ŚB 3.13.33
Devanagari
तमालनीलं सितदन्तकोट्या
क्ष्मामुत्क्षिपन्तं गजलीलयाङ्ग ।
प्रज्ञाय बद्धाञ्जलयोऽनुवाकै-
र्विरिञ्चिमुख्या उपतस्थुरीशम् ॥ ३३ ॥
क्ष्मामुत्क्षिपन्तं गजलीलयाङ्ग ।
प्रज्ञाय बद्धाञ्जलयोऽनुवाकै-
र्विरिञ्चिमुख्या उपतस्थुरीशम् ॥ ३३ ॥
Verse text
tamāla-nīlaṁ sita-danta-koṭyā
kṣmām utkṣipantaṁ gaja-līlayāṅga
prajñāya baddhāñjalayo ’nuvākair
viriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam
kṣmām utkṣipantaṁ gaja-līlayāṅga
prajñāya baddhāñjalayo ’nuvākair
viriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam
Synonyms
tamāla — a blue tree named the tamāla; nīlam — bluish; sita — white; danta — tusks; koṭyā — with the curved edge; kṣmām — the earth; utkṣipantam — while suspending; gaja-līlayā — playing like an elephant; aṅga — O Vidura; prajñāya — after knowing it well; baddha — folded; añjalayaḥ — hands; anuvākaiḥ — by Vedic hymns; viriñci — Brahmā; mukhyāḥ — headed by; upatasthuḥ — offered prayers; īśam — unto the Supreme Lord.
Translation
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 tamāla tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahmā, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.