Madhya 9.1
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নানামতগ্রাহগ্রস্তান্ দাক্ষিণাত্যজনদ্বিপান্ ।
কৃপারিণা বিমুচ্যৈতান্ গৌরশ্চক্রে স বৈষ্ণবান্ ॥ ১ ॥ nana-mata-graha-grastan
daksinatya-jana-dvipan
krparina vimucyaitan
gauras cakre sa vaisnavan
SYNONYMS
nana-mata-by various philosophies; graha-like crocodiles; grastan-captured; daksinatya-jana-the inhabitants of South India; dvipan-like elephants; krpa-arina-by His disc of mercy; vimucya-liberating; etan-all these; gaurah-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; cakre-converted; sah-He; vaisnavan-to the Vaisnava cult.
TRANSLATION
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu converted the inhabitants of South India. These people were as strong as elephants, but they were under the clutches of the crocodiles of various philosophies-such as the Buddhist, Jaina and Mayavada philosophies. By His disc of mercy, the Lord converted all of them into Vaisnavas, devotees of the Lord.
PURPORT
Herein it is stated that the Lord delivered the Gajendra, the elephant, who was being attacked by crocodiles. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited southern India, almost all the residents were under the claws of crocodiles presenting Buddhist, Jaina and Mayavada philosophy. Although Kaviraja Gosvami states that these people were as strong as elephants, they were actually under the clutches of death because they were being attacked by the crocodiles of various philosophies. However, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saved the elephant from the clutches of the crocodiles by His mercy.
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