srutva haris tam aranarthinam aprameyas
cakrayudhah patagaraja-bhujadhirudhah
cakrena nakra-vadanam vinipatya tasmad
dhaste pragrhya bhagavan krpayojjahara
srutva -- by hearing; harih -- the Personality of Godhead; tam -- him; arana-arthinam -- one who is in need of help; aprameyah -- the unlimitedly powerful Lord; cakra -- wheel; ayudhah -- equipped with His weapon; pataga-raja -- the king of the birds (Garuda); bhuja-adhirudhah -- being seated on the wings of; cakrena -- by the wheel; nakra-vadanam -- the mouth of the crocodile; vinipatya -- cutting in two; tasmat -- from the mouth of the crocodile; haste -- in the hands; pragrhya -- taking hold of the trunk; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; krpaya -- out of causeless mercy; ujjahara -- delivered him.
The Lord resides in His Vaikuntha planet. No one can estimate how far away this planet is situated. It is said, however, that anyone trying to reach that planet by airships or by mindships, traveling for millions of years, will find it still unknown. Modern scientists have invented airships which are material, and the yogis make a still finer material attempt to travel by mindships. The yogis can reach any distant place very quickly with the help of mindships. But neither the airship nor the mindship has access to the kingdom of God in the Vaikunthaloka, situated far beyond the material sky. Since this is the situation, how was it possible for the prayers of the elephant to be heard from such an unlimitedly distant place, and how could the Lord at once appear on the spot? These things cannot be calculated by human imagination. All this was possible by the unlimited power of the Lord, and therefore the Lord is described here as aprameya, for not even the best human brain can estimate His powers and potencies by mathematical calculation. The Lord can hear from such a distant place, He can eat from there, and He can appear simultaneously in all places at a moment's notice. Such is the omnipotency of the Lord.
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