मन्ये धनाभिजनरूपतप:श्रुतौज- स्तेज:प्रभावबलपौरुषबुद्धियोगा: । नाराधनाय हि भवन्ति परस्य पुंसो भक्त्या तुतोष भगवान्गजयूथपाय ॥ ९ ॥
manye dhanabhijana-rupa-tapah-srutaujas- tejah-prabhava-bala-paurusa-buddhi-yogah naradhanaya hi bhavanti parasya pumso bhaktya tutosa bhagavan gaja-yutha-paya
- manye
- I consider
- dhana
- riches
- abhijana
- aristocratic family
- rupa
- personal beauty
- tapah
- austerity
- sruta
- knowledge from studying the Vedas
- ojah
- sensory prowess
- tejah
- bodily effulgence
- prabhava
- influence
- bala
- bodily strength
- paurusa
- diligence
- buddhi
- intelligence
- yogah
- mystic power
- na
- not
- aradhanaya
- for satisfying
- hi
- indeed
- bhavanti
- are
- parasya
- of the transcendent
- pumsah
- Supreme Personality of Godhead
- bhaktya
- simply by devotional service
- tutosa
- was satisfied
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- gaja-yutha-paya
- unto the King of elephants (Gajendra)
Prahlada Maharaja continued: One may possess wealth, an aristocratic family, beauty, austerity, education, sensory expertise, luster, influence, physical strength, diligence, intelligence and mystic yogic power, but I think that even by all these qualifications one cannot satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, one can satisfy the Lord simply by devotional service. Gajendra did this, and thus the Lord was satisfied with him.