श्रीशुक उवाच एवं शप्त्वा गतोऽगस्त्यो भगवान् नृप सानुग: । इन्द्रद्युम्नोऽपि राजर्षिर्दिष्टं तदुपधारयन् ॥ ११ ॥ आपन्न: कौञ्जरीं योनिमात्मस्मृतिविनाशिनीम् । हर्यर्चनानुभावेन यद्गजत्वेऽप्यनुस्मृति: ॥ १२ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam saptva gato ’gastyo bhagavan nrpa sanugah indradyumno ’pi rajarsir distam tad upadharayan apannah kaunjarim yonim atma-smrti-vinasinim hary-arcananubhavena yad-gajatve ’py anusmrtih
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- saptva
- after cursing
- gatah
- left that place
- agastyah
- Agastya Muni
- bhagavan
- so powerful
- nrpa
- O King
- sa-anugah
- with his associates
- indradyumnah
- King Indradyumna
- api
- also
- rajarsih
- although he was a rajarsi
- distam
- because of past deeds
- tat
- that curse
- upadharayan
- considering
- apannah
- got
- kaunjarim
- of an elephant
- yonim
- the species
- atma-smrti
- remembrance of one’s identity
- vinasinim
- which destroys
- hari
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- arcana-anubhavena
- because of worshiping
- yat
- that
- gajatve
- in the body of an elephant
- api
- although
- anusmrtih
- the opportunity to remember his past devotional service
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, after Agastya Muni had thus cursed King Indradyumna, the Muni left that place along with his disciples. Since the King was a devotee, he accepted Agastya Muni’s curse as welcome because it was the desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, although in his next life he got the body of an elephant, because of devotional service he remembered how to worship and offer prayers to the Lord.