तमालनीलं सितदन्तकोट्या क्ष्मामुत्क्षिपन्तं गजलीलयाङ्ग । प्रज्ञाय बद्धाञ्जलयोऽनुवाकै- र्विरिञ्चिमुख्या उपतस्थुरीशम् ॥ ३३ ॥
tamala-nilam sita-danta-kotya ksmam utksipantam gaja-lilayanga prajnaya baddhanjalayo ’nuvakair virinci-mukhya upatasthur isam
- tamala
- a blue tree named the tamala
- nilam
- bluish
- sita
- white
- danta
- tusks
- kotya
- with the curved edge
- ksmam
- the earth
- utksipantam
- while suspending
- gaja-lilaya
- playing like an elephant
- anga
- O Vidura
- prajnaya
- after knowing it well
- baddha
- folded
- anjalayah
- hands
- anuvakaih
- by Vedic hymns
- virinci
- Brahma
- mukhyah
- headed by
- upatasthuh
- offered prayers
- isam
- unto the Supreme Lord.
Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that of a tamala tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahma, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.