SB 8.4.7
TEXT 7
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TEXT
स वै पूर्वमभूद्राजा पाण्ड्यो द्रविडसत्तमः ।
इन्द्रद्युम्न इति ख्यातो विष्णुव्रतपरायणः ॥ ७ ॥ sa vai purvam abhud raja
pandyo dravida-sattamah
indradyumna iti khyato
visnu-vrata-parayanah
sah-this elephant (Gajendra); vai-indeed; purvam-formerly; abhut-was; raja-a king; pandyah-of the country known as Pandya; dravida-sat-tamah-the best of those born in Dravida-desa, South India; indradyumnah-by the name Maharaja Indradyumna; iti-thus; khyatah-celebrated; visnu-vrata-parayanah-who was a first-class Vaisnava, always engaged in the service of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
This Gajendra had formerly been a Vaisnava and the king of the country known as Pandya, which is in the province of Dravida [South India]. In his previous life, he was known as Indradyumna Maharaja.
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