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RY OF CULTURE GOVERN
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
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I do not desire life here; of what use
is this elephant-body wrapped inside
and out in darkness. I desire freedom
from that shroud over the light of the
soul, a freedom which is not endangered
by the passage of time."
 
JAYTIN
 
कृति मंत्राल
 
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स्तोत्रं निशम्य गरुडेन समुह्यमान-
चक्रायुधोऽभ्यगमदाशु यतो गजेन्द्रः ॥
 
Hearing (this) praise (of Him), the
Lord, arming Himself with His discus,
hurried on his Garuda to where the king
of the elephants was.
 
सोऽन्तस्सरस्युरुबलेन गृहीत आर्तो
दृष्ट्वा गरुत्मति हरिं ख उपात्तचक्रम् ।
उत्क्षिप्य साम्बुजकरं गिरमाह कृच्छ्रान्
नारायणाखिलगुरो भगवन्नमस्ते ॥
 
The elephant, caught within the lake
by the mighty corcodile and distressed,
saw in the sky Lord Hari on Garuda,
with His discus uplifted; lifting his trunk
with a lotus in it, it uttered with great
difficulty the words : Narayana, Father
of all, Lord, obeisance unto you."
 
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