham

avyayam ́

karotu me ' dabhra-dayo

vimokṣaṇam

 

(19)

ekāntino

yasya

na

kañcanārtham ́

vāñchanti ye vai

bhagavat-prapannāh ̣

aty-adbhutam ́ tac-caritam ́ sumańgalam ́

gāyanta

ānanda-samudra-magnāh ̣

 

(20)

tam akṣaram ́

brahma

param ́ pareśam

avyaktam

ādhyātmika-yoga-gamyam

atīndriyam ́ sūkṣmam

ivātidūram

anantam

ādyam ́ paripūrṇam

īḍe

 

(21)

yasya

brahmādayo

devā

vedā

lokāś

carācarāh ̣

nāma-rūpa-vibhedena

phalgvyā ca kalayā

kṛtāh ̣

 

(22)

yathārciṣo ' gneh ̣ savitur

gabhastayo

niryānti

saḿyānty

asakṛt

sva-rociṣah ̣

tathā

yato ‘yaḿ guṇa-sampravāho

buddhir

manah ̣ khāni

śarīra-sargāh ̣

 

(23)

sa

vai

na

devāsura-martya-tiryań

na

strī

na

ṣaṇḍho

na

pumān

na

jantuh ̣

nāyam ́ guṇah ̣ karma na san na

cāsan

niṣedha-śeṣo

jayatād

aśeṣah ̣

 

(24)

jijīviṣe

nāham

ihāmuyā

kim

antar

bahiś

cāvṛtayebha-yonyā

icchāmi

kālena

na

yasya

viplavas

tasyātma-lokāvaraṇasya

mokṣam

 

(25)

so ‘haḿ viśva-sṛjam ́ viśvam

aviśvam ́ viśva-vedasam

viśvātmānam

ajam ́ brahma

praṇato ' smi

param ́

padam

 

(26)

yoga- randhita-karmāṇo

hṛdi yoga- vibhāvite

yogino yaḿ prapaśyanti

yogeśam ́ taḿ nato ' smy

aham

 

(27)

namo

namas

tubhyam

asahya-vega

#

śakti-trayāyākhila-dhī-guṇāya

prapanna-pālāya

duranta-śaktaye

kad-indriyāṇām

anavāpya-vartmane

 

(28)

nāyam ́ veda

svam

ātmānam ́

yac-chaktyāhaḿ-dhiyā

hatam

taḿ duratyaya-māhātmyam ́

bhagavantam

ito ' smy

aham

 

TRANSLATION

Gajendra said: I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Person, Vasudeva

[ om

namo

bhagavate

vasudevaya ]. 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 Brahma and Shiva, and He has entered the heart of every living being. Let me meditate upon Him. ( Srimad-Bhagavatam

8.3.2)

 

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. (8.3.3)

 

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. (8.3.4)

 

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. (8.3.5)

 

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. (8.3.6)

 

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 [celibate student], vanaprastha [retired] and sannyasa

[renunciation] desire to see the all-auspicious lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. May that same Supreme Personality of Godhead be my destination. (8.3.7)

 

7-8) 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 Rama or Lord Krishna 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. (8.3.8-9)  

 

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the self-effulgent Supersoul , who is the witness in everyone’s heart, who enlightens the individual soul and who cannot be reached by exercises of the mind, words or consciousness. (8.3.10)

 

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 respects unto Him. (8.3.11)

 

I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Vasudev , who is all-pervading, to the Lord’s fierce form as Lord Nrisimhadeva , to the Lord’s form as an animal [Lord Varahadeva ], to Lord Dattatreya , 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 of goodness, passion and ignorance within this material world. I also offer my respectful obeisances unto the impersonal Brahman effulgence. (8.3.12)

 

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. (8.3.13)

 

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. (8.3.14)

 

My Lord, You are the cause of all causes, but You Yourself have no causes. 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 shastras like the Pancharatras and Vedanta-sutra, which are Your representations, and who are the source of the parampara

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. (8.3.15)

 

My Lord, as the fire in arani 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 literature. Because such advanced souls are transcendental, You personally appear in their pure minds. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. (8.3.16)

 

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 Paramatma , 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. (8.3.17)

 

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. (8.3.18)

 

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. (8.3.19)

 

19-20) 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 the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is eternally existing, who is invisible, who is the Lord of all great personalities, such as Brahma, 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. (8.3.20-21)

 

21-23)The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates His minor parts and parcels, the jiva-tattva , beginning with Lord Brahma, the demigods and the expansions of Vedic knowledge [ Sama , Rig, Yajur and Atharva Vedas] 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 nor 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, or not that,” and He is unlimited. All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (8.3.22-24)

 

I do not wish to live anymore after I am released from the attack of the crocodile. What is the use of an elephant’s 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. (8.3.25)

 

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. (8.3.26)

 

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. (8.3.27)

 

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 again. (8.3.28)

 

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whose illusory energy the jiva

[individual spirit soul], 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. (8.3.29)

 

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UPDATED: July 4, 2009