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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 ॥'