Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7


Sanskrit:

स वै पूर्वमभूद् राजा पाण्ड्यो द्रविडसत्तम: ।इन्द्रद्युम्न इति ख्यातो विष्णुव्रतपरायण: ॥ ७ ॥

ITRANS:

sa vai pūrvam abhūd rājāpāṇḍyo draviḍa-sattamaḥindradyumna iti khyātoviṣṇu-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ

Translation:

This Gajendra had formerly been a Vaiṣṇava and the king of the country known as Pāṇḍya, which is in the province of Draviḍa [South India]. In his previous life, he was known as Indradyumna Mahārāja.

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