Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.18.39

pramathya daityam prativāranam mridhe

yo mām rasāyā jagad-ādi-sūkarah

kritvāgra-damshtre niragād udanvatah

krīdann ivebhah pranatāsmi tam vibhum iti

SYNONYMS

pramathya — after killing; daityam — the demon; prativāranam — most formidable opponent; mridhe — in the fight; yah — He who; mām — me (the earth); rasāyāh — fallen to the bottom of the universe; jagat — in this material world; ādi-sūkarah — the original form of a boar; kritvā — keeping it; agra-damshtre — on the end of the tusk; niragāt — came out of the water; udanvatah — from the Garbhodaka Ocean; krīdan — playing; iva — like; ibhah — elephant; pranatā asmi — I bow down; tam — to Him; vibhum — the Supreme Lord; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, as the original boar within this universe, You fought and killed the great demon Hiranyaksha. Then You lifted me [the earth] from the Garbhodaka Ocean on the end of Your tusk, exactly as a sporting elephant plucks a lotus flower from the water. I bow down before You.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Eighteenth Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled, "The prayers Offered to the Lord by the Residents of Jambūdvīpa."

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