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OF CULTURE
 

 

 
.GOVERNMENT OF
 
HE STORY OF THE ELEPHANT-KING
 
एवं व्यवसितो बुद्धया समाधाय मनो हृदि ।
जजाप परमं जाप्यं प्राग्जन्मन्यनुशिक्षितम् ॥
 
Thus resolving and concentrating his
mind, it uttered the greatest Mantra,
learnt in its previous birth:
 
'ओं नमो भगवते तस्मै यत एतच्चिदात्मकम् ।
पुरुषायादिबीजाय परेशायाभिधीमहि ॥
 
SL
 
"Aum, obeisance unto that Lord, the
Supreme Being, the root-cause of every-
thing, the great Master, through whom
has this (non-sentient) creation become
 
sentient.
 
'मादृक्प्रपन्नपशुपाशविमोक्षणाय
मुक्ताय भूरिकरुणाय नमोऽलयाय ॥
 
"Obeisance unto that imperishable
Lord of abundant compassion, Himself
bondless, the emancipator from bonds of
such supplicant beings in bondage as
myself.
 
'जिजीविषे नाहमिहामुया कि-
मन्तर्बहिश्रावृतयेभयोन्या ।
इच्छामि कालेन न यस्य विप्लवः
तस्यात्मलोकावरणस्य मोक्षम् ॥'