Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40


Sanskrit:

दंष्ट्राग्रकोट्या भगवंस्त्वया धृताविराजते भूधर भू: सभूधरा ।यथा वनान्नि:सरतो दता धृतामतङ्गजेन्द्रस्य सपत्रपद्मिनी ॥ ४० ॥

ITRANS:

daṁṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavaṁs tvayā dhṛtāvirājate bhūdhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharāyathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtāmataṅ-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminī

Translation:

O lifter of the earth, the earth with its mountains, which You have lifted with Your tusks, is situated as beautifully as a lotus flower with leaves sustained by an infuriated elephant just coming out of the water.

Purport:

The fortune of the earth planet is praised because of its being specifically sustained by the Lord; its beauty is appreciated and compared to that of a lotus flower situated on the trunk of an elephant. As a lotus flower with leaves is very beautifully situated, so the world, with its many beautiful mountains, appeared on the tusks of the Lord Boar.