Text 24]
The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis
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markaṭāḥ —monkeys;  ca —and;  anyatra —elsewhere;  kṣudrāḥ —small animals;  hariṇāḥ —deer;  śaśa-ādayaḥ —rabbits and others;  caranti —roaming (in the forest);  abhītāḥ —without fear;  yat-anugraheṇa —by the mercy of that elephant.
TRANSLATION
By the mercy of this elephant, animals like the foxes, wolves, buffaloes, bears, boars, gopucchas, porcupines, monkeys, rabbits, the other deer and many other small animals loitered elsewhere in the forest. They were not afraid of him.
PURPORT
All the animals were practically controlled by this elephant, yet although they could move without fear, because of respect they did not stand before him.
TEXTS 23–24
स घर्मतमः करिभिः करेणुभि-
र्वृतो मदन्युत्करभैरनुद्धतः ।
गिरिं गरिम्णा परितः प्रकम्पयन्
निषेव्यमाणोऽलिकुलैर्मदाशनैः ॥२३॥
सरोऽनिलं पङ्कजरेणुरूषितं
जिघ्रन्विदूरान्मदविह्वलेक्षणः ।
वृतः स्वयूथेन वृषादितेन तत्
सरोवराभ्यासमथागमद् द्रुतम् ॥२४॥
sa gharma-taptaḥ karibhiḥ kareṇubhir
vṛto madacyut-karabhair anudrutaḥ
giriṁ garimṇā paritaḥ prakampayan
niṣevyamāṇo 'likulair madāśanaiḥ
saro 'nilaṁ paṅkaja-reṇu-rūṣitaṁ
jighran vidūrān mada-vihvalekṣaṇaḥ