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The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis
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beyond the universe. No one can challenge the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 's descriptions of the material and spiritual worlds. The attempts to go from the earth to the moon have failed, but the people of earth can understand what exists on other planets. There is no need of imagination; one may take actual knowledge from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and be satisfied.
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तत्रैकदा तद्विरिक्तनाश्रयः 
  करेणुभिर्वारेणयुथपश्चरन् । 
  सकण्टकं कीचकवेणुवेत्रवद् 
  विशालगुल्मं प्ररुजन्वनस्पतीन् ॥२०॥
tatraikadā tad-giri-kānanāśrayaḥ 
  kareṇubhir vāraṇa-yūtha-paś caran 
  sakaṇṭakaṁ kīcaka-veṇu-vetravad 
  viśāla-gulmaṁ prarujan vanaspatīn
tatra —therein;  ekadā —once upon a time;  tat-giri —of that mountain (Trikūṭa);  kānana-āśrayaḥ —who lives in the forest;  kareṇubhiḥ —accompanied by female elephants;  vāraṇa-yūtha-paḥ —the leader of the elephants;  caran —while wandering (toward the lake);  sa-kaṇṭakam —a place full of thorns;  kīcaka-veṇu-vetra-vat —with plants and creepers of different names;  viśāla-gulmam —many thickets;  prarujan —breaking;  vanaḥ-patīn —trees and plants.
TRANSLATION
The leader of the elephants who lived in the forest of the mountain Trikūṭa once wandered toward the lake with his female elephants. He broke many plants, creepers, thickets and trees, not caring for their piercing thorns.
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यद्वन्धमात्राद्धरयो गजेन्द्रा 
  व्याघ्रादयो व्यालमृगाः सखड्गाः ।