श्रीशुक उवाच एवं गजेन्द्रमुपवर्णितनिर्विशेषं ब्रह्मादयो विविधलिङ्गभिदाभिमाना: । नैते यदोपससृपुर्निखिलात्मकत्वात् तत्राखिलामरमयो हरिराविरासीत् ॥ ३० ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam gajendram upavarnita-nirvisesam brahmadayo vividha-linga-bhidabhimanah naite yadopasasrpur nikhilatmakatvat tatrakhilamara-mayo harir avirasit
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- in this way
- gajendram
- unto the King of the elephants, Gajendra
- upavarnita
- whose description
- nirvisesam
- not directed to any particular person (but to the Supreme, although he did not know who the Supreme is)
- brahma-adayah
- the demigods, beginning with Brahma, Siva, Indra and Candra
- vividha
- varieties
- linga-bhida
- with separate forms
- abhimanah
- considering themselves separate authorities
- na
- not
- ete
- all of them
- yada
- when
- upasasrpuh
- approached
- nikhila-atmakatvat
- because the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Supersoul of everyone
- tatra
- there
- akhila
- of the universe
- amara-mayah
- consisting of the demigods (who are only external parts of the body)
- harih
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can take away everything
- avirasit
- appeared (before the elephant)
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When the King of the elephants was describing the supreme authority, without mentioning any particular person, he did not invoke the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Indra and Candra. Thus none of them approached him. However, because Lord Hari is the Supersoul, Purusottama, the Personality of Godhead, He appeared before Gajendra.