vimukto 'jñāna-bandhanāt
vimukto 'jñāna-bandhanāt
prāpto bhagavato rūpaṁ
pīta-vāsāś catur-bhujaḥ
Because Gajendra had been touched directly by Supreme Lord, he was freed from the bondage of ignorance and received the same bodily features as the Lord, with yellow garments and four hands.
By the Lord’s contact with his mind and voice, Gajendra achieved liberation from ignorance. By the Lord’s touch, like a touch stone, upon his physical body, he attained a spiritual form, just as Dhruva did. This was because he had previously prayed for a spiritual body in verse SB 8.3.19
|| 8.4.7 ||
sa vai pūrvam abhūd rājā
pāṇḍyo draviḍa-sattamaḥ
indradyumna iti khyāto
viṣṇu-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ
This Gajendra had formerly been a Pāndya king, the best in the southern states, name Indradyumna. He was dedicated to Viṣṇu.
|| 8.4.8 ||
sa ekadārādhana-kāla ātmavān
gṛhīta-mauna-vrata īśvaraṁ harim
jaṭā-dharas tāpasa āpluto 'cyutaṁ
samarcayām āsa kulācalāśramaḥ
Indradyumna, living in a Malaya mountain hermitage, wore matted locks on his head and always engaged in austerities. Once, while observing a vow of silence, with controlled mind, he worshipped the Lord after bathing.
He lived in a hermitage in the Malaya mountain range.
|| 8.4.9 ||
yadṛcchayā tatra mahā-yaśā muniḥ
samāgamac chiṣya-gaṇaiḥ pariśritaḥ
taṁ vīkṣya tūṣṇīm akṛtārhaṇādikaṁ
rahasy upāsīnam ṛṣiś cukopa ha
The sage Agastya arrived there, surrounded by his disciples. When the sage saw Mahārāja Indradyumna, sitting silently engaged in worship in a secluded place without offering him a reception, he became angry.
The sage was Agastya.
|| 8.4.10 ||
tasmā imaṁ śāpam adād asādhur
ayaṁ durātmākṛta-buddhir adya
viprāvamantā viśatāṁ tamisraṁ
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