स वै पूर्वमभूद् राजा पाण्ड्यो द्रविडसत्तम: । इन्द्रद्युम्न इति ख्यातो विष्णुव्रतपरायण: ॥ 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.
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.