নানামতগ্রাহগ্রস্তান্দাক্ষিণাত্যজনদ্বিপান্ কৃপারিণা বিমুচ্যৈতান্গৌরশ্চক্রে স বৈষ্ণবান্
नानामतग्राहग्रस्तान्दाक्षिणात्यजनद्विपान् कृपारिणा विमुच्यैतान्गौरश्चक्रे स वैष्णवान्
nānā-mata-grāha-grastān dākṣiṇātya-jana-dvipān kṛpāriṇā vimucyaitān gauraś cakre sa vaiṣṇavān
Synonyms
nānā-mata—by various philosophies; grāha—like crocodiles; grastān—captured; dākṣiṇātya-jana—the inhabitants of South India; dvipān—like elephants; kṛpā-ariṇā—by His disc of mercy; vimucya—liberating; etān—all these; gauraḥ—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; cakre—converted; saḥ—He; vaiṣṇavān—to the Vaiṣṇava cult..
Translation
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu converted the inhabitants of South India. These people were as strong as elephants, but they were under the clutches of the crocodiles of various philosophies—such as the Buddhist, Jaina and Māyāvāda philosophies. By His disc of mercy, the Lord converted all of them into Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of the Lord.
Purport
Herein it is stated that the Lord delivered the Gajendra, the elephant, who was being attacked by crocodiles. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited southern India, almost all the residents were under the claws of crocodiles presenting Buddhist, Jaina and Māyāvāda philosophy. Although Kavirāja Gosvāmī states that these people were as strong as elephants, they were actually under the clutches of death because they were being attacked by the crocodiles of various philosophies. However, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saved the elephant from the clutches of the crocodiles by His mercy.