Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33


Sanskrit:

तमालनीलं सितदन्तकोट्याक्ष्मामुत्क्षिपन्तं गजलीलयाङ्ग ।प्रज्ञाय बद्धाञ्जलयोऽनुवाकै-र्विरिञ्चिमुख्या उपतस्थुरीशम् ॥ ३३ ॥

ITRANS:

tamāla-nīlaṁ sita-danta-koṭyākṣmām utkṣipantaṁ gaja-līlayāṅgaprajñāya baddhāñjalayo ’nuvākairviriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam

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.

Purport: